The following autobiographical notes are taken almost verbatim from the writings of my grandfather the late Ebenezer George Rowell father of the late Editor of this magazine.
Issue: Issue 8
THE DOCTRINES OF GRACE -A TESTIMONY The purpose of this article is not controversial. The writer is acutely aware that much disagreement surrounds these doctrines. What is expressed here is simply the testimony of one who has found that what one believes concerning the Word of God, has vital effects upon one’s spiritual experience. My …
EXTRACT FROM A. M. TOPLADY I was formerly well acquainted with two worthy persons in the ministry, who were eminently pious and extensively useful. One of these died in 1739, and the other in 1761. I thought that if ever any men in the world were faithful to the light of God had given them, …
HOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL BACKSLIDER Derek O. Swann ‘It is a miserable thing to be a backslider. Of all unhappy things that can befall a man, I suppose it is the worst. A stranded ship, an eagle with a broken wing, a garden covered with weeds, a harp without strings, a church in ruins—all …
EXTRACTS FROM MATTHEW HENRY ON JAMES 4. 11-12. “There is one Lawgiver”. God is still to be acknowledged as the supreme lawgiver, who only can give law to the conscience, and who alone is to be absolutely obeyed. His right to enact laws is incontestable, because He has such a power to enforce them. Since …
THE YORKSHIRE WEAVER Richard Knill It was my happiness, once in my life, to spend a week in the beautiful Vale of Todmorden; preaching daily in the surrounding chapels. On one occasion, I spoke of the various methods which God is pleased to bless for raising up missionaries; and in particular I mentioned family prayer, …
A LETTER TO MR. VAUGHAN Dear Friend, ——To aim aright at the liberty of the children of God, requires a continual acting of faith, – of a naked faith in a naked promise or declaration, such as ‘The Son of God was manifested to destroy the works of the devil: – The law of the …
“WHERE DID HE GET THAT LAW?” In a city of one of the Northern States lived a lawyer of eminence and talents. He was notoriously profane. He kept a negro boy, at whom his neighbours used to hear him swear with awful violence. One day this gentleman met an elder of a Presbyterian Church, who …
IN THE CLEFT OF THE ROCK. A widow on the northern shores of Sutherland left her home early one morning in order to reach, before evening, the residence of a kinsman who had promised to assist her to pay her rent. She carried on her back her only child, a boy two years old. The …