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Clarence Larkin Clarence Larkin 1850-1924 American Baptist pastor, Bible teacher, and writer. Clarence Larkin was born October 28, 1850, in Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He was converted to Christ at…

George Beauchamp Vick George Beauchamp Vick 1901-1975 George Beauchamp Vick was born in Russellville, Kentucky, the son of a lawyer-politician. When young Beauchamp was a year old, his father quit…

John Calvin John Calvin 1509-1564 Founder of Calvinism. John Calvin, a French scholar who became a leading preacher and dominant force in the Reformation of the 16th Century, studied at…

Lester Roloff Lester Roloff BORN: June 28, 1914 Dawson, Texas DIED: November 2, 1982 Houston, Texas LIFE SPAN: 68 years, 4 months, 5 days A MODERN-DAY PROPHET, and remembered well…

Reuben Archer Torrey Reuben Archer Torrey 1856-1928 Congregationalist minister. R.A. Torrey was educated at Yale University and Leipzig and Erlangen Universities in Germany. In 1889 he was called to Chicago…

Thomas Todhunter Shields Thomas Todhunter Shields 1873-1955 Canadian pastor. T.T. Shields was born in Bristol, England, the son of a Baptist minister. At an early age, he was converted to…

A BATH BRINGS SIGHT A BATH BRINGS SIGHT John 9:1-8 1 And as [Jesus] passed by, he saw a man which was blind from [his] birth. 2 And his disciples…

HANNAH HANNAH'S PRAYER FOR A SON 1 Samuel 1:1-28 1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham,…

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF SAMSON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF SAMSON'S BIRTH Judges 13:2-24 2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah;…

THE LIE OF A WOMAN SENDS A MAN THE LIE OF A WOMAN SENDS A MAN TO JAIL Genesis 39:1-23 1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar,…