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THE GREATEST REVIVAL OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA Dr. Lyman Beecher said of the great revival in Rochester, N.Y., conducted by Mr. Finney, that it was the greatest revival in the Christian era. During Mr. Finney’s evangelistic ministry, hundreds of thousands were converted to God through his labors, joined to those of the church. His LecturesContinue reading “Remarkable Answers to Prayer”

THE GOLDEN RULE EXEMPLIFIED Early one morning while it was yet dark, a poor man came to my door and informed me that he had an infant child very sick, which he was afraid would die. He desired me to go to his home, and, if possible, prescribe some medicine to relieve it. “For,” saidContinue reading “Remarkable Answers to Prayer”

Mr George Henry Cavell was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England on 4 December 1889. His parents were George Henry Cavell (1863-1927), a marine fireman, and Alice Florence Purkiss (1865-1945), both Hampshire natives who had married in Southampton in 1888. One of a reported thirteen children, his only known siblings were: Ellen Jane (1884-1959, later MrsContinue reading “George Henry Cavell”

Miss Annie Jessie Harper, often known as Nana or Nina, was born on 3 January 1906 in Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of John Harper (b. 1872), an evangelical pastor and a native of Renfrewshire, and the former Annie Leckie Bell (b. 1866), also a native of Govan and who had previously workedContinue reading “Annie Jessie Harper”

John Harper (29 May 1872 – 15 April 1912) was a Scottish Baptist pastor who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean. Early life Harper was born in the village of Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, in 1872. He personally embraced his parents’ Christian faith at age 14 and began preachingContinue reading “John Harper (pastor)”