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The Life And Ministry Of John Moore
It was amongst you that I drew my first natural breath, being born at Okeworth Hall, in the parish of Keighley, Yorkshire, in 1662. It was amongst you that I had my education in my childhood and youth, under the care of my religious parent, and by instruction and tutorage, chiefly and especially Mr. W. Hustler, of Bingley, Yorkshire. It…
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The Life And Ministry Of Anne Dutton
It pleased the Lord, in the fifteenth year of my age, to incline my heart to join with the Church of Christ in Northampton, over which the late Mr. Hunt was pastor. Under his ministry I was often laid to the breasts of consolation, and, being fed with the milk of the word, which was suited to my present case,…
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The Life And Ministry Of Robert Sears
God said unto Moses, "I will make all My goodness pass before thee;'' and it passes before us in our own personal experience, and we record it here in praise of the sovereign grace and matchless love of our covenant God. I might have been left to perish in my sin, for,— “Why was I made to hear Thy voice,…
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The Life And Ministry Of Philip Dickerson
It is to be hoped that the readers of the Earthen Vessel will not mistake the few memorial notices here recorded of the late Mr. Philip Dickerson for a biography of him. Personally we knew but little of Mr. Dickerson, not having heard his voice since he preached to an overcrowded house the funeral sermon of the late John Foreman,…
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The Life And Ministry Of William Knibb Dexter
Dear Mr. Editor,—Circumstances are constantly transpiring around us testifying to the fact that whilst the spirit is immortal the body is mortal. Lately a time-honoured and faithful minister of Christ, a beloved brother in the Lord, has been called from these scenes of labour and conflict to higher service in the glory world. William Knibb Dexter, the youngest son of…
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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…
