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This is the day that … Catherine Booth died, in 1890.
Catherine Booth (nee Mumford), was born to a coachbuilder in Derbyshire, in 1829. She read the Bible eight times by the age of twelve, but was converted at the age of 15, when the words of a hymn led her to assurance of salvation.
At fourteen [...]

This is the day that … Mary Bosanquet Fletcher was born in Leytonstone, in Essex England in 1739. (Some writers give the date of her birth as 12 September).
Her interest in the Christian faith began when she was only six years of age, through a Methodist maid employed by her parents. She took seriously Wesley’s [...]

This is the day that … Ira David Sankey was born in Pennsylvania, in 1840. His father was a prominent man, a state senator, banker and editor. He was under appointment by Abraham Lincoln to collect internal revenue.
Young David displayed a fondness for music and developed an excellent singing voice.
In his early years he [...]

This is the day that … Samuel H. Hadley was born in 1842, in Morgan County, Ohio, USA.
Sam Hadley was brought up in a log cabin. “In our log cabin,” he later wrote, “I could lie on my bed and see the stars through the cracks in the roof and feel the snow sifting down [...]

This is the day that … The Reverend Adam Clarke died in 1832.
Born 1760 or 1762, in the little village of Moybeg, county of Londonderry, this friend and fellow preacher with John Wesley is especially remembered for his massive Bible commentary, which is still in print.
In his childhood his mother taught him to have strong [...]

This is the day that … Francis Asbury was born in 1745 – the “first apostle of American Methodism”.
Born in England, he worked as a blacksmith for a time and was converted in a barn. “The preacher,” he wrote later, “had no prayer book, yet he prayed wonderfully. What was more extraordinary, the man took [...]

This is the day that … John Haime died in Hampshire, England, in 1784, at the age of 78. In his 70’s his testimony was published by Wesley. It was titled, “A Short Account of God’s Dealings with Mr. John Haime”. Some, however, wonder if Satan should not get a mention in the title, since [...]

This is the day that … Edward McKendree Bounds was born in 1835, in a small log cabin in Missouri, USA.
His father was a leading figure in “the social, economic and religious fibre of the town” … but he died when Edward was in his mid-teens.
After studying law, 21 year-old Edward practised for three years [...]

This is the day that … Augustus Montague Toplady died, in 1778.
Augustus Toplady was born in Surrey, England, in 1740, and his father was killed in battle at the Siege of Carthagena when Augustus was only a few months old. His biographer describes the boy as a “sickly, neurotic, and precociously religious lad” (The [...]

This is the day that … Mary Artemisia Lathbury was born in Ontario County, New York State, in 1841.
Her father was a Methodist minister … and her two brothers would also become Methodist ministers later in life. However pulpit ministry was not available to women, so Mary found her own way to touch lives.
Despite poor [...]