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The Late Clifton Conference (1898)
Dear Sir,—I am sending you, subject to your approval, a few notes taken of some of the precious addresses upon the subject of "Faith," which we were privileged to hear at the recent Clifton Conference. They are but few, and very imperfect, and I fear will give but a poor idea of the full and rich teaching which so characterized…
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James Ormiston’s Appraisal Of Talbot Greaves And His Ministry
At Moxy-le-port Church, Bristol, on the Sunday next after the funeral, the Rector (the Rev. James Ormiston) preached a special sermon on the subject of the late Rev. Talbot Greaves’s life and ministry. The text taken was 2 Timothy 1:12, "For the which cause I also suffer these things; nevertheless, I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have…
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Talbot Greaves’s Posthumous Sermon
At St. Andrew's-the-Less, Dowry Square, Bristol, on the following Sunday morning, the Vicar (the Rev. S. F. Alford) read to a full congregation the sermon which the Rev. Talbot Greaves had intended to preach there on the previous Sunday. The discourse was found in the study of our beloved friend after his death. Before reading the pathetic address, Mr. Alford…
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The Life And Ministry Of Talbot Greaves
A deeply touching interest attaches to our Portrait this month. The name of the Rev. Talbot Greaves, formerly Vicar of Clifton, and a constant speaker at the Clifton Conferences, had become familiar to our readers, not a few of whom had also frequently listened to his powerful Scriptural addresses at the October meetings in the Victoria Rooms. In our last…
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The Life And Ministry Of Daniel Allen
Our departed brother Daniel Allen, of blessed memory, many years the beloved pastor of the Particular Baptist Church, A, Sydney, and whose death we recorded in our last issue, was born of humble parents in the parish of Wilbey, Suffolk, in the year 1824. About the year 1843 he left his native place for the colonies of Australia, and after…
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Sacred Truths Of The Gospel
I have sometimes thought that if you were asked briefly in a word to say what Strict Baptists believe in their chapels, you could not do better than to refer them to these two verses, because there is every doctrine of the gospel, one after another, set up. It begins in eternity past; it ends in eternity to come. Really,…