g throughout the whole country, and even, as we shall
presently see, beyond it. The following are a few personal details of
Hugh Bourne's subsequent career.

In 1808, on his way to Bemersley from Delamere Forest, an impression
forced itself upon him that he would shortly be expelled from the
Wesleyan connexion; on reaching home he found that a rumour to this
effect was being circulated, and in June of that year the formal sentence
of expulsion was carried out. He continued to devote himself to the work
of evangelization, urging however all others to join whatever
denomination they were themselves most inclined for.

He preached his first sermon at Tunstall, on Nov. 12, 1810, in a kitchen
which had been licensed for preaching three years before. It was not
plastered or ceiled, so that if not required at any future time, it might
be converted into a cottage, which took place in 1821, when a chapel was
erected. At the Conference held at Newcastle-on-Tyne, in 1842, he was
most regretfully placed on the retired list, on account of his impaired
health, a yearly pension of 25 pounds being assigned to him. He was
still, however, to be at liberty to visit different parts of the
connection; and during the next ten years of his superannuation he kept
up a very wide correspondence on religious matters, and made a missionary
visit to America. The last conference which he attended was at Yarmouth,
in 1851. For several years he had felt a premonition that the year 1852
would be his last. The last sermon which he preached was at Norton
Green, on Feb. 22, 1852; and on Oct. 11, in that year, he surrendered his
happy spirit into the hands of God, who gave it, when "the weary wheels
of life stood still." His chief residence would appear to have been at
Bemersley, where it was long felt that they had lost in him "a man of
great faith and mighty prayer."

We now pass over a period of several years. Clowes received a call to
Hull. He had crowded the work of a life-time into some 17 years, and his
health was now far from good. At a meeting in December, 1827, he
exhibited such weakness as showed that he had done his best work.
However, he continued to reside in Hull and visited other places from
there, as his strength allowed. It is certain that he visited
Horncastle, for an old lady, Mrs. Baildham, who died in May, 1900, having
been a member of the connection more than 70 years, frequently asserted
that she had heard both Clowes