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The Life And Death Of William Bussey
Death. On Aug. 18th., 1859, at an advanced age, William Bussey, of Hemblington, Norfolk. He preached the gospel in his humble way at Framingham, for some years towards the close of his life. He was a humble, consistent man. Not much is known of his experience. He was in early life a rigid Methodist; but the Lord so laid his sins upon the ground would open and swallow him up, with the beast that was under him; and that like Dathan and Abiram, and their company, he should go down alive into the pit. About this time an opportunity offered for him to hear an experimental gospel minister; and such was the effect of the sermon upon his terror-stricken spirit that all his bonds broke,…
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The Life And Death Of George Isbell
Died. At Bath, on March 6th, aged 45, deeply regretted by his attached congregation, MR. G. S. B. Isbell, minister of the gospel at Bethesda Chapel, Bath, after an illness of about four weeks. On Lord's Day evening, February 5th, he spoke from the words, "Behold the Lamb of God,” with much unction, but with evident difficulty from illness. He went from the pulpit to his bed-room, which he never after left. Ulceration of the tongue and throat set in, and increased till danger was anticipated. On Lord's Day evening, March 4th, the bowels were attacked, which ended in mortification. His agony was great. He said, "The great struggle is now begun." Large doses of opium, by the advice of the medical attendant, were administered,…
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Mr. Huntington’s Dying Testimony To The Power Of Vital Godliness
Dear Brother in the Lord Jesus Christ,—I am come at last, according to my promise, which ought to have been fulfilled before. But, alas! I have sometimes leisure upon my hands, but no heart to work; no oil in my cruse, no spring in my well, no overflowings in my cup. At other times the wind blows, the spices flow out, and the spring of divine life rises; when perhaps I want leisure. And sometimes the poor tabernacle is weary or infirm, when much study becomes a weariness to the flesh. Never right, dear Joseph, nor can be; something will ever be out of joint, off the hooks, impaired, or displaced; something wanted, some thing missing, something deficient; until that blessed period arrives when we…
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The Life And Ministry Of William Huntington
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The Life And Legacy Of Henry Cole
Henry Cole, D.D., of Clare Hall, Cambridge (1792-1858), was a scholar and a preacher of an entirely different type to any of those who have been named. He sometimes occupied the University Pulpit at Cambridge and his sermons delivered there are fearless and experimental expositions of the Gospel of the grace of God. In his later years he was proprietor and head master of a boarding-school at Highbury Place; Sunday evening Lecturer at St. Mary Somerset, Upper Thames Street; and subsequently he preached in the building in Providence Place, Upper Street, afterwards known as Providence Chapel. His translations of some of Luther's books and of "Calvin's Calvinism" are of permanent value, and his work upon the humanity of our blessed Lord is eminently scriptural and…
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The Life And Death Of Henry Cole
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The Life And Death Of Henry Cole
A Short Account Of The Last Illness And Peaceful Death Of Henry Cole, D. D., Late Of Clare Hall, Cambridge, And Of Highbury Place, Islington; And Also Late Sunday Evening Lecturer Of St. Mary Somerset, Upper Thames Street, London. [We have felt some difficulty in giving insertion to the following Obituary, which, indeed, has been one reason of its being delayed, as it has been some months in our possession. The difficulty was this. As Dr. Cole, at one period of his life, left the Establishment and afterwards returned to it, it formed a stumbling-block in our mind which we could not very well get over. But he never departed from the truth which he held in its experience and power, was heavily afflicted in…
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The Life And Ministry Of John Halliwell
The subject of this memoir was well known in the churches of Lancashire and Yorkshire, as an occasional supply, when his health would permit him to go out; and even after he was afflicted he was often at his post. He was born at Rosendale, Lancashire, and his father being a member under the late John Pilling, of Goodshaw Chapel, he was brought up to attend at the above place; but while in a state of nature he was often found, as he frequently told us, wandering in the fields on a Lord's day with other bad companions, without God and without hope in the world. In this state he went on, more or less, till he was about 30 years of age, when, by…
