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The Life And Ministry Of William Squirrell
Residing in the vicinity, when our translated brother was preaching at the neat and commodious chapel, "Trinity," Trinity-street, Boro', and being without a home, we frequently dropped in there. Mr. Squirrell was a young man then, yet considerably in advance of his time of life in the experimental truths of the Gospel, and we have often remarked, after hearing him preach, that the Lord was preparing him for a larger sphere of usefulness. We can testify (at that time, feeling somewhat like a forlorn, dejected wanderer) to being often lifted up and helped on the way under his ministry. Mr. Squirrell's origin, &c., having been given in extenso in the March and April numbers of the Earthen Vessel & Gospel Herald of the year 1891…
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The Life And Ministry Of Jane Hazelton
“My mother!” These two words embody the feelings of her son’s heart, and possess all the mournful emphasis imparted by the sundering of a tie of upwards of forty years. Memory revives the tender recollections of a life-time; the gentle voice seems to be heard again, and the loving and patient face is seen: "Thine own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solac'd me"; But amidst all the sorrow there is a cause for joy, for our dear one has, through free and sovereign grace, joined the blood-washed throng in the homeland, and "Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown." Six short years have passed since my beloved father entered into rest, and now one grave contains…
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The Life And Ministry Of Anne Banks
Anne Maria, the beloved wife of John W. Banks, was born at Westbury Leigh in the second decade of the present century. Her parents, William and Mary Applegate, were godly people, and members of the (then) Particular Baptist Church at Westbury Leigh, though the father of deceased would often walk into Trowbridge (five miles) in order to hear the late John Warburton. The subject of this sketch attended regularly the old Baptist Chapel in her native village, and always bearing a scrupulously moral character and a devotional and reverent demeanour in the house of God, was frequently used to become a member, as they told her "she was quite good enough"; but being thoroughly conscientious, and not having experienced a change of heart, she respectfully…
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The Life And Ministry Of J. Everett
According to your request, I send you a brief account of my call by grace, to the ministry, and to the pastorate of Ebenezer, Grays. I was born of godly parents in the year 1852, and, like the rest of the fallen sons of Adam, walked accordingly to the course of this world, "Wandering from Him while I could, Till ‘shall come’ stopped my feet.'' This took place when I was 17 years of age, under the ministry of the late dear Mr. Parker, the then pastor of "Hope," Norton-street, Bethnal Green, who took for his text one Sunday morning the words, "For we must needs die" (2 Sam. 14:14). The fear of death filled me with terror. It was then I was brought into…
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The Life And Ministry Of James Boorne
In our last issue (see below) we referred to the translation from the Church below to the Church above of Mr. James Boorne, pastor of Devonshire-road Chapel, Greenwich, the subject of this months portrait and sketch whose funeral obsequies it was our mournful duty, yet sacred pleasure, to unite in, in November last. We now proceed to record somewhat of the Lord's gracious dealings with him, for which we are indebted to the respected editor of the Sower, and by his kind permission cull the following from its pages:— James Boorne was born October, 1833; he was favoured with praying parents, who wisely counseled him, but the Lord only could give him grace, and He did begin to work in his heart when only six…
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The Life And Ministry Of Jabez Mowle
Jabez Mowle was known, loved, and revered, not only at Stoke Ash, and in all Churches of truth throughout Suffolk, but by many in London, for there is scarce a cause in the great Metropolis but has some members who hail from East Anglia, beside numerous others who are in the habit of visiting Suffolk and Norfolk at the annual gatherings of the Association. To all such, the noble form, the cheerful countenance: the heartiness with which he entered into the services and worship of God, the rich, melodious voice—deep-toned bass—with now and again the tear trickling down his furrowed cheek, as he poured forth the music of his soul in the service of praise—to all such we repeat, Jabez Mowle will be very familiar;…
