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The Life And Ministry Of John Shaw
As Mr. John Shaw, late of Nateby, near Garstang, was well known to many of God's family, the following short narrative of part of his life and latter end may be interesting to those who knew him; and it may not be uninteresting to others, as he is another striking instance of God's wisdom confounding the wisdom of this world by foolish things, weak things, base things, and despised things, but things which God hath chosen to bring to nought things that are, that no flesh should glory in his presence. (1 Cor. 1:27,28.) He was a plain, unlettered, country farmer; so much so, that he could not read many passages in the Bible properly; and if the success of his ministry, and power of…
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The Life And Testimony Of John Shaw
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The Life And Ministry Of George Stocker
Died, on the 20th September, 1839, Mr. George Stocker, aged seventy years, deacon of the Baptist church of Christ, meeting in Providence chapel, Bedford. By his death his wife has lost a good husband, his children an affectionate father, and the church a sincere friend. But shall we murmur? No! Let us rather be still, and know that He whom we profess to serve is God; he has done that which is perfectly right; he has removed this lily from the garden of grace here below to the paradise of glory above, where it will ever bloom with unfaded beauty. Our loss is his eternal gain. He is now for ever free from sin, which was once his daily burden; he has got beyond the…
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The Life And Testimony Of Mary Wild
Mary Wild was the only daughter (though there were many sons) of godly parents, both of whom I well knew, not only as being attached hearers of mine during the time of my residence in Wilts, but from personal intercourse, especially with her mother in my subsequent visits, as her father was taken out of this world of sin and sorrow as far back as 1837. The Experience Of Mary Wild’s Parents As no memorial has ever appeared of them, though better worthy of it than many, I shall from some memoranda which have lately been put into my hands written by the deceased, as well as from my personal recollections, give a little account of this godly couple, as a kind of introduction to…
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The Significance Of John Gill And His Writings
FOR A COMPLETE ORDER OF WORSHIP, INCLUDING BIBLE READING, HYMNS AND SERMON...
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The Life And Testimony Of Ann Bell
Mrs. Bell was much impressed with the value of the soul, and the importance of religion at an early age. She could say she never hated God's people, but felt towards them a mixture of veneration and admiration, which in after years ripened into the warmest love. She was very gradually taught her lost and helpless state as a sinner, and as light increased, her efforts to work out a righteousness to please the Lord were changed into prayers that she might know him; and, through the power of grace, she was enabled to follow on, until he manifested himself to her. One of our friends well remembers the earnestness with which she expressed this reigning desire of her soul, to know the Lord as…
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The Life And Testimony Of Lady Hazlerigg
My dearest mother was born Feb. 17, 1784, and departed to her rest in Jesus Oct. 25, 1868. In her earlier days she knew not the Lord, though she was not without some convictions which made her envy at times the beasts that perish. She was left a widow when still young, and survived my father about fifty years; and she had to experience a widow's trials and sorrows. In her 65th year, in 1848, the Lord of her peace began to work effectually upon her soul. She was convinced of her state as a sinner, and as a lost sinner felt her need of a Saviour such as Christ is. In due time the Lord was pleased to comfort her. As her own letter…
