ABSTRACT
Mr. Stephenson, the Methodist missionary, considered this law as unjust, and therefore thought proper not to obey it. He continued to preach as usual until the 23d of June, when he was found guilty of breaking the law, and committed to prison to take his trial in December. He procured bail and was liberated, and got 500 signatures to a petition to his Majesty to negative the law: but, before an answer could arrive, Mr. Stephenson's trial came on; he was found guilty of breaking the law, sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and fined i650. The governor, however, offered to liberate him, upon condition of his quitting the island within sixty days. Mr. Stephenson says, " but as I thought this dishonourable to the cause for which I suffered, I declined to accept the offered mercy. I have gained more friends by this persecution in Bermuda than I should ever have had without it."
