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The Life And Ministry Of W. H. Rose
In complying with the request of the Editor for a sketch of my career, I would be guided by the judicious remark of John Foster, in his Essay entitled, "On a Man's Writing Memoirs of Himself:" "The materials of any value that all past life can supply to a recording pen would be reduced by a discerning selection to a very small and modest amount." I was born at Lampton, Hounslow. My earliest recollections of a religious character cluster around the little sanctuary, "Zoar," in Staines-road. It was there that thanks were given for my first, and prayers were offered for my second birth. Mrs. Brown taught me to spell out "God is Love," with block letters in a frame. Mr. Jeffs, as Superintendent, discovered…
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The Life And Ministry Of Walter Turner
Walter Samuel Turner was born at Gestingthorpe, Essex, on January 13th, 1842. He was not favoured with any spiritual advantages at home, but God, who had chose him in eternity, began to deal with him in grace when was he quite young. We are unable to give any detailed account of his early experiences, nor are we sure by whom, when, or where he was baptised, but at about 20 years of age we find him a member of the Strict Baptist Church worshipping at Pentside Chapel, Dover. To this town he had been lead in the province of God to improve himself in his secular trade—that of a shoemaker. Mr. Potter was the pastor of the Church at the time our brother united with…
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The Life And Ministry Of Joseph Walker
We are largely indebted to Mr. Samuel Hull, the senior Deacon of "Providence" Baptist Chapel, Northampton, for the following particulars relating to the late Mr. Joseph Walker, whose excellent portrait accompanies this month's issue. Mr. Walker was born at Leicester in 1851. The son of godly parents, he was regular in his attendance on the means of grace from childhood, but manifested no serious concern for his own state until he reached manhood. The Lord gradually laid Divine things with power upon his mind, by which he was made to pray for a personal interest in Christ. In the course of time it became manifest to those with whom he came in contact that the Lord had begun a saving work in his soul. He…
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The Life And Ministry Of John Snow
Dear brother in the faith,—According to your request, a few details of the lovingkindness of the Lord are forwarded, which I pray He will be pleased to bless to some seeker or servant of God. I was born on August 15, 1867, at Hull; but was so soon removed in God's providence that my furthest recollections carry me to a time when, travelling from place to place, seeing the pleasures of sin in theatrical life, it was desired by one that I should go with him and receive training to appear on the stage; but the all-wise God over-ruled this. All thanks to my God for deliverance from a career so near the confines of hell. After settling in Sheffield, I attended St. James's Church…
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The Life And Ministry Of Earnest Booth
In another column reference is made to our young friend and brother Booth, whose portrait accompanies this number, a brief reference to him, therefore, is all that is needed here. Favoured with Christ-loving parents, Mr. Booth was early trained to attend the worship and service of God in good old Homerton Row, a place of old renown for New Testament Church order and the advocacy of the doctrines of free and sovereign grace; a good school for the young. But all this would be of no avail unless the Holy Spirit first quickens the soul with desires heavenward. We give the following short notes from Life and Light:— Our brother, Mr. Ernest Alfred Booth says: “The work of grace in my soul was very gradual,…
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The Life And Ministry Of David Thomas
The subject of this sketch was born in a farm-house at Tandridge, Surrey, in February, 1839. He was the seventh child in a family of thirteen, was very delicate from his birth, and suffered from several severe illnesses, his life being despaired of, yet, through the mercy of God, and the tender care of his parents, he grew to man's estate, and still lives at 60 years of age. His parents belonged to the Established Church, and sent him to the Church Sunday-school, where he was taught the Catechism, a Collect, and the Lord's prayer, and in due time, as confirmed, and—to use his own words—“considered fit for heaven at any time." Yet at this time "his heart was full of deceitful pride," and, "like…
