Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
On the I attended a meeting appointed by the minister
of the Church of England for the purpose of opposing the Maynooth
Grant which was then under discussion in the British Parliament
The whole country was in an excitement upon the matter and alarm
was created throughout the Protestant Churches of England. The meeting
was held in the Music Hall where the Saints held their services and
the celebrated Rev Hugh McNeile was chairman. The speakers
considered that Parliament was betraying the country and striking
a death blow at ^the^ three hundred years of reformation. Many addresses
were made and resolutions formed and the meeting broke up at
half past ten.
