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The Life And Ministry Of Robert Young Banks
Moses, the man of God, speaks: "We spend our years as a tale that is told," or as a meditation. "Our years are three score years and ten"; or by reason of strength, even four score years. "It is soon cut off, and we fly away." Such is true to the life and experience of the four brothers, whose language has been, "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life." And echo is heard, "I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever." I have been asked by a dear relative to forward him a brief sketch of my more recently deceased brother, who survived his elder brother about six weeks, our eldest brother having entered into his…
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The Life And Ministry Of T. Jones
Dear Brother,—In compliance with your very kind request, I herewith send a few particulars of my early days, as leading up to the subsequent statement related at Zion, New Cross, on April 30, 1895, at public recognition services. Well, sir, I was never drowned, scalded, nor burned. I am thankful that, through mercy, I escaped these evils, which are the general incidents accompanying autobiographies; nevertheless, I narrowly escaped the undertaker, as the doctors gave me up as incurable over twenty years since, assigning as their reason that the left lung had gone, and the right was fast going. I must leave other people to judge of the accuracy of those professional gentlemen. In the month of August, 1846, in the busy time of harvest, it…
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The Life And Ministry Of Thomas Higham
Knowing that a great number of God's people felt a strong attachment to our beloved brother Thomas Higham, and that his memory will be cherished with sincere affection by them while life lasts, and by the wish of his beloved and sorrowing widow and family, I have undertaken to write a few particulars concerning his life and labours. For over forty years I have known and loved him, and the friendship first formed has continued unbroken until his glorious translation. Our dear brother, in his early days, like the rest of the fallen sons and daughters of Adam, walked according to the course of this world, living without God and without hope. But "The appointed time drew on apace, Not to propose but call by…
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The Life And Ministry Of Walter Ranson
Dear Brother,—By your request, I send you a brief sketch of my life. I was born on August 31, 1859, in the parish of Hitcham, in the county of Suffolk. I was blessed with a godly mother, my father was the reverse. But the Lord placed him in the furnace of affliction, and I believe made it a blessing to him. They are both gone home, and have left me with one sister. It appeared I had convictions when very young. I remember once being troubled about sin when attending school, so as to be forced to pray. I never could enjoy myself in the ways of sin as some appear to. There was an aching void the world could never fill; this went on…
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The Life And Ministry Of William Flack
Our readers, after the various references of late to the state of health of the universally-esteemed pastor of Salem, Wilton-square, were not taken by surprise on reading the brief announcement in the August number of Earthen Vessel and Gospel Herald, that Mr. William Flack had "Crossed the narrow sea." This took place on July 17, 1895, in the 80th year of his age. Our departed brother's life was a very eventful one, and it would well repay the reader to get a copy of "The Christian Pathway," if it is to be had, and peruse the same. All we can do is to supply a brief summary, and commence by giving his birth-place and origin. William Flack was born in the town of Ware, Herts.,…
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The Life And Ministry Of James Clark
My Dear Brother,—In acceding to your earnest request, I herewith send you a brief account of the Lord's dealings with me. I was born into this world of sin and sorrow on April 27th, 1841, in the town of Tring, in Hertfordshire. It was my privilege, from my earliest days, to be brought up under the influence of a godly home, my parents being members and my father a deacon of the Church in Frogmore-street, in the above town. I was sent very early to the Sunday-school there. As far back as I can recollect, I was the subject of very solemn and serious impressions, which often led me to cry unto God in secret to save and deliver me from my sins. But though…
