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The Life And Ministry Of John Snow
Dear brother in the faith,—According to your request, a few details of the lovingkindness of the Lord are forwarded, which I pray He will be pleased to bless to some seeker or servant of God. I was born on August 15, 1867, at Hull; but was so soon removed in God's providence that my furthest recollections carry me to a time when, travelling from place to place, seeing the pleasures of sin in theatrical life, it was desired by one that I should go with him and receive training to appear on the stage; but the all-wise God over-ruled this. All thanks to my God for deliverance from a career so near the confines of hell. After settling in Sheffield, I attended St. James's Church…
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The Life And Ministry Of Earnest Booth
In another column reference is made to our young friend and brother Booth, whose portrait accompanies this number, a brief reference to him, therefore, is all that is needed here. Favoured with Christ-loving parents, Mr. Booth was early trained to attend the worship and service of God in good old Homerton Row, a place of old renown for New Testament Church order and the advocacy of the doctrines of free and sovereign grace; a good school for the young. But all this would be of no avail unless the Holy Spirit first quickens the soul with desires heavenward. We give the following short notes from Life and Light:— Our brother, Mr. Ernest Alfred Booth says: “The work of grace in my soul was very gradual,…
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The Life And Ministry Of David Thomas
The subject of this sketch was born in a farm-house at Tandridge, Surrey, in February, 1839. He was the seventh child in a family of thirteen, was very delicate from his birth, and suffered from several severe illnesses, his life being despaired of, yet, through the mercy of God, and the tender care of his parents, he grew to man's estate, and still lives at 60 years of age. His parents belonged to the Established Church, and sent him to the Church Sunday-school, where he was taught the Catechism, a Collect, and the Lord's prayer, and in due time, as confirmed, and—to use his own words—“considered fit for heaven at any time." Yet at this time "his heart was full of deceitful pride," and, "like…
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The Life And Ministry Of Charles Suggate
Our brother, Mr. Charles Suggate, was born at Brampton, Suffolk, on March 12th, 1834. His parents were poor, but, though not spiritual, highly moral and respectable. They were attendants at the parish Church, the only place of worship in the village, and endeavoured to bring up their children according to the best of their light and knowledge. His mother had indeed been in far better circumstances, coming of a family of the name of Rand, of some note in Hadleigh for generations past. Her father, a farmer of good position, removed into the neighbourhood of Brampton, where financial misfortune overtook him, and his daughter had to leave a boarding school to take a situation as a servant. Although brought up in comparative affluence she cheerfully…
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A Pastoral Charge
The Charge Delivered By Mr. G. Moyle, Baptist Minister, Of Rye Lane, Peckham, At The Ordination Of Mr. S. K. Bland, Of Cheshunt. In the afternoon, Mr. Joseph Hamblin, late of Foot’s Cray, read a portion of scripture, and offered up sincere and earnest prayer for the pastor and people now united. Mr. George Moyle, of Peckham, delivered The Charge, from 2 Timothy 2:24,25: “And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth." These words were written by an inspired apostle, and must not therefore be considered as the words of man, but as they…
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The Life And Ministry Of George Moyle
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The Life And Ministry Of George Moyle
The Late Mr. George Moyle, Of Rye-Lane, Peckham On the morning of Tuesday, September 25, 1877, George Moyle passed away from this wilderness to his inheritance above. He had been sustained in honour and integrity, and in much affection, in this world for seventy-four years. He was permitted to preside over the Church as its pastor at Rye-lane for a period that few now have the pleasure of reaching. It was on Tuesday, May 9, 1848, that he was publicly recognised at Rye-lane; so that for nearly thirty years he went in and out before the people, delivering his message to the joy and rejoicing of not a few. At that recognition service, William Felton gave the address on "The Nature of a Gospel Church;"…
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A Pastoral Charge
