Our Lord and Master has been pleased to take to Himself our dearly beloved and faithful pastor, Mr. Charles Hancock, of Sturry. On Monday, December 18th he conducted the funeral service of Miss Charlotte Moat, and remarked at the graveside that we must all come to this. The next day he left home for Leicester, with his wife and daughter, for a fortnight’s change at the residence of his son; on Sunday, December 24th he went to hear Mr. Realff. During the following week he was taken very sadly, and it was thought advisable to heve medical advice, and he was ordered to bed at once. During his prostration he wrote a loving letter to the senior deacon, Mr. Morris, stating how keenly he felt…

Dear Brother Banks,—You kindly ask me for a sketch of my life, together with a brief history of the cause of God in Sturry. I confess I have studiously avoided publicity in my present sphere, feeling I am not like most of God's servants, but of late years have been more drawn to you as editor of the Earthen Vessel and to the great army in our beloved denomination that surrounds you. I was born of Christian parents into this world on January 28th, 1821, and in 1838 was born again into the kingdom of God, and I desire humbly to praise God, that, though going the broad and down- ward road, I was preserved from all outward sin, and death, for twice was I…