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Henry Morton Stanley said his famous words “Dr Livingstone, I presume!” on November 10, 1871, in the heart of Africa, at Ujiji. The meeting is recorded in Stanley’s own book, How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa (page 331).
Stanley is described as an “illegitimate son of Britain’s industrial masses”. Stanley was born John Rowlands on [...]

This is the day that Matthew Henry was born in a Welsh farmhouse in Shropshire, England, close to the border of England and Wales, in 1662.
His father, Philip, had been ejected from his church for refusing to ‘bow the knee’ to the king’s demands. His non-conformist views would not allow him to recognize the king [...]

This is the day that Thomas Charles was born in Wales. It was 1756.
Despite a Christian upbringing, it was not until the age of 17, when he heard Daniel Rowlands expounding Hebrews 4:15, that “he was conscious of a real conversion of heart”. It was 20 January, 1773.
It is interesting to note that there seems [...]

This is the day that … Torial Joss was born in Scotland, in 1731.
After his father’s death, young Joss ran away to sea and was captured, and imprisoned, by the French.
Back in Scotland – aged 15! – he was press-ganged on to a man-of-war – escaped, and at a place called “Robin Hood’s Bay” (on [...]

This is the day that … Howell Harris died, in 1773, “loyal to the last to the church whose sacraments he had been denied. His funeral was attended by 20,000 people.”
He was born in Wales on 23 January 1714, and early in life he decided to become a Church of England clergyman.
By the age of [...]

This is the day that …Evan Roberts was born in Wales in 1878.
Twenty-six years later God used this young Calvinistic-Methodist to ignite a revival fire across that land. With his “scorched Bible” (it had been damaged in a mine explosion), Evan Roberts prayed and preached. Sometimes he wept in the pulpit. Other times he simply [...]