 primitive methodism was a major movement in english methodism from about 1810 until the methodist union in 1932.farndale, w.e. the secret of mow cop. epworth press, london. 1950. the primitive methodist church still exists in the united states. ==origins== primitive methodism was seen to originate in an all day of prayer (often miscalled a "camp meeting") held in the area of the potteriesinformation on the potteries at mow cop's relationship to primitive methodism can be found at http://www.thepotteries.org/chapel/009.htm at mow cop, staffordshire, on 31 may 1807.farndale, op. cit. page 70 this led, in 1811, to two groups joining together, the 'camp meeting methodists' and the 'clowesites' led by hugh bourne and william clowes, respectively. the movement was spawned from the followers of these men. bourne and clowes were charismatic evangelists. both had reputations for zeal and were sympathetic to ideas the wesleyan connexion condemned. their belief that was most unacceptable to the wesleyan connexion was their support for so-called camp meetings. these were day-long, open air meetings involving public praying, preaching and love feasts. clowes was a first-generation methodist convert â at the age of 25 he renounced his desire to be the finest dancer in england. the movement was also influenced by the backgrounds of the two men: clowes had worked as a potter, while bourne had been a wheelwright. both of them had been expelled from the wesleyan connexion â bourne in 1808, and clowes in 1810. the reason given for clowes' expulsion was that he behaved "contrary to the methodist discipline," therefore he could not be a "preacher or leader amongst them unless [he] promised not to attend [camp] meetings anymore." it seems likely that this was not its only concern regarding the pair. bourne's association with the american evangelist lorenzo dow would have put him in a dim light with wesleyan leaders. the wesleyan leadership's hostility to dow is demonstrated by a threat dow received from prominent wesleyan thomas coke (twice president of the conference in 1797 and 1805) on his arrival in london around 1799. coke threatened to "write to lord castlereagh to inform him who and what you are, [and] that we disown you,... then you'll be arrested and committed to prison." the wesleyan connexion was also concerned about bourne and clowes' association with the "magic methodists" or "forest methodists" led by james crawfoot, the "old man of delamere forest". he was significant to both bourne and clowes and was for a time their spiritual me
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