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Helen Howarth Lemmel was born in Wardle, England to a Wesleyan Methodist pastor and his wife on November 14, 1863.
Twelve years later the family migrated to America. Helen lived briefly in Mississippi before settling in Wisconsin. Helen’s singing ability soon became evident, gaining her a reputation as a brilliant singer, even studying private voice in [...]

This is the day that … Charlotte Elliott died in 1871.
Born in Clapham, England (18 March, 1789), she achieved some fame as the writer of frivolous verse and a portrait artist. But by the age of 30 she was a bed-ridden invalid.
The visit of Swiss evangelist Cesar Malan led her to a knowledge of sins [...]

This is the day that … John Gotch Ridley was born in Darling Point, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, in 1896.
Young John was given a book by his Bible Class teacher – The Life of Hedley Vicars. This New Year gift told of a Christian soldier and, in his own words, became “one of the [...]

This is the day that … Oliver Wendell Holmes was born in 1809.
His father, Abiel Holmes, pastored the First Congregational Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and young Oliver grew up “in a library where he bumped about among books.”
And whilst still a youngster he would accompany his father in the horse and jig as they spent [...]

This is the day that … Horatius Bonar died in 1889.
He was born December 19, 1808 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Along with his brother Alexander, he witnessed revival meetings in 1839 under W.C. Burns. The brothers kept revival expectancy alive in the hearts of their hearers.
He is remembered as one of the greatest of Scottish hymn-writers, [...]

This is the day that … Benjamin Keach died in 1704.
He had been born in North Buckinghamshire, England, on February 29, 1640, in the days when England was about to be plunged into civil war…
Although brought up in the state church, he was baptised again at the age of 15 and joined a Baptist church [...]

This is the day that … Isaac Watts was born in Southampton, England, in 1674.
Little Isaac Watts showed a passion for poetry from his earliest years. It irritated his father … So much so that, when Isaac saw the mouse run up the bell rope during prayer time he really upset his father when he [...]