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The Life And Death Of Johnson Grimwood
Johnson Grimwood was called home February 7th, 1913, aged 84 years. Our dear brother was Pastor at Charsfield eleven years; Stonham Parva seventeen years and ten months. His last pastorate was Cransford, Suffolk, and the writer will remember the services he has conducted in his house; how sweet their memory still. Though not a great preacher he was a good man, a gracious man, and a diligent man in this world’s affairs. I have heard him say he has been at his work all day, drove home, had some refreshment, walked to Charsfield (eleven miles) on a winter’s night, and home again; sometimes nearly midnight before he reached home. Our dear brother would rise at any hour to show an act of kindness to anyone…
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The Life And Ministry Of James Nunn
During the last fifteen years I have had, occasionally, close acquaintance with the deceased brother; and ever found him a wise, faithful, and tender-hearted friend; but his afflictions—mental and physical—were severe. I always thought him a broken-hearted man—a man of many sorrows—shutting himself almost out from all society: he leaned and lived upon his Lord alone. The last time I saw him previous to his death, he was the same, calmly waiting the Lord’s appointed will and pleasure. There was a stern manliness, a firm adherence to principle, a deep love of the brotherhood, a perfect freedom from everything little and contemptible, and a manifest abhorrence of hypocrisy and deceit, always prominent in all the interviews I ever had with James Nunn. He was a…
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The Life And Death Of George Firbank
Our dear brother, for many years pastor of the Baptist Chapel, Haverhill, passed away to his much-desired rest on December 8th, 1912, in his 85th year, leaving in this vale of tears to mourn his loss, an aged widow, aged 91 years, also a son and daughter, who are looking forward when they, too, shall join their beloved one in the rest that remained and where partings are unknown. During his last illness the writer visited him often. His hope in Christ was firm and his faith in the finished work of his beloved Lord unshaken.
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The Life And Ministry Of Frederick Fuller
Our beloved brother in the Lord was born at Ridgmount, Bedfordshire, in the year 1842, of godly parents, where he followed the Lord in the ordinance of believer’s baptism. Shortly after, he was called to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ, and for 46 years he was well-known as a very acceptable preacher among the Causes of truth, especially in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire. In 1880 he became pastor of the Strict Baptist Church at Aylesbury, where for thirteen years he ministered with the Lord’s blessing and approval. In after days he often referred to the hallowed seasons that he spent among the Lord’s people at Aylesbury. In 1893 he retired from the pastorate, but not from the ministry, and came with Mrs. Fuller…
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The Life And Death Of William Kern
The long and faithful work of our beloved pastor, Mr. W. Kern, was brought to a close early on the morning of Friday, Feb. 6th, when he peacefully passed away to his eternal rest. He was born at Wonersh, Surrey, in 1836, where he resided for several years. His first pastorate was at Guildford, in the near neighborhood of his birthplace, where, after earnest and loving ministration, extending over some five and a-half years, he gained the affection and esteem of members and friends worshipping with him, as well as of the residents of the town generally. He received and accepted a call to the Church at “Bethesda,” Ipswich, rather over a quarter of a century ago. During his pastorate here 211 member have died,…
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The Life And Ministry Of William Kern
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The Life And Death Of George Keeble
Last Days And Hours Of George Keeble, Minister Of The Gospel, Lately Residing At Peterborough. In writing a few lines, giving particulars of my dear father's last days and hours on earth, it is with the sincere desire that under whose eye they may come, the same may be, in the Lord's hand, an encouragement to those in the path of tribulation and trial. It is indeed a great and unspeakable mercy to have a father, a companion in the path of conflict, and one who was deeply taught in the things of the Spirit of God. However time may change, the one true religion stands firm, and this was our favoured lot to see in him to his latest breath. The last month of…
