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The Life And Death Of James Battersby
Mr. Battersby was a Calvinist who believed in Calvin, and his belief was grounded on earnest study of the writings of that great Reformer. Calvin was not his only commentator. He admired and was equally familiar with the writings of the Calvinistic Puritans. He never much cared to go beyond them, and he derived his characteristic excellencies from these scholars and theologians of a by-gone age. The result, in his case, was extremely interesting, for he came to share the spirit of his authorities, and, so far from making him narrow-minded, it made him tolerant and wise. Calvin himself, as a commentator on Scripture, was head and shoulders above his followers and Mr. Battersby, drawing from the fountain head, gained thereby an intelligent mastery of…
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The Life And Testimony Of James Battersby
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The Life And Ministry Of Samuel Waldegrave
Samuel Waldegrave (1817–1869), bishop of Carlisle, second son of William, eighth earl Waldegrave, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Whitbread [q. v.], was born at Cardington, Bedfordshire, on 13 Sept. 1817. He was educated at Cheam at a school kept by Charles Mayo (1792–1846) [q. v.], who taught his pupils on the Pestalozzian system. From here he went to Balliol College, Oxford, matriculating on 10 April 1835. His college tutor was Tait, afterwards archbishop of Canterbury, who remained his friend throughout his life. He graduated B.A. in 1839 with a first class in classics and mathematics, and M.A. in 1842. On 22 Nov. 1860 he received the degree of D.D. by diploma. In 1839 he was elected to a fellowship at All Souls' College,…
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The Life And Testimony Of Samuel Waldegrave
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The Life And Testimony Of Samuel Waldegrave
Bishop Samuel Waldegrave, of Carlisle (1817-1869), was a powerful exponent of the Gospel, and a few godly clergymen still living can speak of him as their father and instructor in Christ. There was no vacillation in Dr. Waldegrave and his sermons and charges are rich in spiritual truth. By his death the Church of England suffered a great loss; office did not spoil him or cause him to lower the tone of his testimony; in diocesan activities he was equal to any member of the Bench and the needs of districts destitute of the Gospel were for the first time supplied through him. Whether arm-in-arm with the late George Cowell, the well-known "Wayside Notes" writer of the "Gospel Magazine," conversing upon their experience of Divine…
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The Life And Ministry Of Samuel Waldegrave
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The Life And Ministry Of Edward Blackstock
Earthen Vessel 1852: Notice Of Edward Blackstock’s Death The Late Mr. Blackstock Another servant of Christ is gone home. In the early part of September, 1852, Mr. Blackstock departed this life. He had, for some few years past, preached Christ, and salvation by him, in Salem Chapel, not far from Fitzroy Market; and there he quietly finished his course. Many that have heard him to profit, and loved him for his work’s sake, regretted his apparent lack of decision for one of the leading ordinances in the New Testament church. As regards the essentials of gospel principle, and divine experience, he was unflinching. He preached, he lived, he rejoiced, he died in the faith. We are informed by brother Edgecombe (pastor of the Baptist church,…
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The Life And Ministry Of James John West
John E. Hazelton, Hold Fast: James J. West, M.A., Rector of Winchelsea, was a bold and faithful servant of God. For years he preached a monthly sermon on Tuesday evenings at St. Barnabas Church, King's Square, Goswell Road, where many a poor sinner was met with by the God of all grace and the Lord's family were built up in their most holy faith. Earthen Vessel 1872: The Late Rector Of Winchelsea The Rev. J. J. West, A. M. This singularly truthful and thoroughly-experimental preacher, died August 7, 1872, in the sixty-seventh year of his age. He was forty-one years Rector of Winchelsea—which living is worth about £300 per annum. We cannot yet furnish particulars of his death; but our readers shall have all the…
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Jehovah’s Sovereignty And The Believer’s Security
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The Life And Ministry Of Alfred Hewlett
We now come to two ministers of the Gospel who loved and preached the truths dear to the hearts of those who have been named, and who, in their day and generation, exercised a wide influence for good, effectually disproving the libel that the doctrines of grace produce supineness and indifference to the needs of men. Alfred Hewlett, D. D. (1804-1885), was during the greater part of his long life Vicar of Astley, near Manchester. It was a neglected place when he first went there; brutal sports and practical heathenism abounded. In the course of time schools were erected and institutions formed for the benefit of the people; he founded and edited "The Christian Cottagers' Magazine," and gave lectures on temperance and other topics, besides…
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Vessels Of Wrath And Vessels Of Mercy
