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From Wikipedia: Baker was the son of Vice-admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, C.B., by his marriage with Louisa Anne, only daughter of William Williams, Esq., of Castle Hall, Dorset. His father served with distinction at Guadeloupe in 1815. His grandfather was Sir Robert Baker of Dunstable House, Surrey, and of Nicholashayne, Culmstock, Devon, on whom a baronetcy was conferred in 1796. Sir Henry Williams Baker was born in London on Sunday, 27 May 1821, at Read more...

From Wikipedia: Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, PC (6 April 1926 – 12 September 2014) was a Northern Irish loyalist politician and Protestant religious leader who served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 1971 to 2008 and First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2008. Paisley became a Protestant evangelical minister in 1946 and remained one for the rest of his life. In 1951 he co-founded the fundamentalist Free Read more...

Named for the day of his birth, Christmas Evans (1766-1838) was an unlikely evangelist. When he was saved in 1783 he could not read or write. David Larsen records that “Evans was called the John Bunyan of Wales, the One-Eyed Man from Anglesea, and the prophet sent from God.” Eventually, he taught himself Greek and Hebrew to better preach – Read more...

From Wikipedia: Billy Bray was born in 1794 in the village of Twelveheads, Cornwall, England, UK. He was the eldest of three children born to William Bray, who was a miner, and his wife Ann, who came from Gwennap. William Bray died when his children were young and they were cared for by their grandfather, who was a pious Methodist. After leaving school, Billy Read more...

“Don’t you remember saying, ‘Moody, the world has yet to see what God will do with a man fully consecrated to him?’ ” –Christianity Today   Life of Henry Varley – https://www.brethrenarchive.org/people/henry-varley/snippets/life-story-of-henry-varley/ Formerly a nonconformist chapel – https://sites.rootsweb.com/~todmordenandwalsden/mountolivet.htm _____ Image Source/Credit (in order): The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Henry Varley: The Powerful Evangelist of the Victorian Read more...

From Wikipedia: George Müller (born Johann Georg Ferdinand Müller, 27 September 1805 – 10 March 1898) was a Christian evangelist and the director of the Ashley Down orphanage in Bristol, England. He was one of the founders of the Plymouth Brethren movement. Later during the split, his group was labelled as the Open Brethren. He cared for 10,024 orphans during his lifetime,[1][2] and provided educational opportunities for the orphans to the point that Read more...

From Wikipedia: John Charles Ryle (10 May 1816 – 10 June 1900) was an English evangelical Anglican bishop. He was the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool. Ryle was a strong supporter of the evangelical school and a critic of ritualism. He was a writer, pastor and an evangelical preacher. Among his longer works are Christian Leaders of the Eighteenth Century (1869), Expository Thoughts on the Gospels (7 vols, 1856–69), and Principles Read more...

Hymn History: Just As I Am Author: Charlotte Elliott   “Then followed a period of much seclusion and bodily distress, from the continuance of feeble health. Her views, too, became clouded and confused, through an introduction to religious controversy, and the disturbing influence of various teachers, who held inadequate notions of the efficacy of Divine grace.” (Sister of Charlotte, Eleanor Read more...

Hymn History: On Christ the Solid Rock Author: Edward Mote   “My Sabbaths were spent in the streets at play. So ignorant was I that I did not know there was a God.”   If there ever was a person that could hide behind their upbringing and excuse their godlessness, it was Edward Mote. Born to tavern owners on January Read more...

Romans Chap. XVI. Verse XVII. The Holy Bible To the memory of Miles Coverdale who convinced that the pure Word of God ought to be the sole rule of our faith and guide of our practice laboured earnestly for its diffusion and with a view of affording the meaning of reading and hearing in their own tongue the wonderful works Read more...

Watch our interview on Charles Spurgeon Here lies the body of CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON Waiting for the appearing of his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ Also that of his dearly beloved wife, SUSANNAH Born January 15, 1832, Died October 22, 1903 His love in time past forbids me to think He’ll leave me at last in trouble to sink Each Read more...

Hymn History: The Doxology Author: Thomas Ken   “He came as near to the ideal of Christian perfection as human weakness permits.” (Stephen C. Weber) The Origin of the Hymn “Doxology” The hymn “Doxology” — most commonly known by its opening line, “Praise God, from whom all blessings flow” — is one of the most widely recognized and enduring expressions Read more...

Hymn History: Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne Author: Emily Elizabeth Steele Elliott   Thou didst leave Thy throne and Thy kingly crown, When Thou camest to earth for me; But in Bethlehem’s home was there found no room For Thy holy nativity. (Emily Elizabeth Steele Elliott)   The Origin of the Hymn “Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne” The hymn “Thou Read more...

Horatius Bonar (1808–1889) stands among the most influential figures in nineteenth-century Scottish religious life, remembered both for his pastoral ministry and his prolific hymnody. A minister of the Free Church of Scotland, Bonar devoted his life to preaching, writing, and shaping Christian devotion through music and literature, leaving a legacy that continues to inspire believers today. Born in Edinburgh in Read more...

The grave of C.S. Lewis is a place of quiet reflection and lasting significance, located in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church Headington Quarry in Oxford. Though simple in appearance, the site draws visitors from around the world who come to honor the life and legacy of one of the twentieth century’s most influential Christian thinkers and writers. Clive Staples Read more...

Hymn History: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Author: Robert Robinson   “For disentangling a subject from confusion, for the power of development, for genuine simplification, for invention — what writer ever surpassed Robinson of Cambridge?” (Edwin Hatfield)   The Origin of the Hymn “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” Among the hymns that have stood the test of centuries, Read more...

Hymn History: Beneath the Cross of Jesus Author: Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane   “She was one of those cheerful people who brighten every corner… Her friends called her ‘Sunbeam’.” (Diana Leagh Matthews)   The Origin of the Hymn “Beneath the Cross of Jesus” Among the tender and reflective hymns of the Christian faith, few express such heartfelt devotion and gratitude for Read more...

Hymn History: Come, Christians, Join to Sing Author: Christian Henry Bateman   “Children become adults, but all adults are still children… Perhaps Bateman wanted to tap into that well of joy that kids so easily gravitate toward, reminding us what joy we adults have…” (David Cain)   The Origin of the Hymn “Come, Christians, Join to Sing” Among the most Read more...

Buried in C-219 / Adelwood Cemetery Dr. Rossvally (1828-1892) is most known for the tract, “Charlie Coulson, The Drummer Boy”: Two or three times in my life God in His mercy touched my heart, and twice before my conversion I was under deep conviction. During the American war I was surgeon in the United States army, and after the battle Read more...

Henry Clay Morrison  “I regard H. C. Morrison the greatest pulpit orator on the American continent.” (William Jennings Bryan)   Henry Clay Morrison: A Voice of Revival and Holiness Henry Clay Morrison (1857–1942) was one of the most significant leaders in the American holiness movement—a preacher, editor, educator, and revivalist whose influence shaped Methodism and helped birth the modern Wesleyan-Holiness Read more...