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Foreknowledge And Permission
Beloved Editors And Brethren:—A reverential and scriptural inquiry into the revealed attributes and purposes of the eternal God, who is at once infinitely holy and wise and almighty, is commendable, and should glorify him in our view. Unto this end, therefore, let me kindly ask a serious consideration of these solemn things, always remembering when we speak of God, that…
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The Nonentity Of Sin
Among the many servants sent by the Lord into the ministry, few have been made the means “to stablish, strengthen, and settle” the children of God like Arthur Triggs. We have had good and gracious men “able to admonish,” “of sound speech that cannot be condemned,” and “giving full proof of their ministry but, without derogating other men’s labours, to…
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The Life And Death Of Arthur Triggs
Long before this Number of the Gospel Magazine is in the hands of its readers, they will doubtless have heard of the removal to his eternal inheritance of our late valued friend and occasional correspondent, Mr. Arthur Triggs. He now realizes, in all their fulness and power, those glorious things upon which, during a lengthened ministry, he was wont to…
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The Life And Legacy Of Arthur Triggs
This honoured servant of God was born in the village of Kingston in Devon on April 23, 1787 of poor parents and in a cottage made mostly of mud. So desperately ill was he as an infant that the doctor gave him up and said he must die; his tongue was black and hanging out and his poor mother placed…
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The Life And Testimony Of Arthur Triggs
Dear Sir,—It is seldom that the pen of your writers is employed in describing the history of one so eminently taught to preach the gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as was our dear departed brother Mr. Arthur Triggs. With what simplicity, power, and grandeur did he set forth the covenant love of Jehovah in His Trinity of…
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The Life And Ministry Of Arthur Triggs
Mr. Triggs, whose portrait accompanies our present Number, was born at Kingston, in Devonshire, in the year 1787, and first entered the ministry in 1817. For the last fifteen or sixteen years he has laboured over a church at Plymouth. From his very interesting book, entitled, “A Memorial of the Loving-kindnesses, Tender Mercies, and Sovereign Grace, of the Lord God…
