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Frederic W. Macdonald. Fletcher of Madeley
Fletcher of Madeley
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II. EARLY LIFE
CHAPTER III. SETTLES IN ENGLAND.—HIS CONNEXION WITH WESLEY AND THE METHODISTS
CHAPTER IV. SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE
CHAPTER V. ENTERS THE MINISTRY
CHAPTER VI. FIRST YEARS AT MADELEY.—DIFFICULTIES AND DISCOURAGEMENTS
CHAPTER VII. CONTROVERSY AND CORRESPONDENCE
CHAPTER VIII. TREVECCA COLLEGE.—THE CALVINIST CONTROVERSY
CHAPTER IX. WESLEY'S PROPOSAL.—FAILING HEALTH
CHAPTER X. RESIDENCE IN SWITZERLAND
CHAPTER XI. RETURN TO ENGLAND.—MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XII. LAST YEARS
Footnote
APPENDIX
MEN WORTH REMEMBERING:
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Frederic W. Macdonald
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Meanwhile Fletcher is waiting in Lisbon for a remittance from home which does not arrive. His parents disapprove of this Portuguese-Brazilian venture, and refuse to send him money. But his mind is made up, and with or without money he will go. An unlooked for hindrance, however, prevents. A servant waiting upon him at breakfast let fall a kettle of hot water, and so scalded his leg as to lay him helpless in bed. In the meantime the ship sailed for Brazil without him, and was never heard of again.
On his recovery he returned to Switzerland, there being no further prospect of employment in the Portuguese service. But his desire for military life was unabated. His uncle and eldest brother were in the Dutch service, and in a little while he received word that his uncle had procured a commission for him. He at once set out for Flanders, but before he could join the army the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, in October, 1748, entirely altered the situation. Troops were disbanded or sent home, and the uncle on whom his hopes depended left the service, and died soon afterwards. With his death Fletcher's hopes were entirely destroyed, and he abandoned all thoughts of becoming a soldier.
