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The Answered Prayers Of A Loving Father
We are favored with a copy of a neat pamphlet just written by our Christian and ministerial brother, Thomas Jones, of Dacre Park, Blackheath, entitled—“Jubilee Jottings. A Retrospect of the Past. An Ebenezer of Praise. Passages in the History of the Baptist Church at Sible Hedingham, Essex.” The profits of this little fourpenny book (if there be any) are to be given to the Sunday-school connected with the chapel; and as it is a most pleasing and instructive narrative, we expect it will circulate far and near. The author has given us full permission to use as much of it as we can; we therefore connect with our report of the jubilee services a few extracts from the church’s history. The following paragraphs carry us…
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The Life And Ministry Of William Scandrett
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The Gratitude Of A Wayward Daughter
Gospel Standard 1869: A Correspondence Between A Daughter And Her Parents The following letters will speak for themselves. The first was written by the daughter of Mr. Scandrett, for many years pastor of the Strict Baptist church at Godmanchester, and the two others are the answers to it from her parents: A Letter By F. Moss (Scandrett) To Her Father And Mother My dear Father and Mother, I take up my pen at this time to address you with feelings very different to what I have formerly done. Yes; I feel that I am a sinner, a great sinner, and always was, though I did not know it as I have lately seen myself to be. I have been led to see my lost and…
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The Life And Testimony Of H. Scandrett
Some of the readers of the "Gospel Standard" knew and heard the late Mr. Scandrett, who was for many years the beloved pastor of the church of Christ at Godmanchester, and to them it will be interesting to learn a few particulars of the experience and death of his aged widow, who departed this life on the 25th of August, 1858, aged 91 years. Her daughter has furnished me with a short account of her dear mother, and I think I cannot do better than send it to you almost in her own words. At the same time I would bear testimony to her truly Christian walk and conversation ever since I knew her and have had the privilege of visiting her, embracing a period…
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The Answered Prayers Of A Loving Mother
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The Life And Ministry Of William Scandrett
We are favored with a copy of a neat pamphlet just written by our Christian and ministerial brother, Thomas Jones, of Dacre Park, Blackheath, entitled—“Jubilee Jottings. A Retrospect of the Past. An Ebenezer of Praise. Passages in the History of the Baptist Church at Sible Hedingham, Essex.” The profits of this little fourpenny book (if there be any) are to be given to the Sunday-school connected with the chapel; and as it is a most pleasing and instructive narrative, we expect it will circulate far and near. The author has given us full permission to use as much of it as we can; we therefore connect with our report of the jubilee services a few extracts from the church’s history. The following paragraphs carry us…
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The Answered Prayers Of A Loving Father
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The Life And Testimony Of Hannah Mills
My dear daughter, the late Mrs. Isaac Mills, was born January 25th, 1842, and died May 14th, 1867, in her 26th year. At the time of her birth, I was in great temporal straits; so that with family cares and preaching cares I was overwhelmed. My soul chose strangling and death rather than life. My soul being full of heaviness, I cried, “O Lord, be pleased to let me die. I wish to die." While I was in this state of mind, it was said by a relative, "This child ought to be named Hannah." It was mentioned to my wife, and she agreed to it. Having a concordance, I soon found the name with its meaning: "Gracious, merciful, or taking rest." At this my…
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The Life And Ministry Of Cornelius Cowley
He grew up strong in mind and body, until about ten years of age, when he had a very severe attack of rheumatic gout in his feet, which very much reduced him, and from which he suffered more or less throughout his life. After this, he had a very narrow escape from the bursting of a gun, which he let off loaded with gravel stones, when sent by a farmer to drive the birds from a field newly-sown with corn. When between the age of thirteen and fourteen he was apprenticed to the boot and shoe business for seven years. He was very quick in learning his trade; but at the age of seventeen, feeling himself grown up quite a man, he did not like…
