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The Life And Ministry Of William Trotman
I was born at Cricklewood, in the Edgware Road, on the 31st of March, 1826. I have therefore reached the sixty-third year of my earthly pilgrimage. The days have been like Jacob's, "few and evil;" but in the midst of the evil, Divine goodness has been manifested, and with David I often say, "He hath not dealt with me after my sins, nor rewarded me according to my transgressions." When I was about seven years old, my father removed to Holloway, and entered into business there. I remained with him until I was twenty-two years old. During that time the Lord graciously met with me, inclined my heart to seek His face, and convinced me of my sinfulness, and need of an Almighty Saviour. Under…
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The Life And Ministry Of Henry Myerson
My dear brother W. Winters,—-I forward you as requested a short sketch of my life. I was born January 12th, 1827, in the parish of Bethnal-green, in the county of Middlesex. At the age of six years I was placed in the Hebrew School, Palestine-place, Cambridge-heath, which school belongs to the London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews, my father being a Polish Jew, and having embraced the Christian religion. After a lapse of eight years I was apprenticed to the clock trade. My mother was a God-fearing woman, and my first impressions were, under God, obtained from her dear lips. She taught me to lisp God's name in prayer, and told me of a beautiful heaven and of a dreadful hell, and that…
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The Life And Ministry Of Frederick King
Our dear friend was a tried Christian, but he did not parade his troubles in the pulpit. He was careful not to speak about himself, but his sermons were brimful and running over with a precious Christ. I have seen the tears start in his eyes, and an expression of glory in his countenance, while he exclaimed in Rutherford's language:— “O Christ, He is the fountain, The deep sweet well of love, The streams on earth I've tasted More deep I'll drink above;” His sermons were sweetly interspersed with choice hymns, and they were always most appropriate. I asked him once how it was that he expressed himself so often in poetical language, and he quietly replied because hymns or verses expressed his feelings in…
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The Life And Ministry Of Frederick Pearce
Our dear friend, now in glory, was born in the year 1819, and being early called by grace was baptised at the old Baptist Chapel, Bradford-on-Avon, when about twenty years of age; where, fifty-seven years afterwards, he preached his last sermon. His was an unusually long life spent in the service of the Master. He early began to preach, and for about fifty-four years his voice was heard testifying in simplicity and sincerity of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. During the whole of that long period he was upheld in a most consistent and honourable profession. He Lived The Gospel He Loved His first pastorate was at Hilperton, then Road in Wiltshire; and after brief sojourns at Willenhall and Newton Abbott, he removed…
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The Life And Ministry Of Frank Matthewman
My Dear Brother In The Lord,—I feel somewhat diffident about complying with your request for a sketch (for publication) of my call by grace and to the ministry, inasmuch as it brings forcibly to my mind 1 Kings 20:11, "Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off," but again, I thought it might be blessed by the Lord to some young disciples, who possibly have been discouraged by the damping process alluded to in a recent article by pastor T. Jones, which, though unpleasant in operation, doubtless has some beneficial effects. I was born at Lockwood, in Yorkshire, on March 10th, 1870. My parents and grandparents had all been associated with Rehoboth, and my father being superintendent,…
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The Life And Ministry Of Frank Fells
Dear Christian Brother,—I feel it to be a very solemn and sacred matter to write a short sketch of one's life. At your request, however, I will attempt to do so, craving Divine help, and guidance, so that experiences may be recorded, which shall most benefit those who read, and afford matter for reflection, and meditation to the spiritually discerning, who are able to see, couched in the language, the working of the Holy Ghost. Being born in the town of Hitchin, on August 9th, 1866, it is my delight to look back and remember that the Lord began to deal with me at a very early age. I could not have been more than eight years old when spiritual impressions were first made upon…
