Memoir of the REV. Joseph Entwisle, by His Son (Volume 2) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XX. FROM THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE TO THE TIME OF HIS BECOMING SUPERNUMERARY. AT THE "THEOLOGICAL INSTIUTION." My dear father was now placed in new and trying circumstances. An aged widower;--for the present, without a home of his own, without the regular work of a circuit, a work in which he delighted, and had heen uninterruptedly employed for forty-seven years;--his only two surviving children at a distance;--a new and untried situation before him, involving a serious weight of responsibility, and requiring qualifications, in which lie thought himself, (though perhaps no one else thought so, ) greatly deficient. Two other circumstances must be taken into the account to enable the reader to judge correctly of his position. First, he had for some time been subject to a painful affliction, which he attributed to over-exertion in walking, &c. This had now become so serious, that he was obliged to consult a medical friend, and eventually to submit, 'to a surgical operation. His complaint was obstinate, and, though it admitted of occasional relief, it never left him to the end of his days. This visitation was indeed "a thorn in the flesh;" and the more so, as its nature was such, that delicacy imposed upon him silence on the subject, and the general ignorance of his infirmity, the existence of which, none who regarded his vigorous appearance, would suspect, often placed him in circumstances of great inconvenience and suffering. The other circumstance referred to, was, that the establishment of the Theological Institution, had been made the occasion of a mischievous and violent agitation in various parts of the Connexion, by persons who, while they professed great love to Methodism and an ardeut desire to promote its purity and efficiency, were doing their u...