He was better known in the North by the familiar name of Johnnie Shaw. The late Mr. Gadsby and Mr. M'Kenzie both esteemed him highly for his work's sake. As stated in the Obituary, he was a plain country farmer, altogether unlettered, but well taught by the Spirit. In the beginning of his religious life he was a strenuous advocate for Arminianism, though at the same time his experience bore direct testimony against it, he having been deeply ploughed up in his conscience by the force and spirituality of God's most holy law. He was promised considerable property if he would become a Churchman; but, to use his own expression, "The Lord drove me away in spite of my teeth." After this he joined the…

As Mr. John Shaw, late of Nateby, near Garstang, was well known to many of God's family, the following short narrative of part of his life and latter end may be interesting to those who knew him; and it may not be uninteresting to others, as he is another striking instance of God's wisdom confounding the wisdom of this world by foolish things, weak things, base things, and despised things, but things which God hath chosen to bring to nought things that are, that no flesh should glory in his presence. (1 Cor. 1:27,28.) He was a plain, unlettered, country farmer; so much so, that he could not read many passages in the Bible properly; and if the success of his ministry, and power of…