Walter Samuel Turner was born at Gestingthorpe, Essex, on January 13th, 1842. He was not favoured with any spiritual advantages at home, but God, who had chose him in eternity, began to deal with him in grace when was he quite young. We are unable to give any detailed account of his early experiences, nor are we sure by whom, when, or where he was baptised, but at about 20 years of age we find him a member of the Strict Baptist Church worshipping at Pentside Chapel, Dover. To this town he had been lead in the province of God to improve himself in his secular trade—that of a shoemaker. Mr. Potter was the pastor of the Church at the time our brother united with…