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The Life And Ministry Of Harry Chilvers
When asked by the beloved editor of our Magazine to send an account of the Lord's dealings with me in providence and grace, the text came to my mind, "What is man that Thou art mindful of him? By nature, a poor sinful wretch, living without hope and God in the world: all his powers and passions, like so many weapons, directed against the Majesty of heaven.'' Dreadful state! Awful infatuation! Yet such are the objects of the eternal love of our God by nature. How wonderful, then, is that grace which brings a sinner from darkness to His most marvelous light, enlightening the understanding, turning the feet to Zion's hill, and bringing them to behold Christ as the Chiefest among ten thousand, and the…
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The Life And Ministry Of H. D. Sandell
The following is a brief account of the origin, &c., of Mr. H. D. Sandell, pastor of Ebenezer, Fulham, whose call by grace and to the ministry has recently been given in our pages. Our brother says:— "I was born on April 22nd, 1848, in the parish of St. Saviour's, Southwark. My parents were then rather reduced in circumstances, having failed in business only a little while before, and being the youngest of six my prospects were not very bright. However, I was put to a good school in the Borough-road, where no doubt I should have remained for several years, had it not been for an unpleasant event that suddenly terminated my attendance there. An under-master in charge of the school had a great…
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The Life And Ministry Of G. Diffey
For the benefit of our readers in Devonshire, Wales, America, and Australia, we give a portrait and brief sketch of our old friend Mr. Diffey, late pastor of Poulner, near Ringwood, Hants. Deceased was born near the town of Corfe Castle, Dorset, in 1820; was brought up among the "Independents," where he attended the Bible-class; and on the subject of baptism being discussed, he saw plainly infant sprinkling to be unscriptural, and believers' baptism by immersion to be according to New Testament order. Before entering on the pastorate at Poulner (which was open communion), he stated his views; and the friends were formed into a New Testament Church, and those who had not been baptized either went through the ordinance or left. He was a…
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The Life And Ministry Of E. M. Bacon
Dear Brother,—The year 1858, on August 23rd, in the ancient city of Coventry, was the time and place fixed by the Great First Cause of all events for ushering into this world—beautiful in its created glory, though blighted by Adam's sin—of the one who has been spared to write this. I was left fatherless when nearly eight years of age, but was tenderly loved and cared for by a godly mother, who leaning hard upon the God of the fatherless and widow, was enabled to struggle on amidst difficulties in educating and starting her boy in life. I was duly apprenticed to learn the trade of printing and stationery. My parents and family belonging to the Church of England, I was, in babyhood's days christened,…
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The Life And Ministry Of Andrew Ward
I was born on July 30, 1854, in the village of Earl's Barton, Northamptonshire. My parents were poor, but hard-working. At the time of my birth they were not professors, but soon afterward they were called by God out of darkness into His marvelous light. I can just remember them being baptized, so from my early remembrance I was brought up to attend the house of God and to reverence the Sabbath-day. I was the subject of deep conviction very early, and the necessity of the new birth. A very distressing suicide took place in our village before I was six years old, which led me deeply to consider my state as a sinner. The Lord's-day evening that the young person lay by the walls,…
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The Life And Ministry Of David Smith
Dear Brother,—At your request I am penning a brief outline of my life and connection with the cause at Broad-street, Bilston, to accompany photo in the Earthen Vessel & Gospel Herald. Our family record makes known the fact that I was born in a village called "the Lye," in the county of Worcester, March 25th, 1859. When quite a child, I remember my grandmother taking me to the Primitive Methodist Chapel, where she stood a member; the excitement, varied exclamations, and attitudes of the worshippers, filled my infant mind with dread, imagining some fearful calamity was about to happen. It was with difficulty I could be persuaded to accompany her again. Some time after, however, my parents removed to Bilston, and attended the newly formed…
