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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, of Paddington, has desired us to give the following brief sketch of the life and death of his brother George Mason, who was one of the excellent, the honoured, the beloved, and devoted pillars of the Prestwood Baptist Church. Mr. William Mason says:—
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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 contains is precious to them, and the experiences related in it speak to their own; and they, as well as myself, acknowledge to having been comforted and profited in reading it. We cannot but feel that those who are represented by it are one with us in the dear Saviour, though separated very widely upon the earth and under different earthly Governments. The power of…
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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 dealings with him. It almost alarms when it leads us to think what a child of God may have to suffer in this life, and yet cheers and consoles us by revealing the end of the Lord in the whole matter,—that he is pitiful, and of the most tender mercy; not afflicting willingly, or grieving unnecessarily the children of men.
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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, of Wilesbarre, Pa., for the purpose of studying law. In 1860 he was admitted to the bar, and entered upon what promised to be a very successful business career.
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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 teacher, and adorned her profession by a consistent walk, which continued to the end.
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The Life And Testimony Of John Jeffries
He was a good old warrior, being called to fight under Christ's banner over half a century against "the world, the flesh, and the devil," with whose delusive joys, corruptions, and devices he was not unacquainted. He was of very poor and illegitimate birth. His mother, dying while he was young, left him in charge of his grandmother who cared but little about poor John. He grew up, not knowing how to read or write, for he was obliged to earn his living when only 7 years old.
