The Wesleyan-Methodist Missions, in Jamaica and Honduras, Delineated; Containing a Description of the Principal Stations. Together with a Consecutive Account of the Rise and Progress of the Work of God at Each. Illus. by a Map and Thirty-Three Lithograph (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.1850 Excerpt: ... 192 CHAPTER XIV. ST. ANN'S BAY. Situation and appearance of the Parish of St. Ann--A mission begun at Bellemont--Mr. Shipman invited by Mr. S. D. Drew--Mr. Ratcliffe forms a Society at the Bay--Outrage on Mr. Ratcliffe and family--Persecution and death of Mr. Grimsdall--Messrs. Whitehouse, Orton, and Watkis imprisoned--Magistrates dismissed--Mr. Orton tried for perjury--Death of Mr. Saxton--Persecution--Chapels destroyed--Messrs. Wood aud Greenwood driven from St. Ann's--Mr. Greenwood imprisoned, and again driven from the Parish--Cheering Success of Messrs. Greenwood and Barr--Messrs. Whitehouse and Wood--Death of the latter--Death of Mr. Walters--Efforts to rebuild the Chapels--A chapel built at the Bay--Great success--Noble liberality of the people--The Circuit divided--Mr. Kerr--Liberality and disinterestedness of the people. Leaving the hot, dry, and dusty road which leads northward, from Spanish Town through St. Thomas' in the Vale, the traveller soon finds himself, apparently, arrested in his progress by formidable rocky barriers, rising, at one part, perpendicularly, on either hand, to a great height, where it is plainly visible that the mountain has been cleft in two by a strong convulsion of nature. Along the base of this fissure the Rio Grande flows over or between masses of rock with a velocity and sound regulated by the quantity of rain which has fallen in the mountains. Emerging from the Bog-walk, and crossing the river by an iron bridge on the left, the vale soon opens to the view, with the magnificent mountains on the north, which must be scaled ere St. Ann's can be reached. On arriving at the foot of Mount Diabolo, the formidable task begins. The road soon becomes steep, winding, or zig-zag, yet sufficiently romantic to alleviate in some mea...