Recollections of a Long Life

Immediately after I left college, and settled at Windsor, I commenced the study of Church history with much earnestness; and the first fruit was a course of lectures on the subj...

IN my last chapter I brought together two celebrations—one in honour of John Bunyan, the other in honour of Richard Baxter. Another celebration now claims attention, not of an E...

I. To begin with the Church of England. I remember hearing a sermon by the late Bishop of Manchester, at the reopening of Chester Cathedral, when, in no measured terms, he dwelt...

NEED was felt for some change after my sad bereavement; so in March, 1880, my daughter and I started for Italy. We tarried on our way a week at Cannes with my friend, Mr. Prust,...

THE sixth General Meeting of the Evangelical Alliance had been fixed for the year 1870, in New York; but, owing to the war between France and Germany, it was postponed to the au...

I WAS quite satisfied with my position at Windsor and had no thoughts of leaving it, when Dr. Vaughan of Kensington accepted the principalship of Lancashire College, and at the...

THIS year I paid my third and last visit to Rome. A comparison of the city and neighbourhood as they were during my first visit with what now appeared, was very striking. Former...

AT this period I was engaged in the preparation of “The Spanish Reformers,” and to give vividness to the work, with regard to local scenery and circumstances, I resolved in Marc...

IN the year 1874 I lost my old friend, Thomas Binney. His pre-eminent position amongst Dissenters was attested by copious notices in newspapers, and, by the scene at his funeral...

WHEN I first saw Windsor in the winter of 1830–31 how different the town appeared from what it did afterwards! All about Thames Street and Castle Hill was crowded with old house...

MY most distinguished fellow-student for intellectual power and literary attainment was Henry Rogers, afterwards a large contributor to the _Edinburgh Review_. Some of the artic...

THE year 1850 opened with a storm of religious excitement, owing to a division of England by Papal authority into Roman dioceses, at the suggestion of Dr. Wiseman. It came to be...

ON April 4th, 1854, I started the first time for Rome, provided with letters of introduction to Gibson, the sculptor, Penry Williams, the landscape painter, and two Roman Cathol...

I WAS born in the parish of St. Michaels-at-Plea, Norwich, November 18th, 1807. My father was in some respects a remarkable man. For his great integrity, he won the name of “the...

BEING disposed beyond immediate pastoral duties to help in religious work outside, I found ample opportunities for doing it. Sir Culling Eardley was at that time zealous in the...

THE year 1862, being the Bicentenary of the Bartholomew ejectment, was largely given by English Nonconformists to a remembrance of the confessorship and heroism which marked the...

After leaving Palestine I wrote in my notes the following impression as to the Bible, which had been a constant companion and guide in our travels:—It is the Book of the Holy La...

1865–1872 Church history—Visit to Dr. Hook, Dean of 162–200 Chichester—Anecdotes of Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford—The Dean’s life at Leeds—Extracts from his letters—Acquaintance...

1875–1879 Luther celebrations—Death of Lady Augusta Stanley—Her “At 251–284 Homes”—Anecdotes of Lamartine, Guizot, and Lord Russell—Touching words—Funeral in Westminster Abbey—T...

1879–1883 Conversation with a distinguished nobleman upon ideas of 285–313 religion amongst the upper classes—Days at Spezzia, Pisa, and Florence—Introduction to Cardinal Howard...

1862–1865 Bicentenary of Bartholomew ejectment—Family 138–161 bereavements—Commencement of friendship with Dean Stanley—His sermon on “The Feast of the Dedication”—His sermon wh...

1873 Voyage to America for the General Meeting of the 201–229 Evangelical Alliance—Hospitality of the President, the Honourable Mr. Dodge—Visit to Sunnyside, where Washington Ir...

1843–1850 Removal to Kensington—Life of Dr. Arnold—Ladies’ schools 76–100 at Kensington—Kensington friends—Archdeacon Sinclair—British Schools and Duchess of Inverness—British a...

1885 Third and last visit to Rome—Changes in the city and its 338–360 surroundings—Where did Paul live during his captivity?—Evangelical Alliance meetings at Edinburgh and Glasg...

1854–1862 Visit to Rome: Holy Week, Pio Nono and the feet-washing, 120–137 Catacombs—Naples—Vesuvius—New chapel at Kensington—Commencement of the Congregational Union—Algernon W...

1874–1875 Death of Dr. Binney—His opinion respecting the exclusion 230–250 of liturgical worship—Unveiling of Bunyan’s statue at Bedford—Unveiling of Baxter’s statue at Kiddermi...

1832–1837 First sight of Windsor—Anecdotes of George III.—Rev. A. 39–58 Redford—New chapel and ordination—Bishop Selwyn—Funeral of William IV.—Queen Victoria’s coronation and we...

1837–1843 Sir Culling Eardley and tent preaching—Case of 59–75 conscience—Public questions—Missionary tours—Newstead Abbey—Byron and Scott—Royal visit to Edinburgh—Up the Rhine—...

1850–1854 The papal aggression—Discourses on the Romanist 101–119 controversy—Palace of glass—Evangelical lectures in Exeter Hall—Memorial of Dr. Doddridge—Visit to Germany and...

1807–1828 PAGE Birth and boyhood in Norwich—Education—My mother—Early 1–18 tastes—First sight of the sea—Public events—Early studies—Roman Catholicism—Friendships—Religious chan...

1828–1832 Fellow-students—Public excitements—Old House of 19–38 Commons—William IV.—Popular preachers in London: Daniel Wilson, Rowland Hill, James Parsons, Irving, Dr. Chalmers...

1883–1885 Journey to Spain in preparation of book on Spanish 314–337 Reformers: Through France to Figueras, Barcelona, Tarragona, Poblet, Valencia, Cordova, Granada, Seville, Ma...