BIBLE CHRISTIAN MAGAZINE TRANSCRIPTS |
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The Bible Christian Magazine 1841&2 |
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Published for the Bible
Christian Book Committee, By J. Thorne, Prospect-Place, Shebbear, Devon; sold
also by all the itinerant preachers
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Thanks to a fellow researcher for transcribing these
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Below are transcripts that relate to Breage and/or Breage
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Marazion
Chapel Opening |
CHAPEL OPENING |
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On Sunday, March 28th, 1841, a new substantial chapel was
opened for Divine |
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Worship in the town of Marazion, county of Cornwall, in
the Breage circuit. |
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Three sermons were delivered on the occasion by Brother
J. THORNE; and the |
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opening services were continued on the following
days. On Good-Friday, |
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brother J. CHAPPLE preached in the afternoon, and brother J. CORNISH in the |
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evening. On
Easter-day, three sermons were delivered by brother Chapple; |
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the attendance generally was very good, but on the
Sabbath afternoon that |
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brother Thorne preached, numbers could not gain
admittance; a most gracious |
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influence
pervaded the assemblies, many tears were shed, and it is hoped |
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that
the word preached on the opening days, will have its desired effect, |
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and
prove as seed sown in good ground, so that it may bear fruit an hundred |
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fold. The collections during the opening
services, amounted to the sum of |
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£14,
5s.1d. in addition to the above £30, otherwise collected. The chapel |
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is
built with stones, slated roof, part of it wood floor; 40 feet by 31 |
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without,
19 in the clear; with a gallery at one end: it will comfortably |
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seat
in the pews below, 120 persons, with about 130 free sittings; several |
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of
the sittings are let, and we hope by letting the sittings to place the |
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building
in comfortable circumstances. The
chapel is built on a lease of |
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one
hundred years certain, by paying the fine of
2s. 6d. per year. By a |
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united
effort, the chapel has been completed, taken up on the Trustee plan, |
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and regularly made over to the connexion. |
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The
Bible Christians commenced their labours at Marazion about seventeen |
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years
ago, in a small cottage; from thence they removed to a house that was |
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taken
and fitted up for them; but it was a very cold and inconvenient place, |
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and
our people laboured under many disadvantages, for some years, for want |
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of
better accommodation-they have also met with many discouraging |
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circumstances,
but the situation of the new chapel is generally considered |
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to
be very good, and we may adopt the language of the prophet, and say, |
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What
hath God wrought? The society and
congregation are increasing, and |
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we
hope the little Ebenezer will become the birth-place of many in |
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generations yet unborn. |
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B. NOTT |
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Leeds Town, May 17th, 1841 |
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Obituary: |
Died at Carzies, Crowan, in the Breage Circuit, Dec. 26th,
1839, aged 17 |
RALPH, Benjamin |
years, Benjamin RALPH. Benjamin was morally inclined, but destitute of |
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a saving interest in the blood of Christ until April
1839, at which time a |
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cheering revival of religion took place at Leeds Town;
when our departed |
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brother was, under the ministry of the Bible Christians,
truly converted to |
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God. There are many now on their way to the
celestial country who are |
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praising God for sending the Bible Christians into this
part of the country |
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to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ; and
especially for the revival |
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above mentioned, by which many that had been brought to
God before, were |
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greatly stirred up to redouble their diligence in making
their calling and |
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election sure; whilst others who were then brought to
God, continue to adorn |
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their profession, and are ornaments to the church. |
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The following particulars were communicated to me by his
leader W. ROBERTS, |
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who visited him often during his affliction, in company
with W. OATLEY one |
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of his class-mates. They always found him resigned
to the will of him, who |
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hath said "all things work together for good to them
that love God," who is |
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too wise to err, and too good to be unkind. The
enemy of souls which goes |
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about like roaring lion seeking whom he may devour, very
powerfully tempted |
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him during his affliction, by which he was very often
cast down and |
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dejected; but the Lord visited him repeatedly, and
manifested himself in a |
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most glorious manner, so that our departed brother could
rejoice abundantly, |
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feeling all his doubts and fears removed, and being
conscious of his |
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acceptance with God, he could say with the Apostle,
"I know if this earthly |
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house of my tabernacle be dissolved, I have a building
of God, not made |
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with hands, eternally in the heavens." On
December 23rd, brother OATLEY |
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visited him for the last time; when he found him
wrestling with God, in the |
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most earnest prayer, for grace to bear him up under his
affliction, and to |
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keep him from sinking beneath the water floods, and to
preserved him in |
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peace in the valley of the shadow of death. Brother
OATLEY says, "we
sung a |
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hymn, read a portion or two of God's most holy word, and
prayed together; it |
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was a good time, the clouds were all dispersed, and the
Sun of righteousness |
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shone with lustre and brightness." All was
clear, and both the visitant and |
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visitor were blessed together, glory be to God. On
asking him some |
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questions respecting the state of his mind, our departed
friend said, I have |
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no doubt but that my soul will soon be with my dear
Saviour in glory, he is |
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with me now; and has promised to be with me whilst
passing through the |
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valley of the shadow of death: praise the Lord, he is a
friend that sticketh |
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closer than a brother." |
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Brother ROBERT's last visit was accompanied with the divine presence; to use |
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his own language, "it was a most glorious time,
bless the Lord O my soul, |
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and all within me bless and praise his Holy name.
Amen" |
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His parents in giving some account respecting the state
of his mind, during |
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his last moments say, "on Christmas day we found him
much worse than usual, |
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apparently sinking into the arms of death; on being asked
by his mother |
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whether he was praying or no, he answered in the
affirmative, after which he |
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fell into a deep sleep for a little time, out of which he
soon awoke, |
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started up, and said, 'I have a hope of heaven now,
Billey,' at this time |
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he saw some person in his bed-room and supposed it to be
brother W. OATLEY. |
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After which he expressed a desire to see his parents in
earnest for their |
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souls, and called out, 'Father I wish, I could see you
praying, and you |
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mother, then things would go better with you.' |
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"Our departed son soon became so much weaker that
death seemed to be |
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approaching very near. Many dear friends now
surrounded his bed, waiting |
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the solemn event, to see his last. His dying words
were 'I am going home,' |
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On his Mother asking him if he was not at home, his
answer was, 'I am going, |
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to heaven mother,' after which he exclaimed, 'I am
coming, Glory to God,' |
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and lifting up his feeble hand in token of victory, his
happy spirit took |
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its flight to the regions of immortality." |
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His death was improved from Psalm xxxiv.4, at Leeds Town
Chapel, to a |
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crowded congregation, when agreat many tears were
shed. Thus died in holy |
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triumph, a precious youth in humble life, highly
respected. |
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B.NOTT |
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Obituary: |
Died
October 14th, 1840, at Porthleaven, in the parish of Sithney, in the |
William |
Breage circuit, William SYMONS, aged 34, who was born October 10th, 1806, at |
SYMONS |
Trew, in the parish of Breage, and was by occupation a fisherman. In common |
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with
all the human family he felt the sad effects of the fall, and lived a |
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stranger
to God and destitute of religion, about twenty years. As it was |
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custom
with young people to attend some place of worship, at one time, |
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whilst
our dear departed brother was sitting under the Bible Christian |
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ministry,
and one of the local brethren was preaching, God owned the word, |
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he
felt the force of truth, and at the prayer meeting held after the |
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preaching,
our dear brother was led, like David of old, to roar aloud for |
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the
very disquietude of his soul; and he sought the Lord sorrowing for some |
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time. I am not prepared to state the time when
he was set at liberty, as he |
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left
no diary. The work was deep and
lasting, not like the seed that was |
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sown
by the wayside, which was quickly devoured; but like the precious seed |
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that
was sown in a good soil. Oh that
preachers would more fully attend to |
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the
delightful duty of holding prayer meetings after preaching; our departed |
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friend
was always ready to, to assist in them.
He manifested his love to |
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the
cause he espoused, by his constant attendance at all the means of grace, |
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and it was very seldom that brother SYMONS's seat was empty. He not only |
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experienced
the blessing of pardon, but he lived in the enjoyment of |
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sanctification, or holiness, without which, no man can
see the Lord. |
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Brother SYMONS was diligent in visiting the sick; and continued faithful |
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from
the commencement of his Christian career, to the close of his life. |
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Not
like many professors, who are then in and then out of society, our dear |
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brother
was delighted when the church was in prosperity; and could not bear |
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to
hear of any person growing weary in well doing. He was very pious, gave |
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all
his heart to the Lord, and soon became useful as a class-leader, which |
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office
he faithfully filled for twelve years, and was highly respected by |
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those
who knew him. As a Christian, he was
a burning and a shining light, |
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an
Israelite indeed; as a local preacher, he was to be depended on; no |
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little thing would prevent brother SYMONS from attending his
appointments; |
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and
he manifested his love to the cause he espoused, by attending all the |
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local
meetings, and by making provision for the preachers by lodging them at |
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his
father's house, as members of his own family. His affliction, which was |
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the
Typhus fever, seized him very violently in his head, which rendered him |
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quite
incapable of doing anything after he was taken ill; but praise God, |
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his
work was done; he had "fought the good fight, and kept the
faith." His |
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sufferings
were very great for somewhat about eight weeks; till he sank down |
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in
the arms of death. He was greatly
beloved, and deeply lamented by the |
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inhabitants
of Porthleaven, and I have not the least doubt but what our loss |
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is
his gain, for the great Head of the church does all things right, "who
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too wise to err, and too good to be unkind." |
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On
Sunday the 18th of October, the day appointed for the funeral, his |
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remains
were taken to the chapel, where his death was improved by brother |
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J.C. CORNISH, from Jer. xii.5., as
the writer was from the circuit at that |
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time
on a Missionary tour. I was informed
that hundreds of people attended |
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the
funeral, when all that was mortal was taken to Sithney Church town, the |
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place
for interment, where his remains were committed to the dust until that |
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day
when the trumpet shall be sounded and the dead hear the voice of the Son |
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of
God. Our brother is only gone just
before us; he is now saved from |
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burning
fevers, from sickness and decline: he is now joined with them who |
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are
gone before. It may be said of him
that he was faithful unto death, and |
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served
his God above many; and although we are separated from him, it is |
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only
for a short time. May the Lord make
the reader and writer faithful |
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unto death, so that we may meet again where parting is
unknown, Amen. |
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B. NOTT |
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