• Joshua Banforth

    The Life And Ministry Of Joshua Banforth

    He was baptized by the late Mr. Kershaw, for whom he always retained the highest regard; and he also frequently spoke of dear William Gadsby's ministry as having been a blessing to his soul. Living in this neighbourhood, he removed his membership from Rochdale to Slaithwaite. For nearly forty years he was in the habit of supplying many of the…

  • William Mason

    The Flesh And Blood Of Christ

    This is a great mystery, but it is a comforting truth in the experience of Christ’s members. Our Saviour saith, ‘It is my meat to do the will of him that sent me.’ So it is the believer’s privilege to feed by faith on him that is sent, even the flesh and blood of Jesus: the Man ‘like unto ourselves…

  • Peter Meney on Doctrinal Matters

    Law And Gospel

    Gospel preachers are, says Paul, ‘ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life’ (2 Corinthians 3:7). The letter of which Paul speaks is the Law, so called because it was written in letters graven on stone tables. The Gospel is what Paul means by ‘the spirit’…

  • • The TriUne Jehovah,  William Gadsby's Hymns

    The Honors Of Your Lord And King

    1 Beloved of the Lord most high, 
Let praises be your sweet employ; Ye sons of God, rejoice, and sing, The honors of your Lord and King. Ye sons of God, rejoice, and sing, The honors of your Lord and King. 2 Your heavenly Father ever lives, And all His choicest treasure gives; To you, the favorites of His heart,…

  • Ruth Bodman

    The Life And Testimony Of Ruth Bodman

    Death. On Feb. 18th, 1897, in her 73rd year, this deeply tried and true child of God (a member with us at Zion Chapel, Trowbridge,) was gathered home. For over 50 years she had, by the living power of God, known the truth as it is in Jesus, and in 1846 she first contributed to the pages of the “Gospel…