Knowing that a great number of God's people felt a strong attachment to our beloved brother Thomas Higham, and that his memory will be cherished with sincere affection by them while life lasts, and by the wish of his beloved and sorrowing widow and family, I have undertaken to write a few particulars concerning his life and labours. For over forty years I have known and loved him, and the friendship first formed has continued unbroken until his glorious translation. Our dear brother, in his early days, like the rest of the fallen sons and daughters of Adam, walked according to the course of this world, living without God and without hope. But "The appointed time drew on apace,  Not to propose but call by…