In connection with the subject of revivals at the Grove, there was an important one in the neighbourhood which should be mentioned. It has been stated elsewhere in this volume that during the vacation of 1832 the cholera, which had been raging in some of the large towns, visited the generally salubrious villages of Apperley Bridge and Greengates, which are contiguous to the Grove. The near approach of the scourge caused a prolongation of the vacation. Its visitation led to the religious awakening of a number of persons. At Yeadon, which is about two miles from the Grove, a noonday prayer meeting was commenced. After the disease had ceased to spread, the meeting was continued. During the following autumn and winter, it was followed by one of the most extraordinary religious revivals of modern times. It spread to the neighbouring villages of Rawdon and Guiseley. The Yeadon old chapel was crowded every night. One Sunday afternoon a lovefeast was held. The spacious new chapel could not contain the people, and the meeting was held in an adjoining field, and was attended by thousands from all parts of the surrounding district. At the close of the revival, it was found that upwards of nine hundred persons had professed to obtain "a knowledge of salvation by the remission of their sins."

In the year 1843 another revival of religion took place, and was the subject of anxious deliberation on the part of the committee as to the means of securing permanent results from it, which were wisely adopted. At that time the Revs. F. A. West and Alfred Barrett were living in the neighbourhood (the former being at Leeds), and these

ministers were requested to visit the school at certain stated times to give suitable lectures and catechise the boys in religious knowledge. The year previously, the Conference had specially requested that more careful religious teaching should be imparted.

The Rev. J. W. Denham says: "A remarkable revival took place in 1862, John Wesley Whitehead, George Scott Railton, a scholar named Jones, and myself spending a whole holiday afternoon in prayer more than once. This was the beginning, and the work spread mightily. Lockwood, W. H. Booth, A. Ernest Booth, James and Alfred Hartley (since dead), R. W. Partrey, G. G. Findlay, Harris, Francis Miles Keeling (then a junior master), and his brother Robert were amongst the number of those intimately connected with this revival, which led to the sound conversion of a large number who maintained a consistent profession of religion to the close of my term at the school. Arthur M. Male, the late chaplain to the forces in India, traces his conversion to that work, and, I have no doubt, dates it from the holiday afternoon prayer meeting to which I have referred."

There were other revivals at the school, the full particulars of which cannot be given for want of room.

MISSIONARY MEETINGS.-A missionary spirit was promoted amongst the boys by the holding of annual missionary meetings, at which the boys spoke, moving, seconding, and supporting resolutions. In addition to these means, a collection was made every Saturday, as already mentioned, when the weekly allowance of pocket

money was distributed, each boy being expected to contribute a penny per week.

The first missionary meeting of which we have any account was held during the time when the late Dr. Waddy was a scholar. His daughter tells us that on the occasion Mrs. Martindale observed that young Sam was not going to speak, when she assailed him in a pleasant way, and would not be satisfied unless he spoke. He made the attempt and got on fluently, beginning to press the duty of making sacrifices for the cause, and asked, Could not this be dispensed with, might not that luxury be retrenched? and then, with a roguish eye turned in the direction of the kind old lady, asked if some old ladies might not spare even their darling pinch of snuff. She relished the humour, as she shook her fist at the young orator, saying, "Ah, Sammy, Sammy, thou are as deep as Garrick."

Mr. Robert West has given an account of a missionary meeting held in his day. There was one such meeting held in the dining-hall in November, 1827, which I well remember, it being the last at the Grove which I attended. I have now before me a manuscript book (the book made and the contents written by myself whilst at the school) containing a verbatim report of the proceedings at this meeting. In reference to the composition of the speeches, it is only right to say that the Wesleyan Magazines, which contained full reports of the speeches made at the annual May meeting in London, were accessible to the boys, and that for some weeks previous to the meeting the intended speakers were often found conning over the various

addresses reported in them. These juvenile speeches were all written and committed to memory. Hence my verbatim report was got together by borrowing the copies of the speeches, a practice not unknown to reporters in the present day. The chair was taken by the junior master, Mr. John Meek. There were, besides the vote of thanks to the chairman, five resolutions, in support of each of which three boys spoke-in all, fifteen speakers. The names of these, giving them in the order in which they spoke, were Charles Penman, T. Lee, David M'Nicoll, Thomas Vasey, William France, J. Heap, Joshua Crowther (a son of the first Jonathan Crowther), James Evans, Joseph Mann, J. T. Slugg, Richard Dawes, James Vasey, Thomas Padman (now and for forty years in Australia), William Meek, and J. France. The fifteen speeches and the report occupied one hour and thirty-eight minutes, the meeting commencing at half-past six o'clock and continuing till nearly nine o'clock. The manuscript report commences thus: "The report having been read, and John Meek having taken the chair at the request of the secretary, Tommy Vasey, the boys proceeded thus." At the end of the manuscript is a table exhibiting the time which each speaker occupied. From this it is seen that Tom Vasey's speech occupied ten minutes, it being, with the exception of one, which occupied thirteen minutes, the longest of the fifteen. The following account of the finances was read: "The amount of the collections of this juvenile society since the last meeting has been £20. 7s. 8d., being an increase of £5. 8s. 8d. The amount of the collection at this meeting has been £6. 15s. od., of which £2. 7s. 6d. was collected on the

stage (sic). The increase of this collection over that of the last meeting is £1. 10s. od."

On perusing the speeches, we find that India occupied a good share of the attention of the several speakers. At that time various cruelties were allowed by law to be practised, such as mothers throwing their children into the river Ganges, widows being burnt alive at the funeral of their husbands, &c. And these inhuman rites afforded to various speakers a fine field for the display of their oratory. As to the brevity of the speeches, there is no doubt that the shortness of time taken by each speaker arose very much from the rapidity with which the speeches were uttered, being delivered from memory with considerable

nervousness.

Mr. Joseph Strachan furnishes an account of another such meeting, held in 1848, at which a grandson of the late Dr. Beaumont moved the first resolution, which was seconded by W. F. Moulton (afterwards Dr. Moulton), and supported by a brother of Dr. Rigg.

During the latter years of the history of the Grove, missionary meetings were held in the chapel in the ordinary way, the congregation being gathered from the surrounding neighbourhood, the addresses being given by ministers and

others.