Early Life and Conversion Edward Dennett was born in 1831 at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, into a family thoroughly connected with the Church of England. His upbringing was marked by religious observance, yet, as was so often the case in that period, profession preceded personal faith. In his…
Family Background and Early Influences Thomas Blair Miller was the son of Dr. Andrew Miller, whose well-known works on Church History and biblical exposition have been read with profit by thousands of the Lord’s people throughout the English-speaking world. From such a father he inherited not only a…
Early Life and Education John Dickie was born in January 1823 in Irvine, a seaport town in Ayrshire, Scotland. He was early bereaved of both parents, an experience that contributed to the formation of a sensitive and reflective character. Delicate in constitution, modest and retiring in disposition, he…
Early Life and Awakening to Divine Truth Samuel Trevor Francis was born in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, in 1834. While still an infant he was taken by his parents to Hull, a move that proved formative in his early years. When about five or six years old he stayed with…
Early Life Thomas Shuldham Henry, M.A., LL.B., was the only son of Dr. P. Shuldham Henry, President of Queen’s College, Belfast. He was raised in a cultured, educated environment and trained for a distinguished legal career at the English Bar Association. By temperament and lifestyle, he was a…
Early Life Harrison Ord was born on March 11, 1833, in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. As a young man he developed a powerful physique and a strong, independent character, shaped largely through his engineering apprenticeship and years of working alongside practical, hard-headed men in industrial workshops. This background gave him…
Early Life Henry Moorhouse—known affectionately across Britain and beyond as “Harry Moorhouse”—was born in Manchester in 1840. His early life gave little indication of the extraordinary influence he would later exert on the evangelical world. From childhood he was restless, rebellious, and repeatedly in trouble with the law.…
Early Life Alexander Stewart was born in 1843, a year of enormous spiritual significance in Scotland—the year of the Disruption, when many left the Church of Scotland to form the Free Church. His parents were respected members of the Church of Scotland, and he grew up in an…
Early Life John Lindsay Maclean was born on 23 October 1830 in Nassau, the capital of the Bahama Islands. His early life reflected the far-reaching scope of the British Empire. His father, an officer in the Commissariat Department, served in several demanding overseas posts. When John was about…
Early Life Dr. Robert McKilliam was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1837, the son of Basil McKilliam. From earliest years he was deeply influenced by the quiet godliness and faithful prayers of his mother. Through her example and instruction, he came to personal faith in Christ at a…