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The Life And Ministry Of Alexander Taylor
It is a lamentable fact that in the present day the church of God has within her midst but so few pastors after God's own heart; for men endued with gifts and grace are few, very few, like the gleaning of the vintage, or the olive tree with two or three berries on the uppermost boughs, and four or five in the out-most fruitful branches thereof. (Isa. 17:6.) What adds to the burden of those who see and feel the state of Jerusalem spiritual is the apparent indifference of most of her professed children, and the general apathy that is so evidently manifest, and the satisfaction implied or expressed with the present state of things in Zion. During the latter days of William Huntington, that…
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The Life And Death Of Alexander Taylor
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The Life And Death Of Alexander Taylor
Our dear and deeply-lamented friend, Mr. Alexander Barrie Taylor, was taken to his rest early in the morning of August 7. He was born October 18, 1804, and was therefore within a few weeks of being 83. He was born in a cottage on the banks of the Shopie, near Lindock, Perthshire. As he lived at an inconvenient distance from Manchester it was deemed advisable for the friends not to meet at the house, but at the chapel, and for the body to be taken there in the morning of the day of interment; and this was accordingly done, the time of meeting being fixed for half-past one. Mr. Moxon occupied the pulpit and gave out hymn 468, then read 2 Kings 2 and engaged…
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The Life And Ministry Of Alexander Taylor
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James Ormiston’s Appraisal Of Talbot Greaves And His Ministry
At Moxy-le-port Church, Bristol, on the Sunday next after the funeral, the Rector (the Rev. James Ormiston) preached a special sermon on the subject of the late Rev. Talbot Greaves’s life and ministry. The text taken was 2 Timothy 1:12, "For the which cause I also suffer these things; nevertheless, I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him against that day." One subject, Mr. Ormiston observed, has very largely occupied their minds during the last week—the sudden and tragic home-call of God's faithful servant, their loved friend, the Rev. Talbot Greaves. Less than twelve months ago Mr. Greaves took for his text in Mary-Ie-port pulpit the…
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The Life And Ministry Of Talbot Greaves
A deeply touching interest attaches to our Portrait this month. The name of the Rev. Talbot Greaves, formerly Vicar of Clifton, and a constant speaker at the Clifton Conferences, had become familiar to our readers, not a few of whom had also frequently listened to his powerful Scriptural addresses at the October meetings in the Victoria Rooms. In our last month's issue we announced that God's servant had met with grave personal injuries through a fall from his horse, and that little hope of recovery was held out by his medical attendants. The anticipation of the end was speedily realized, and the noble Christian standard-bearer was called up to receive his crown not many hours after we penned those premonitory lines. Mr. Greaves, who was…
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The Life And Ministry Of Daniel Allen
Our departed brother Daniel Allen, of blessed memory, many years the beloved pastor of the Particular Baptist Church, A, Sydney, and whose death we recorded in our last issue, was born of humble parents in the parish of Wilbey, Suffolk, in the year 1824. About the year 1843 he left his native place for the colonies of Australia, and after arriving at Tasmania he removed in the course of a few years to Victoria, and rendered good service as a missionary in the goldfields. Subsequently, he was appointed to the charge of one of the Baptist Churches, and with the exception of a year spent in Launceston, continued as pastor of the Melbourne Church till 1870, when he settled at Sydney, and became the pastor…
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Book Review: Chronicles Of A Checkered Pathway
Book Review: Chronicles Of A Checkered Pathway. An Autobiography. By Edward Carr. Price 1s. Paper; 1s. 6d. Cloth. London: E. Wilmshurst, Blackheath, S. E. We hope all that know the author of this interesting record of a chequered life will buy this little work, that they may learn more fully the way the Lord has led him; and we hope many who do not know Mr. Carr personally will seek to become acquainted with him through the medium of this little work. We need not tell those who have read Mr. Carr's writings in the Sower that he wields a facile pen, is very orderly in arranging his matter, and brings forth sound and gracious truths, such as he has tasted, handled, and felt. We…
