[The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society]@TWC D-Link bookThe Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4 CHAPTER II 67/68
Mr.F.mentioned several places in the country, where he was then purchasing land, and erecting chapels.
He also stated, that one man, who aided in pulling down the chapel in 1823, had offered ground for a new chapel, and proffered the free use of a building near by, for religious meetings and a school, till it could be erected. The Wesleyan chapel in Bridgetown is a spacious building, well filled with worshippers every Sabbath.
We attended service there frequently, and observed the same indiscriminate sitting of the various colors, which is described in the account of St.Paul's church. The Wesleyan missionaries have stimulated the clergy to greater diligence and faithfulness, and have especially induced them to turn their attention to the negro population more than they did formerly. There are several local preachers connected with the Wesleyan mission in Barbadoes, who have been actively laboring to promote religion among the apprentices.
Two of these are converted soldiers in his Majesty's service--acting sergeants of the troops stationed in the island.
While we were in Barbadoes, these pious men applied for a discharge from the army, intending to devote themselves exclusively to the work of teaching and preaching.
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