Dear Brother,—At your request, I will try and pen a few particulars of my life, and the Lord's gracious dealings with me, in calling me by grace, and to the ministry. I was born on the 29th of October, 1840, of Christian parents, at Bradford-On-Avon, and was early taken to the house of God. My father at that time was senior deacon at the old Baptist Church in that town (then under the pastoral care of the late William Hawkins), and took a great interest in every branch of service connected with that honoured house of prayer. For eight or nine years my father was a great sufferer, and it fell to my lot, as soon as I was able, to read the Bible to…