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The Articles Of Faith For The Strict Baptist Chapel At Carlton, Bedford
The church of Christ meeting at Carlton, Bedford came together in 1672, when Gideon Fisher’s house was licensed for Congregational worship. In 1760, the congregation moved to a new chapel in Causeway with a seating capacity of 700 people. The late Kenneth Dix, chairman for the Strict Baptist Historical Society, served as pastor for this church between the years 1967 and 1970. During the early 1990’s, the congregation amalgamated with Harrold Evangelical Church, now known as the Grace Baptist Church meeting in the Old Mission Hall in Harrold High Street. The chapel was sold in the early 2000’s, converted to a private residence. The church was aligned with the teachings of the Strict and Particular Baptists, at least until the mid-20th century. The fourteenth pastor of…
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The Life And Ministry Of Hanserd Knollys
Hanserd Knollys, Baptist. The precise spot of ground where rest the remains of this eminent man of God, cannot now be pointed out. He died Sept. 19th, 1691, in the 93rd year of his age. Hanserd Knollys was born about the year 1598, at Chalkwell, in Lincolnshire. He had the advantage of descending from religious parents, who took great care of his education, and had him instructed in the principles of religion and sound literature. For this purpose they maintained a tutor in their house till he was fit for the University, when they sent him to Cambridge. Though he had long been noticed for his pious dispositions, yet he attributed his effectual conversion to God, to some sermons he heard at Cambridge, preached by…
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The Late James Wells
When Dr. Hamilton handed to the printer in his study the last sheet of his "Life of Ely," he said, "And let me beg of you to be quick about it, sir, for ministers are soon forgotten!" This remark is painfully true in many cases, not only of ministers, but of persons in general. However, the remembrance we have of certain champions of truth whose souls have long been with God abides in freshness to-day. “All pensive memories as we journey on, Longings for vanished smiles, and voices gone." Foremost in the galaxy of good and great men whose names we cherish, is the late Mr. James Wells, Pastor of the Surrey Tabernacle. Decision Of Character Marked The Life Of James Wells James Wells was…
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The Life And Ministry Of George Harris
I was born in the village of Grundisburgh, Suffolk, on the 3rd day of June, 1814—I think, sixteen years after the Particular Baptist Church was formed in that place; and in the providence of God, one of the members of that Church, of the name of Stripling, nursed my mother, who carried me to chapel when I was only a week old. At that place of worship, in childhood, I was brought up to attend the ministry of Mr. John Thompson, whose labours were abundantly blessed for 28 years. Under his preaching I had very deep convictions of sin—so deep that I envied the cattle around me, and at night in my bed I often wept, fearing I should wake up in hell. But, though…
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The “Morning Star” Of The Reformation
John Wycliff (1320-1384) For a century or more before his birth numerous problems arose in England which were contributing factors to John Wycliffe's ecclesiastical non-conformity. Due to his power-struggle with Pope Innocent IIl. King John I in 1213, yielded feudal sovereignly to the Papacy. That situation proved to be a very great detriment to England. As a result of that agreement between king and pope, 12,000 English pounds were annually taken from the English coffers and sent to the Papal See at Rome. Furthermore, large numbers of foreign ecclesiastics were brought into the British Isles. Those alien clerics, who owed greater allegiance to the Papacy or their native lands than they did to England, swarmed all over the nation and even infiltrated into some of…
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The Life And Ministry Of John Wycliffe
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The Life And Ministry Of John Foreman
His Early Career At Laxfield, Suffolk With the exception of a few recently-built dwelling houses, we presume little change has taken place in the pretty rural village of Laxfield since the youthful days of the late Mr. John Foreman, of blessed memory. Mr. Foreman was evidently, from his own testimony, a bold and intrepid man when in the world, and equally so, in after years, when called by divine grace. His name ranks early on the roll of pastors of the Church at Laxfield, which Church has long been favoured with ministers of truth and of unblemished repute. Mr. Foreman’s Life, As Related By Himself On the occasion of the jubilee of Mr. Foreman's pastoral labours at Mount Zion, Hill-street, Dorset-square, London, October 10, 1865,…
