John Gadsby
John Gadsby (1808-1893) was a Strict and Particular Baptist author and printer. In 1835, he started “The Gospel Standard” magazine, gaining the support and participation of his father (William Gadsby) who together served as its first editors. In addition to the magazine, John wrote a few books, among which are “A Memoir Of The Late William Gadsby”, “Memoirs Of The Principal Hymn-Writers And Compilers Of The 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries” and “My Wanderings, Being Travels In The East”.
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A Review: “Infant Baptism Demonstrated To Be Reasonable, Historical And Scriptural”, By James Malcom
MR. MALCOLM comes before his readers fully persuaded in his own mind that he has swept the ground from under the feet of the poor Baptist at last, and left him prostrate on the earth. But why all this determined opposition to a plain truth? Why so much zeal and warmth is there manifested in an old and oft-exploded argument? The whole strength of the arguments brought forward in the work before us is the old, erroneous idea that baptism came in the room of circumcision.
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Religion In America
[In the Memoir of Mr. Kershaw, page 385, allusion is made to Mr. Kershaw's "faithful friend and servant" (Jane). The following letter is from her, she having married after Mr. K.’S death.] Dear Mr. Gadsby, As dear Mrs. Kershaw said in her last letter that you "always asked very kindly after me," I take the liberty of writing you a few lines. I thank you for your kind inquiries. It is pleasant to think we are not entirely forgotten by those we so highly esteem in the bonds of the gospel, although, in the providence of God, so far removed from them and so unworthy of their thoughts. I often feel "like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.'' If we could meet with any to…
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History Of The “Gospel Standard”
Before a man sits down to write a history of any place or thing, he should be quite satisfied on two points: 1, That he is qualified for the work; and, 2, That people in general will believe he is so qualified; otherwise his labour will be in vain. Gibbon wrote "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire;" most ably written, but so tinctured with infidelity that we dare not put it into the hands of our children. Macaulay wrote a "History of England;" one of the most elegantly-written works in the English language; but his Essay on Lord Clive is so marred with partiality and bigotry that we turn from it with disgust. In one place he calls the immortal Huntington "a worthless,…
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The Life And Ministry Of John Gadsby
It was the sun which shone on the 19th of November, in the year 1808, which first shone upon me, if, indeed, the sun were visible at all in Manchester on that day, a question exceedingly problematical, as my native town is not proverbial for sunshinings, especially on a November day. Like the rest of the human race, I was “shapen in iniquity and conceived in sin” (Ps. 51:5); or, as the margin reads, warmed in sin. I was brought up, nourished, sustained in sin—in the house of sin. I was the slave of sin, just as those born in Abraham's house were Abraham's slaves. (Gen. 14:14; 15:3.) Sin was my master. I ate and drank at his table, and obeyed his commands. I was…
