BIOGRAPHY
THE LATE JAMES WRIGHT, ESQ.,
OF PASSAGE.
...To many of the Ministers and friends of Methodism
throughout Ireland, James Wright was known, and was
prized and beloved because of his long and faithful
adherence to the cause of his early choice - that
system which, when a very young man, proved a blessing
to his soul, and of which for fifty-three years he was
an unswerving, loyal and faithful member. The hand of
Providence (which he loved gratefully to acknowledge
in after years) led him, when almost a lad, to emigrate
from his native place, Dunmanway, to Canada, up to
which period he was without decision in religious
matters, and lived thoughtlessly as his companions.
...While in Canada he had the happiness of being the
first to greet the first Wesleyan Missionary, the
Rev. Robert Strong, of the Irish Conference, sent
out by the Parent Society. This must have been about
the year 1813; and to it he often referred with
gratitude to the Great Head of the Church, particularly
when hearing or reading of the wonderful growth of the
Wesleyan cause in Canada, from that day to this.
Returning home to his native place, God made him the
instrument of the conversion of three of his sisters,
all of whom died happy in the Lord. ...Mr. Wright
went to reside in the town of Passage about the year
1839, and for nearly twenty-five years was the main
pillar of the small society there....
Cork. J.W.R.
