Frederick Pearce
Frederick Pearce (1819-1896) was a Strict and Particular Baptist preacher. He served the pastorate of the churches meeting at Hilperton, Wiltshire and Providence Chapel, Reading. Although his preaching ministry never gained the popularity enjoyed by others of his day, yet he was highly esteemed as a faithful servant of Christ. It is fitting the mortal remains of this forgotten servant of the Lord were laid to rest near those of the reputable John Warburton. Each of the Lord’s ambassadors is equipped with that measure of faith, however large or small, by which he is responsible to discharge his commission as a gospel preacher—
Romans 12:3-8: “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.”
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The Life And Ministry Of Frederick Pearce
Our dear friend, now in glory, was born in the year 1819, and being early called by grace was baptised at the old Baptist Chapel, Bradford-on-Avon, when about twenty years of age; where, fifty-seven years afterwards, he preached his last sermon. His was an unusually long life spent in the service of the Master. He early began to preach, and for about fifty-four years his voice was heard testifying in simplicity and sincerity of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. During the whole of that long period he was upheld in a most consistent and honourable profession. He Lived The Gospel He Loved His first pastorate was at Hilperton, then Road in Wiltshire; and after brief sojourns at Willenhall and Newton Abbott, he removed…
