The Life And Ministry Of Frederick Fuller
Earthen Vessel 1913:
Our beloved brother in the Lord was born at Ridgmount, Bedfordshire, in the year 1842, of godly parents, where he followed the Lord in the ordinance of believer’s baptism. Shortly after, he was called to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ, and for 46 years he was well-known as a very acceptable preacher among the Causes of truth, especially in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire. In 1880 he became pastor of the Strict Baptist Church at Aylesbury, where for thirteen years he ministered with the Lord’s blessing and approval. In after days he often referred to the hallowed seasons that he spent among the Lord’s people at Aylesbury. In 1893 he retired from the pastorate, but not from the ministry, and came with Mrs. Fuller to reside permanently at Bedford. Here he became interested in an old-established Cause of the followers of William Huntington, and preached for them one and often two Sabbaths a month, and frequently on the week-evenings, until his last illness. His ministry was much appreciated and enjoyed, and is sadly missed by those friends in Bedfor who love the doctrines of sovereign and distinguishing grace. On the other Sabbaths he supplied among his own people around him.
In the early part of the year the hand of the Lord was laid upon him; so that soon the message would come, “The Master is come, and calleth for thee,” and so he was laid aside, but the Lord gave him much patience and submission to His divine will. I visited him on several occasions, and found him very blessedly resting on the Lord Jesus and the precious truths he had been favored to preach. On my last visit, a week or two before his departure, he asked me to give out his favorite hymn to be sung:
“My God, the covenant of thy love
Abides for ever sure,
And in its matchless grace I feel
My happiness secure.”
Then he said to me, “That is what I am resting upon.” He gave me an affectionate farewell, “But,” he said, “we shall meet in heaven.” Then, on July 31st, the call to come up higher came to him, and he entered into the rest that remains for the people of God in the 71st year of his age.
His mortal remains were taken to Aylesbury; there his body lies among the people that he loved, awaiting the glorious resurrection day.
He was indeed a brother and a minister of the Lord Jesus; much loved by a ll who knew him. We pray that Mrs. Fuller (who survives him) may be graciously sustained under her loss and affliction, and blessedly realize that underneath are the everlasting arms.
A. B. Hall
Frederick Fuller (1842-1913) was a Strict and Particular Baptist preacher. He exercised a lengthy and influential ministry among the churches meeting in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire. For thirteen years he served as pastor for the church meeting at Aylesbury. In 1893 he moved to Bedford and took up the Cause associated with William Huntington.
