William Gadsby
William Gadsby (1773-1844) was a Strict and Particular Baptist preacher, writer and philanthropist. For thirty-nine years served as pastor for the church meeting at Black Lane, Manchester.
William Gadsby Sermons (Complete)
William Gadsby Hymns
William Gadsby, Perfect Law Of Liberty (Complete)
William Gadsby's Catechism (Complete)
William Gadsby's Dialogues
William Gadsby's Fragments (Complete)
William Gadsby's Letters (Complete)
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57 Zion, The City Of Solemnities
“Look upon Zion, the city of solemnities.”—Isaiah 33:29 Without making any remarks upon the context, I shall immediately begin with the passage read as a text; and in doing so I do not intend to say anything upon Zion literally, but shall speak to you of Zion in a spiritual sense; and I mean, so far as the Lord shall be graciously pleased to direct and enable me, to show, I. What is intended by Zion. II. Why called a city. III. Point out the way into this city. IV. Endeavour to describe a true citizen. V. Dwell a little upon the solemnities of this city. VI. Show the blessedness of looking, by a vital faith, upon it. I. By Zion I understand the real…
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58 The Wilderness And The Highway
“The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad,” &c.—Isaiah 35:1-10 There is no class of persons who disbelieve God's Word more than (rod's children, at times, do; and, strange as it may appear and criminal as it is, they frequently labor harder to make God a liar than they do to prove his Word true. They take their feeling sense of being such loathsome, hard-hearted, unbelieving sinners as a proof that God will have nothing to do with them; whereas, if it were not for such poor, groaning, mourning souls, we should not know what to do with one part of the Bible. Here (ver. 1) God says, “The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom…
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59 Threshing The Mountains
“Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument, having teeth. Thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice jut the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy one of Israel.”—Isaiah 41:15,16 1. We will consider to whom these words are addressed. 2. The mountains. 3. The threshing instrument. 4. He shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away. 5. The end to be answered. 1. To whom spoken. The character is a worm, called in the preceding verse, “worm Jacob.” It refers, in the first instance, to the Lord Jesus Christ; secondly…
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60 The Poor And The Needy Seeking Water
A Sermon Preached By William Gadsby In Gower Street Chapel, London, On Lord's Day Morning, Aug. 3rd, 1823. “When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.”—Isaiah 41:17 A person who is a stranger to his own depravity and does not know his own heart, wonders, when he reads of Israel of old, to find that, after the Lord had done such great things for them, they should so revolt as to make a calf of gold, worship it, sacrifice thereunto, and say, “These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.” (Exod. 32:8.) But…
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61. Come, And Let Us Reason Together
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord.”—Is 1:18 Here is a special people addressed, “a small remnant.” They tremble and fear under a feeling sense of their guilt and utter unworthiness; but God mercifully calls unto them, saying, “Come, let us reason together.” Some people think they are as good as any of their neighbours, and a deal better than most; and they try to thus comfort themselves. But unless God brings them to repentance and teaches them to place entire dependence upon Christ, they will sink into black despair. The Lord does not say, “Come pious, come virtuous;” but “though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow; though they he red like crimson they shall be…
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62 The Acceptable Year, And Day of Vengeance
A Sermon Preached By William Gadsby At The Old Surrey Tabernacle, Borough Road, London, Wednesday Evening, June 1st, 1842. “To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God.”—Isaiah 51:2 Our text contains one part of the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ; and as a solemnly glorious minister of the New Testament, he was anointed by the Lord for the important work. And the two things mentioned in our text his Majesty proclaims in the Word, and in the conscience of all that he takes to heaven. A man, whose notions are all he has of religion, a mere judgmental knowledge of it, can be satisfied with the proclamation made in the letter of the Word; but I…
