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The Life And Testimony Of Mary Gadsby
She was a granddaughter of the late Mr. Lavell, who was one of Mr. Huntington's people, and one of the principal and first supporters of Gower Street chapel. Her father was a member of the Establishment, and in her earlier years she generally attended church with the rest of the family, though she sometimes went to Gower Street with her…
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The Life And Ministry Of George Mason
For more than fifty years a Strict Baptist Church has flourished in the favoured village of Prestwood, a short distance from the town of High Wycombe. 'l'he once venerable Benjamin Mason, of Knowle Hill, and several of his descendants and relations were faithful friends to the cause of Christ in those parts. Our kind brother in Christ, Mr. William Mason,…
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The Baptists In America
Dear Brother in Christ,—-I have read the “Gospel Standard" for a little more than three years, and have felt a sweet fellowship for those generally whose sentiments and experiences have been presented through its pages. At my suggestion, also, a few of my brethren took it the past year, and some more are taking it this year. The doctrine it…
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A Book Review: The Trial Of Job, By Silas Durand
The book of Job is one of the most remarkable in the Bible. It contains the history of the trials of a man of whom God himself declares that he was a perfect man and upright, fearing God and eschewing evil. It fills the mind with wonderment at the extent of the good man's calamity, and the mystery of God's…
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The Life And Ministry Of Silas Durand
Silas Durand, of Southampton, Pa., son of Daniel and Asenath Durand, was born in Bradford County, Pa., June 5, 1833, and was the eleventh in a family of fourteen children. His childhood and early youth were spent on his father's farm. In his eighteenth year, he began teaching, and in 1858 entered the law office of Hon. H. P. Wright,…
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The Life And Testimony Of Ellen Tatley
From a child she was of a quiet and peaceable disposition, and was brought up by strictly honest and very "pious" parents, but they were Arminians. At an early age she had serious and solemn impressions of mind with reference to her never-dying soul and the realities of eternity. She became a member of the Wesleyan Methodists and a Sunday-school…
