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The Life And Testimony Of E. Floyd
As we have been earnestly requested to insert the following memorial without alteration or mutilation, we have consented to do so. Though this so far relieves us from the responsibility of approving of every expression, it does not preclude the declaration of our feeling that we should much prefer the omission of what is said about the Church of England Burial Service. We fully admit, as, indeed, all must, the great beauty and solemnity of that service, but after all, it is but a form, and its miserable prostitution, as read over all indiscriminately, whether they died in Christ or died in their sins, must shock every Christian heart, and has not only grieved hundreds of conscientious clergymen, but has driven many to secede altogether…
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The Life And Ministry Of Matthew Anderson
Matthew Anderson was a collier, and, like all Adam's posterity, a carnal person, an enemy to God and all his ways and word. He was a card-player, a gambler, and addicted to all manner of open sin, when it pleased God to convince him that he was a sinner. He then sought to escape the consequences of his sins by joining the Wesleyan Methodists, amongst whom he remained for forty years; and whilst he felt himself a great sinner, and sin a heavy burden, he used to wander in the fields and the woods, seeking of the Lord to grant him perfection in the flesh; but was still truly miserable; and although he used to lay the Bible open and on his knees cry for…
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The Life And Ministry Of John Halliwell
The subject of this memoir was well known in the churches of Lancashire and Yorkshire, as an occasional supply, when his health would permit him to go out; and even after he was afflicted he was often at his post. He was born at Rosendale, Lancashire, and his father being a member under the late John Pilling, of Goodshaw Chapel, he was brought up to attend at the above place; but while in a state of nature he was often found, as he frequently told us, wandering in the fields on a Lord's day with other bad companions, without God and without hope in the world. In this state he went on, more or less, till he was about 30 years of age, when, by…
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The Life And Death Of B. Tatham
We have received a few particulars of his illness, gifts, &c.; but the account says not a word of his experience, either as living or dying. "We extract the following: "He was in his usual health excepting as light cold until Tuesday evening, the 27th of March, when he complained of a pain in his chest. He had recourse to brandy and water, which seemed for a time to relieve him, but the pain soon returned with greater violence; the same means, with the addition of putting his feet in mustard and water, were again used, but without effect. Mrs. Tatham, becoming alarmed, sent for their medical attendant, who arrived quickly, but did not seem to think seriously of the case. He went to prepare…
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The Life And Death Of John Houghton
He was often engaged to preach at different places, and should have gone to Chorley at the time he was taken ill. He was a subscriber to the "Gospel Standard" for more than 20 years. During his short illness, (not a fortnight,) he was tried very much by the enemy of souls; so much so that he said he thought that Satan came to him with a net to catch him, and he drew up his net, "but," he said, "I was not in the net. He knocked me down, but he could not wound me, for I had a helmet of brass on my head." Sometimes he would say he had had to fight some hard battles; and then I heard him pray fervently:…
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The Life And Ministry Of William Petty
He was one of those of whom I could say with assurance that his name was in the book of life; for having been closely acquainted with him for years I can bear testimony to his character, both as a Christian and as a Minister. As a Christian, I should say at once that he had a religion of the right sort, a religion that came from God, and therefore went back to God again. He was always free to confess that he had nothing but what he had received; and being the subject of that grace which makes a man little in his own eyes, he was very averse to that kind of religion which aims to look big in the eyes of others,…
