• Richard Healy Snr.

    The Life And Testimony Of Richard Healy Snr.

    Richard Healy, of Ashwell, near Oakham, Rutland, died Nov. 28th, 1863. There having been a brief account of my late dear husband's life and death on the wrapper of the "Gospel Standard" for December, 1863, some may judge this further Obituary not called for; but the solicitations of some with whom he stood in church fellowship to see it in…

  • Polycarp The Bishop

    The Life And Ministry Of Polycarp

    The life of Polycarp, a disciple of St. John, and bishop of Smyrna, a martyr and faithful minister of Jesus Christ. His character was excellent to a very high degree. The Christians of his time speak of him with the greatest respect, declaring that he was adorned with eminent piety, a teacher truly apostolical; and even spoken of by the…

  • George Ella's Biographical Sketches,  Hugh Latimer

    Hugh Latimer (1487-1555): Apostle of England

    Leicestershire has reason to be proud of its connection with the history of our country's Reformation. Two of the most prominent leaders of this movement—Hugh Latimer and John Wycliffe—spent a portion of their valuable lives in this county; the former his childhood, and the latter his closing years. In the small, quiet town of Lutterworth did Wycliffe industriously labour as…

  • David Bartley

    The Election Of Grace

    Beloved In Christ:—We are called upon to look to the Rock from whence we were hewn, as well as to the hole of the pit from whence we were digged, showing that we are from both earth and heaven. So, the song of the redeemed is, “He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry…