Church Micro #5892 Wotton Under Edge Tabernacle Multi-Cache
Hidden : 6/10/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The original Tabernacle was built between 1771 and 1783 by a break-away sect of the more affluent members of the Old Town Meeting House. This followed the first visit to Wotton of the Reverend Rowland Hill, who was himself inspired by George Whitfield's work of bringing the Gospel to non-churchgoers.

Hill was a deacon of the Anglican Church who was unable to receive ordination as priest, because of his Calvinistic beliefs - though he remained in communion with the Anglican Church throughout his life, and himself established contacts with the Methodist Church, which is not Calvinist.

The first Tabernacle was a simple "preaching-box" which was radically rebuilt, huge and "gothic" in design, by two local benefactors in 1850. At that time, it had seating for around 800 and in its heyday further benches had to be provided in the aisles. It possessed a Manse and Sunday School, and Hill founded a row of almshouses "for ten aged women" - still on Tabernacle Pitch (though rebuilt) - which were endowed by income from a mill and other land which he acquired for the purpose.

Charles Spurgeon, the famous Baptist preacher of the nineteenth century, also preached here - partly in response to a prophecy spoken over him when he was only ten years old.

And what happened to the Old Town Meeting House, that the Tabernacle broke from? The building is still here on its original site, close to the War Memorial at the bottom of Old Town. And in 2000, when the United Church was being rebuilt, the Old Town Meeting House very generously offered us the temporary use of their premises - sealing with Christian forgiveness the breach over two hundred years old.

Sadly, the building is no longer in use for worship, but a trust is proposing to convert it to a Christian centre.

As you walk to the cache you will pass Tabernacle House.

The cache can be found at:N51ºGC.(A+E)FD W002ºE(E/2).(G-E)(C/2))(F-E)



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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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