Little Abe, or, the Bishop of Berry Brow / Being the Life of Abraham Lockwood

Name: Little Abe, or, the Bishop of Berry Brow / Being the Life of Abraham Lockwood
Author: F. Jewell

by F. Jewell

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[Frontispiece: Abraham Lockwood.]
LITTLE ABE;
OR,
THE BISHOP OF BERRY BROW.
BEING THE LIFE OF
ABRAHAM LOCKWOOD,
A Quaint and Popular Yorkshire Local Preacher in the Methodist New Connexion.
F. JEWELL.
TWENTY-SECOND THOUSAND.
London: PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETOR, ROBERT CULLEY, 25-35 CITY ROAD, AND 26 PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
Abraham Pilling, Esq.,
ASTLEY BRIDGE, BOLTON, I DEDICATE TO YOU THIS RECORD OF THE LIFE AND LABOURS OF ONE WHOSE WORTH YOU KNEW AND APPRECIATED, AS A MARK OF ESTEEM FOR YOUR ZEALOUS EXERTIONS TO ADVANCE THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. BIRTH AND PARENTAGE
CHAPTER II. EARLY INCIDENTS
CHAPTER III. HIS CONVERSION
CHAPTER IV. ABE A NEW CHARACTER IN THE VILLAGE
CHAPTER V. IN MEMBERSHIP WITH THE CHURCH
CHAPTER VI. "FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE"
CHAPTER VII. WIND AND TIDE AGAINST
CHAPTER VIII. THE CLOUDS BEGIN TO BREAK
CHAPTER IX. SALEM CHAPEL
CHAPTER X. ABE BECOMES A LOCAL PREACHER
CHAPTER XI. IN PRACTICE
CHAPTER XII. "BUTTERFLY PREACHERS"
CHAPTER XIII. VARIOUS WAYS OUT OF DIFFICULTIES
CHAPTER XIV. ABE'S TITLES AND TROUBLES
CHAPTER XV. A BASKET OF FRAGMENTS
CHAPTER XVI. "I AM A WONDER UNTO MANY"
CHAPTER XVII. ABE AS A CLASS LEADER
CHAPTER XVIII. "WORKING OVERTIME"
CHAPTER XIX METHODIST LOVEFEAST
CHAPTER XX. PATIENT IN TRIBULATION
CHAPTER XXI. "THE LIBERAL DEVISETH LIBERAL THINGS"
CHAPTER XXII. USED UP
CHAPTER XXIII. "BETTER IS THE END OF A THING THAN THE BEGINNING"
CHAPTER I. Birth and Parentage.
CHAPTER II. Early Incidents.
CHAPTER III. His Conversion.
CHAPTER IV. Abe a New Character in the Village.
CHAPTER V. In Membership with the Church.
CHAPTER VI. "For Better, for Worse"
CHAPTER VII. Wind and Tide Against.
CHAPTER VIII. The Clouds begin to Break.
CHAPTER IX. Salem Chapel.
CHAPTER X. Abe becomes a Local Preacher.
HIS TRIAL SERMON.
CHAPTER XI In Practice.
CHAPTER XII. "Butterfly Preachers."
TOILING ON.
CHAPTER XIII. Various Ways out of Difficulties.
"PUCKER IT IN, LADS."
"BREAD OF LIFE FREE."
"MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED."
CHAPTER XIV. Abe's Titles and Troubles.
ABE'S PERSONAL APPEARANCE
"THE TIGHT JACKET."
THE BLACK CLOTH SUIT.
CHAPTER XV. A Basket of Fragments.
"DISH-CLOTH."
"TASTE AND TRY."
"WHO'S BEEN HERE?"
"ELLOW! WHO'S THERE."
"PUT UM ON THEESEN."
CHAPTER XVI. "I am a Wonder unto Many."
CHAPTER XVII. Abe as a Class Leader
"MY FATHER'S GOT PLENTY O' TIMBER."
"MY FATHER 'LL GIE THE' THIS HAASE" (House).
CHAPTER XVIII. "Working Overtime."
LITTLE ABE AND THE MULE.
A QUOTATION FROM SALLY.
A LIST OF THE FAMILY NAMES.
CHAPTER XIX. Methodist Lovefeast.
DEVIL DIDN'T POP THEE.
RELIGION ALL HUMBUG.
PENITENT PHYSIC.
HONLEY FEAST MONDAY.
"BREED 'EM YOURSENS."
CHAPTER XX. Patient in Tribulation.
"WATTER GRUEL."
THE HALLELUJAH COAT.
TEMPTED OF THE DEVIL.
ACCUSED OF SWEARING.
COUNTING THE ORGAN PIPES.
AN EVIL TEMPER.
CHAPTER XXI. "The Liberal Deviseth Liberal Things."
"A GOOD NAME IS BETTER THAN GREAT RICHES."
"WILT TA KNUG?" (KNEEL).
CHAPTER XXII. Used Up.
OUT OF HARNESS.
"WHERE'S 'T YOUNG PRAACHER?"
CHAPTER XXIII. "Better is the End of a Thing that the Beginning."
"ARISE! LET US GO UP TO BETHEL."

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