• Joshua Tuckwell

    The Life And Testimony Of Joshua Tuckwell

    There are few things more sensibly felt, as we advance in life, than the departure, one by one, of dear and esteemed friends; and though every such removal is a loud, personal, and repeated warning to us that we too shall soon be numbered with them, yet we do not less painfully feel that in this world we shall see…

  • W. Brown

    The Life And Testimony Of William Brown

    "From a child I knew myself to be a sinner, but for a year or two, I felt myself to be one. I knew that if I died, I must go to hell; but these convictions came and went off again, and my principal prayer was, ‘O God, create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within…

  • Eleanor Freeman

    The Life And Testimony Of Eleanor Freeman

    I was the second of his five children. At 12 years of age I went into service, in which capacity I remained for a period of about 30 years, in different families, and in some of my places I continued for several years. I was brought up with strictly moral habits, but did not feel my need of anything beyond…

  • John Rusk

    The Diary Of John Rusk

    1807, Sunday, Aug. 23rd, was a very uncomfortable day to me, and I know the cause; for "the backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways." Mr. Brook preached in the morning from these words: "A man shall be a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the storm;" but I cannot say I got much. In…

  • John Rusk

    The Life And Testimony Of John Rusk

    Tuesday, March 25, 1834. When I came home' from chapel I found my poor husband very ill. I went no more to chapel while he lived. He continued to get worse every day. His bodily sufferings were very great; his throat was so sore and burning, that for weeks he was not able to swallow anything, but was constantly spitting,…