• Benjamin Walshaw

    The Life And Ministry Of Benjamin Walshaw

    Benjamin Walshaw, Pastor At Zoar Chapel, Bradford, For Twenty-Five Years, Died On March 19th, 1984, Aged 85.  In the previous month, he had preached one Lord's day under particularly trying circumstances. He had expected to be a hearer, but on the Saturday was informed that the minister who had been expected was unable to fulfil the engagement through illness. On…

  • Griffiths Vaughan

    The Life And Ministry Of Griffiths Vaughan

    William Bailey Griffiths Vaughan died on 26th January. From his own writings the following paragraphs are extracted:— "Brought up under the truth at Zoar Chapel, Bradford, Yorks, I was from early youth accustomed to hear the faithful proclamation of the gospel, which my carnal nature often resented and upon which its enmity often sat in judgment. In about my seventeenth…

  • Lena Vaughan

    The Life And Testimony Of Lena Vaughan

    Lena Vaughan, a member at Zoar Chapel, Bradford, died on 15th November, 1974, and was buried at Harpenden on the 20th November in sure and certain hope of a glorious resurrection. She was married to the late Mr. W. B. Griffiths Vaughan at Gower Street Chapel on 30th May, 1921, by Mr. John Booth. She came to Bradford after responding…

  • Mary Ann Booth

    The Life And Testimony Of Mary Ann Booth

    The Lord has been pleased in His wisdom to solemnly visit us again at Bradford, and to remove suddenly from our midst dear Mrs. Booth, the loving helpmeet of our late, beloved pastor. For some time her eyesight had been rapidly failing, and an operation for cataract had been performed in the Eye and Ear Hospital; but about ten days…

  • Elizabeth Vaughan

    The Life And Testimony Of Elizabeth Vaughan

    Death. On March 21st, 1890, Elizabeth Vaughan, Widow Of The Late William Vaughan, For Twenty-Seven Years Pastor Of The Church At Bradford, Yorkshire.  A close friendship and correspondence having been kept up between myself and the deceased for nearly half a century, I feel my mind led to state a few particulars respecting her during her pilgrimage journey in this…

  • John Booth

    The Life And Death Of John Booth

    Mr. John Booth, for 30 years pastor of Zoar Particular Baptist chapel, Bradford, Yorkshire. John Booth was born of humble parentage at Thurlestone, a moorland village near Penistone, Yorkshire, on October 19, 1861. Lacking the privileges of even elementary education he worked in a factory, but applied himself to mastering the rudiments of education in his leisure hour.