Narcissa Whitman
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman (1808-1847), was the oldest daughter of a judge in Prattsburg, NY. She was converted at age eleven under the conscientious nurturing of a refined Christian home. Her soprano voice was clear and unwavering. Her friend, Martha Lamb,...
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Marcus Whitman
Marcus Whitman (1802-1847), was a direct descendant of John Whitman who sailed from England in the ship Confidence, December, 1638. Old John "feared God, hated covetousness and did good continually..." Marcus' father, Beza Whitman, died in 1810, only 35 years old,...
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Theodosia, Lady Powerscourt
Theodosia Anne Howard (1800-1836) was the daughter of Col. and Mrs. Hugh Howard of County Wicklow, Ireland. She was converted to God in 1819. A staunch evangelical clergyman, Robert Daly, the rector of Powerscourt, led her to Christ. Daly wrote,...
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Gipsy Smith
Rodney Smith (1860-1947) was born in a gipsy tent near Epping Forest in England. As was then true of gipsies, the boy received no education; he was truly illiterate. He joined the family trade by selling his father's hand carved...
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John Bunyan
Behold, we count them happy which endure. John Bunyan (1628-1688) the Puritan preacher from Bedford, England, was one of these happy men. He grew up in poverty, his father being a tinker (mender of utensils). He says, "Notwithstanding the meanness...
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William Trotter
William Trotter (1818-1865) was born again in 1830 under the gospel preaching of Methodist preacher, Billy Dawson. In the book, Chief Men Among the Brethren, Henry Pickering claims that Trotter had "done the work of three lives" in his 47-year...
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William Bramwell
William Bramwell (1759-1818), English Methodist preacher and revivalist born of godly parents at Elswick Lancashire, England, received almost no formal education, and as a youth became an apprentice to work in tanning and dressing leather in the town of Preston....
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Richard Baxter
Richard Baxter (1615-1691) is legendary as a preacher, revivalist, and personal soul-winner. His classic couplet was: "I preached as never sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying men." If we asked, who was the most forceful personality...
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George Brealey
George Brealey (1823-1888) was born into a Christian home. But as a teenager, an unbelieving uncle introduced George to alcohol, profanity, and fighting. In 1841, one Sunday afternoon, George's mother found her 18-year-old son in a saloon playing cards and drinking...
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