Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry (1662-1714) was born into a model Christian home. When Philip Henry was courting Miss Matthews of Worthenbury, her family objected to the engagement because they did not know much about his background. When told that they hardly knew...
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Leonard Sheldrake
The cheer that brightened the simple English cottage where he was born fled early for Leonard Sheldrake (1885-1952). He was six, his sister eight, and his brothers four and two when tuberculosis claimed their mother. Never a strong child, he...
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J.R. Littleproud
Roy Littleproud was born in Forest, Ontario, on February 21, 1889. His parents were both Christians, meeting with those gathered to the Name of the Lord Jesus in that place. Under these circumstances he grew to young manhood, knowing the...
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Samuel Trevor Francis
On board old sailing ships there were seamen whose job it was to measure the distance to the ocean floor as they drew toward shore. Their task was to "sound the depths." Samuel Trevor Francis (1834-1925) explored another ocean. He...
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The Revival of 1859-1860
During the thrilling days of 1859-1860 often scores of urgent requests would come from different places at once to the Lord's servants. So the revival spread through the Irish counties of Tyrone and Donegal, of Monaghan and Cavan, and later...
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Jeremiah Meneely
"We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and His strength, and His wonderful works that He hath done...That the generation to come might know them, even the children...
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George West Frazer
"Come! hear the gospel sound-- "Yet there is room!" This contagious gospel song tied into the conversion of an Irishman named George West Frazer (1839-1896). He put his own conversion experience to poetry, God's house is filling fast-- "Yet there is room!" ...
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James G. Deck
James George Deck (1807-1884) was born at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, where his father, John Deck, was postmaster. Their godly Huguenot heritage was carried forward in Mrs. Deck's piety. She "never punished her children without first praying with them."...
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F.W. Grant
Frederick William Grant (1834-1902) was born into a God-fearing Anglican home in the Putney district of London, England. Presumably in his teenage years he became a believer while privately reading the Bible. He went on to King's College School, in...
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