Interesting Incidents Connected With the Life of George Bickers: Originally a Farmer's Parish Apprentice at Laxfield, in Suffolk, but Now Residing in Oulton — John Shaqi
Interesting Incidents Connected With the Life of George Bickers: Originally a Farmer's Parish Apprentice at Laxfield, in Suffolk, but Now Residing in OultonBickers, George
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Interesting Incidents Connected With the Life of George Bickers: Originally a Farmer's Parish Apprentice at Laxfield, in Suffolk, but Now Residing in Oulton
Bickers, George
Bickers, George; Clergy -- England -- Suffolk -- Biography
And resolves to warn and teach, according to the standard of divine
truth, and resolved to exemplify the bearing of a Christian minister, by
the grace of God. To show unequivocally and impressively that “all have
sinned and come short of the glory of God,” and then comes free
justification by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus. He takes his safe stand upon this doctrine, and affirms that it
is “God who hath set forth Jesus Christ to be a propitiation, through
faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of
sins, that are past through the forbearance of God.” And should he be
asked, “Is the blood of Christ sufficient to atone for the whole world?”
he replies, “Quite so; but only _efficient_ to save those who being
justified by faith, enjoy also peace with God, through our Lord Jesus
Christ.” And, as the apostle Paul asserts, in his fifth chapter of
Romans:—“By whom we have now received the atonement.” Truly, this is the
comfort wherewith we desire to be always comforted.
Mr. Dovey, the Baptist minister at Lowestoft, preached his first sermon
in that town in December, 1844, and continued his ministrations for
seventeen years. His last sermon, as pastor was delivered February 23rd,
1862. Mr. Aldis, his successor, came to Lowestoft in the same year. Mr.
G. S. Crisp died on the 30th May, 1863, at the age of 79 years. This
good man was for many years a preacher of the gospel at the
Congregational Chapel, at Lowestoft, and for many years came and preached
the word of life at Carlton Colville, and was so engaged at the time the
new chapel was built, although soon afterwards called to put off the clay
tabernacle, and enter into his rest, of which he had long been seeking
and preaching in days that were past. Here, then, the gospel has been
preached; sinners have been warned and invited; Jesus Christ hath been
set forth as a willing Saviour. But, alas! There are so many who think
the gospel is so far beneath their attention they cannot understand how
it pleases God, by the foolishness of preaching, to save them that
believe. They refuse to believe that the gospel is of God, and that they
are bound to receive it, and must not cavil or raise objections. It is
for the acceptance of all who possess any views worth having, and those
who still continue to neglect this great salvation will in the end find
that it will grind them to powder. Such was the sad experience of that
infatuated and misguided wretch who on the 14th April of this year fell
by the hand of the executioner, at Ipswich, for the murder of Ebenezer
Tye, at Halesworth.
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