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The Life And Ministry Of Philip Dickerson
It is to be hoped that the readers of the Earthen Vessel will not mistake the few memorial notices here recorded of the late Mr. Philip Dickerson for a biography of him. Personally we knew but little of Mr. Dickerson, not having heard his voice since he preached to an overcrowded house the funeral sermon of the late John Foreman,…
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The Life And Ministry Of William Knibb Dexter
Dear Mr. Editor,—Circumstances are constantly transpiring around us testifying to the fact that whilst the spirit is immortal the body is mortal. Lately a time-honoured and faithful minister of Christ, a beloved brother in the Lord, has been called from these scenes of labour and conflict to higher service in the glory world. William Knibb Dexter, the youngest son of…
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The Life And Ministry Of John Gadsby
It was the sun which shone on the 19th of November, in the year 1808, which first shone upon me, if, indeed, the sun were visible at all in Manchester on that day, a question exceedingly problematical, as my native town is not proverbial for sunshinings, especially on a November day. Like the rest of the human race, I was…
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The Life And Death Of Elizabeth Gill
I need not tell you what is the occasion of my reading these words to you at this time. This is done not so much on your account as on my own. You must permit me, this afternoon, to preach rather to myself and family than to you; though I hope what may be delivered may be of some service…
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The Life And Ministry Of James Frederick Applegate
James Frederick Applegate, whose portrait we have just looked upon is no more. Truly, "he walked with God," and now he is for ever with his Lord at home…Our dear brother was born at Westbury, near Trowbridge, on January 29th, 1822, of godly parents. He was one of eight children, and it was the joy of his heart to know…
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Public Worship
One of the many painful evidences of spiritual declension in numbers of our Churches today is the indifference of not a few professed Christian friends to the public means of grace. A great many persons do not accustom themselves to attend public worship more than once on a Lord's-day, and rarely, if ever, on a week evening; and others still…