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The Life And Ministry Of William Hammond
William Hammond (B.A.) was one of the early Calvinistic Methodist preachers, he afterwards joined the Moravians, and was buried in the Moravian burying-ground, Chelsea, in 1783. He wrote his autobiography in Greek, but it was never published. He was educated at John's College, Cambridge. His hymns were printed in 1745, and he wrote a work entitled, "The Marrow of the…
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The Life And Ministry Of Israel Atkinson
Mr. Geo. Murrell, of St. Neot’s, gave out the 132d Psalm; after which, Mr. Field, of Greenwich, read part of Eph. 4. Mr. Murrell, of St. Neot's, then gave out the second part of the 132d Psalm. Mr. Samuel Milner, of London, then stated the nature of a of a gospel church, basing his remarks on l Tim. 3:15, "The…
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The Life And Ministry Of Richard De Courcy
Richard De Courcy was born in Ireland in 1743 or 1744. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. As the Irish bishops would not ordain him, probably because of his Calvinistic sentiments, he left Ireland, and came to England, when he immediately waited upon Whitefield. On being introduced, Whitefield took off his cap, and, showing De Courcy a scar on…
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The Life And Ministry Of Edgar Flegg
Dear Brother,—In response to your request I send you a brief outline of my life. I was born in London, in the year 1867. I was blessed with godly parents, brought up under Christian influence and training, and the subject of many earnest prayers on the part of my parents. These things, together with the godly instruction I received at…
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The Life And Death Of John Brine
John Brine, Baptist. Here lie interred the remains of the Rev. John Brine, who departed this life February 21st, 1765, in the 63rd year of his age. His ministerial abilities were very extraordinary, and his zeal and faithfulness in asserting and defending the great truths of religion, equally conspicuous. Not long before his decease, he expressed his sentiments in the…
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The Life And Ministry Of Daniel Herbert
Daniel Herbert was born about the year 1751. He had to wade through a long series of losses and crosses, that bore down upon him like a torrent, and so shattered his nerves that he never finally recovered. But though God tried him in the furnace of temporal affliction, he balanced his stroke, when the barrel of meal and cruse…
