The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-16

IfaL1c piaee. This prophecy was
destined TO be REMARKABLY fnltiii-
sea. Or. Broomfield also referred
70 Rnoxs exile In Switzerland
for many years, lids return 70
Scotland, his many encounters
with Mary Queen Of Scott, his
preaching OF ST. Giles cathedral,
his thunderings from his study
wtndow< 70 the people In the
street, when the pulpit OF old st.
Giles was denied to him. The story
was closed with a description OF
his dying moments In which he
asked his wife to read to him
John IL, THE place where I first
cast anchor" OF his prayers
Queen Mary said she was more
afraid than she was OF che whole
Scottish Army; and on his tomb
stone they carved the phrase:
Here lies one who nevel feared
the face Of man" The. second
room described by Doctor Broom
field was a vetv small room In
Edinburgh Castle In which on
June 10, 1866. Mary Queen OF
Scots gave birth to James the six
th Of Scotland who afterwards be.
came James the first Of Grea:
Britain. He explained how tho
baby shortly after It's birth was
lowered In a basket to the pave
ment hundreds Of feet below, and
stolen away to Sterling Castle
where behind iron bars the future
King Of Scotland was safe guard
ed against Roman Catholic lnflu-
ences, and preserved for Protest.
antlsm. ut was this child, when
grown TO manhood and at the
head Of the United Kingdom, that
ordered the translation Of the
scripture into the language OF the
common people, and whose mama
is used when we say The King
James translation Of 1911 1t
was. John Knox who baptized
James as a baby In Stirling Castle
and preached the sermon incident
thereto"
In leading up to the third room,
the prayer room Of John Wesley
in the old Methodist parsonage In
City Road London. Doctor Broom
field asserted that the spiritual
life OF the church OF England OF
which King James was the hu-
man head, and in which John
Wesley's father was rector was
formal and llfeless and worm
eaten with cold rltualism. When
John and his brother Charles
were students in Oxford Untver-
sity they were depressed with this
lifelessness and undertook to lead
their fellow students to higher
type OF spiritual life. 1t was news
to some in the audience to know
that the two brothers in 1875 ac-
companied Governor oglethorpu
10 Georgia, John to be a mission.
airy and Charles to be secretary to
the governor. 1.-THE rigid discipline.
which John laid down for the col
0nIsts was not agreeable TO them,
so In 1896 Charles returned 10
England and John in 1898. On
their voyage to and from England
they became acquainted with some
MoraVlans whose experience y:
justification by faith, and the as
surance of pardon, led John to ex-
claim, I, who went to America to
convert others, was never con-
verted myself This influence in
addition to the light received In
reading Luther's preface to tho
Hplstle OF the Romans led to the
experience Of conversion that Ia
felt he needed" Doctor Broom.
field explained: 1.-THE first Metho-
dist society was formed by Yves.
ley on May 1, 1898 In Fetters
Lane London and from that small
beginning has grown the great
Methodist family that encircleJ
the globe with its millit as" Doc
tor Broomfield claimed that there
was a very intimate relation be.
tween the phenomenal success OF
Wesley and the little prayer room
in which at all hours OF tho day
and night Wesley could be found.
The address closed with a de-
scriptIon Of the little room now
occupied by a miners family, in
I,.hIah TNax,Id 7 Ss-tt. n.aAn. AL