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Memoir of James Morton and His Death in 1808
The excerpt portrays James Morton a Middleton blacksmith and local preacher, detailing his pious death on July 1 1808 after years of religious renewal. It notes his resolve to die, his family left in sorrow and Providence supplying their needs, and introduces his life preceding his conversion under Grimshaw’s open-air ministry in Yorkshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
James Morton
Middleton
Leeds
Yorkshire
Ames Morton
Noething
God
Samuel Crowther
Crowther
Grimshaw