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The Life And Testimony Of John Vincent
Mr. John Vincent,—(one of the deacons; we may also add, one of the ministers, of the Strict Baptist Church in New Bridge street, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne)—has forwarded us the following special communication. Norfolk is a county less known to us in a Gospel sense, than other counties are. We hope to know it better soon. The Cathedral city of Norwich is better off for Particular Baptist Churches than most Cathedral cities are. At Claxton, Mr. Pawson is doing a good work. Lowestoff and Yarmouth, are towns where our principles ought to be more recognized; but mental and spiritual power is wanting.
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The Life And Ministry Of William Bell
The Lord called me to feel his wrath and the power of his word, the law of commandments, before he called me to feel and rejoice in the pardon of my sins and the freeness of his grace by Jesus Christ. It will be 36 years in a few days since my soul tasted of these solemn things; yet to this day I often wonder at his wonderful ways to me, a poor sinner, the only son of a poor infidel shoemaker. I have looked back in the line of my forefathers, father's side and mother's side, and cannot see one clear call by the grace of God amongst them; and even up to this time my heart has often cried, ‘
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The Life And Testimony Of Elizabeth Ainscow
She was sister to the late Mrs. M'Kenzie, and was brought up in the Church of England; but when very young she was led to see that she was a great sinner; and living in a country village, near Preston, she used to go into the fields, and there implored the forgiveness of her sins. One day the passage, "Come, let us reason together," was applied so powerfully to her that she ex- claimed, "What, Lord? Reason with me, a
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The Life And Ministry Of Ann Maslen
She was born in the parish of Overton, near Marlborough, in the year 1806, and ran in the way of Adam nature till about 1823, when she was seized with a severe affliction in connection with the spine. The doctors attending her, with her relatives and friends, looked for a speedy dissolution, but after a few years our friend began to improve, and finally recovered. This affliction seems to have been the means, in the Lord's hand, of bringing her to see a need of something more than earth can bestow, and a longing went out of her soul to
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The Need Of An Evangelistic Spirit In Our Churches
The following address was given by Edwin White at the Annual Meeting of the Metropolitan Association of Strict Baptist Churches (MASBC) in March 1903. Herein Mr. White underscores the biblical mandate to preach the gospel to all sinners, especially in the hearing of the unconverted. Mr. White was a Hyper-Calvinist, and so were the churches he was addressing. They rejected the notion that saving faith is a spiritual and/or legal duty of the unregenerate and denounced the practice of free offers of the gospel.
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The Life And Ministry Of John Phillips
He was taken ill in Brighton, early in December, 1871. Some of his sentences we could not catch sufficiently to connect them. He was frequently in prayer. Once most distinctly he was heard to say, "Show me thy hands and thy feet. Lay me low and keep me there till I say, Not my will, but thine be done." At another time, "Do bless me and my dear partner and children. Thou knowest how very near they lie to the heart of thy poor dust. Thou canst bless them, and provide for them, and none, O Lord, but thou canst give them grace.
