An Hour Under the Gallows
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by Frank S. Mead

Back in 1738, London’s main prison was called Newgate. Charles Wesley (later to be the great Christian hymn writer) frequently went there, preaching to those prisoners sentenced to death. On one occasion Charles was even locked in overnight in order to pray…

Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell Company, Tarbell’s Teacher’s Guide, by Frank S. Mead