1729 HT: Christianity.com “I went to see a man that had one foot in the grave; but I found a man that had one foot in heaven!” So wrote one of John Fletcher‘s visitors after visiting the godly preacher who had become gravely ill by his strenuous efforts for the kingdom of Christ. Born in…
1737 Twenty-year-old Benjamin Beddome hears a visiting preacher speak on the text “I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent,” and is deeply moved. Within two years he will be studying for…