also bearing suitable inscription, was presented to my wife and baby in the Council Chamber by Sir Wm. Hutt, the member for the borough in Parliament, in the presence of the Magistrates, Councillors, and other friends. CHAPTER XII. Kept by the Power of God-The Mayor Preaches-Building a House" Arise, and go toward the South"-Greenhithe Works Started-Opposed by Parson, Squire & LawyerGodly Submission-Enemies made Friends. In the former part of this paper I have alluded to and acknowledged the grace of God, in bringing me to receive and love the religion of Jesus the Saviour. It may be thought by some persons that these worldly honours, bestowed upon me in such profusion, would have killed my religion and made me very worldly, but such, through the kindness of my Heavenly Father, was not the case, for He knows how to keep His servants humble in His sight in the midst of multiplied honours, because to every sincere follower of Christ it is said, "Sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye are not under the law, but under grace." "And grace shall reign through righteousness unto eternal life." It did not even kill my preaching propensity, for during the time of my mayoralty I preached in some of the largest chapels in the town, as well as in the Town Hall in Newcastle. A preaching mayor was a novelty, and as I I was recently informed, people went to hear simply on that account. A gentleman from the North of England F who came South to see me on business, told me, that when he was a boy, hearing that the Mayor of Gateshead was going to preach, he went to the chapel simply out of curiosity on that account. He said that was the first time he saw me, and now after many years we were brought together in a way of business. Whilst attending to the cement business at Gateshead, as well as to the magisterial and municipal affairs there, my place of residence was in Jesmond Road, in the northern part of Newcastle, at which residence my three first children were born (three daughters). The house was a very convenient one, freehold, and was large enough until the family had so increased. It was necessary then to seek larger quarters, so I bought a field of two and a quarter acres in extent, a little distance out of Newcastle to the north of the Town moor where races were held, and upon it erected a large and substantial house, with coach house, stables, gardener's entrance lodge, and a photographic studio, for I had for many years practised photography, having my appliances at the works. I laid out the grounds, planted trees, shrubs, etc., making the place a very desirable and comfortable family habitation, suited to my now new social position amongst my fellow towns men. In this house my eldest son, Isaac Charles, was born, and after him my fourth daughter, Catherine, making the number five in all. After happy resi |