Yes, you guessed ...
A Primitive Methodist Centenary plate. It's over a hundred years old, and celebrates the movement's achievements from 1807 to 1907.
The inscription on the back of the plates reads as follows:
“What hath God wrought!”
Chapels & Preaching Places…. 4,905
Ministers …. 1,153
Local Preachers … 16,209
Church members … 210,173
Adherents … 607,682
Sunday Schools … 4209
Teachers … 61,275
Scholars …. 477,114
Value of property … £4,958,978
RD. No 491901
Royal semi porcelain
Manufactured by Wood & Sons, Burslem
In summary, by 1907, that's over 800,000 members and adherents, five thousand churches and nearly half a million scholars.
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