"The first time Mr Valton met the society in Bradford he told us of the promise he received from the Lord concerning the revival of the work in the Bradford Circuit and though afflictions checked the ardour of his soul, yet the presence of the Lord everywhere so accompanied his labours, that at the end of two years there was a great increase of members, besides the erection and enlargement of chapels."
'Lives of Early Methodist Preachers', by Thomas Jackson, Volume VI, page 114.