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The Life And Death Of William Krause
Within the past month, the Church of God in Ireland has sustained a heavy loss by the removal from earth to heaven of one of the ablest ministers of the New Testament--the Rev. W. H. Krause, Chaplain of Bethesda, Dublin. On Sunday, the 22nd of February, Mr. Krause preached twice—the morning service from 2 Cor. 3:18. In the evening he preached from Gal. 5:25. At the close of his sermon, after warning the professing people of God against putting themselves under a course of ritual observances to give peace to the conscience, he asked, "What is the reason that, upon a sick bed, when the soul is about to be launched into another world, there is sometimes such an anxious inquiry about the sacrament of…
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The Life And Ministry Of William Krause
The eight or nine volumes of sermons and lectures by William H. Krause, M.A. (1797-1852), of Dublin, published after his death, are most valuable. They are models of expository preaching and there is running through them a deep and rich vein of spiritual experience. Would that there were more such preaching to-day and that his books could be read and re-read. A somewhat extended reference to him and the sphere of his work must be given. God's ways are unsearchable: He takes up a useless worldling out of the mass of his fellow-sinners, arrests him in his course towards "the lion's den," and turns him suddenly into the footsteps of the flock. "It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps;" and, when…
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The Life And Ministry Of John Grace
His Ministry; His Death; His Funeral; And Funeral Sermons By Mr. George Abrahams It seems but the other evening we sat in Mr. Grace's "Tabernacle" at Brighton, and tried hard to hear him deliver one of his week-evening discourses. That was in the early part of the present year; and he then appeared in health of body, full of vigour, empowered by the Spirit, and truly happy in feeding the flock he so dearly loved. "Sacred spot!" we silently whispered to ourselves. "Happy man of God! Preserved, honoured, and rich in his anticipations of eternal glory!" It never once entered our mind that in a few weeks from that time his fine-made frame would be silent in the grave, and his spirit amid the millions…
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The Life And Character Of Stephen Charnock
Stephen Charnock, B. D., was born in the year 1628, in the parish of St. Katharine Cree, London. His father, Mr. Richard Charnock, practised as a solicitor in the Court of Chancery, and was descended from a family of some antiquity in Lancashire. Stephen, after a course of preparatory study, entered himself, at an early period of life, a student in Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was placed under the immediate tuition of the celebrated Dr. William Sancroft, who became afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury. Although there is too much reason to fear that colleges seldom prove the spiritual birthplaces of the youth that attend them, it was otherwise in this case. The Sovereign Spirit, who worketh where and how he wills, had determined that this…
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The Life And Ministry Of Charles Hemington
Charles Hemington (1830-1904) was born at Over, Cambridgeshire. For fifteen years he ministered to the people at Corpus Christi Chapel, Plymouth, and then, from 1871 to the time of his death, he was Pastor of the Old Baptist Chapel, Devizes, where his teaching was highly valued by his people, and his frequent visits to Gower Street Chapel and West Street Chapel, Croydon, were seasons of help and blessing to many. To his matured judgment his brethren were ever ready to defer, and his gracious and powerful influence was of the utmost use among the Churches. His love to and sympathy with the young were evinced by the annual sermons he preached to them and on their behalf. His wisdom and foresight are apparent by a…
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The Life And Ministry Of Samuel Stennett
Samuel Stennett was born at Exeter in or about 1727. He was the younger son of Dr. Joseph Stennett, who was many years pastor of the Baptist church at Exeter. Samuel is said to have been called by grace to a saving knowledge of the truth in early life. He was baptized by his father when very young, and became a member of the church in Little Wild Street, London, to which place his father had removed in 1737. He received the degree of D.D. from the King's College, Aberdeen. He had an opportunity of entering the Church of England under high patronage, but declined from principle. He took a large share in the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, those laws so unjust…
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