This recording, made in 1956 at a Bible Conference gospel meeting in Vancouver, Canada, features the voice of the late esteemed evangelist Albert Joyce (1897-1982). Mr Joyce was saved in May 1905, in Portobello, near Edinburgh, Scotland. Troubled about his soul, he looked at numerous gospel verses but wondered how he could get saved. “I knew all these verses, and I always believed they were true. How could I believe any differently?” Turning to Isaiah 53:5 and 6 he said, “Losing sight of my believing and my fears, I saw that Jesus was wounded for me. God’s Word was enough. God was satisfied, and I rested there.” He lived 70 more years to prove the reality of his conversion. Albert Joyce was commended to full time service on March 22, 1921 by the assembly meeting in the East End Gospel Hall in Toronto. He laboured in the gospel for many decades and saw hundreds of souls saved and a lasting work done for eternity. Mr Joyce had a deep exercise for the building up of God’s people in the truth of God, so he, along with Mr. Fred Watson, Mr. Gordon Johnston and Mr. Hector Alves, founded the Truth and Tidings magazine, with Mr Joyce becoming its founding editor. In this recording, the eloquent Mr Joyce preaches powerfully on the two expressions from Matthew’s gospel: “Come unto Me” (11:28) and “Depart from Me” (25:41).

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Ben Sutton (1922-2007) grew up in a drunkard’s home. Hardship turned to tragedy when his mother died while he was still a boy. When Ben left school he became a coal miner and then, during WW2, served in the Merchant Navy. He saw the horrors of war close-up, as German U-boats targetted the British and US ship convoys. With the War over, Ben returned home to South Shields in the north east of England, where his favourite places were the public house and the betting shop. His life was a total mess. But God was about to answer the prayers of an old lamp-lighter who had shared the gospel with Ben as a boy. As Ben looked up at the clock on the wall of the pub one day he read these words: “Guinness Time”. Suddenly one word exploded in his mind: “Eternity!”. Listen to how God saved Ben Sutton and made him a preacher of the very gospel he once ridiculed.

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Dan Rudge preaches on the 7 sayings of the Lord Jesus on the cross. He raises some questions: “Father forgive them”; but who are the “them”? “Today in Paradise”; but where is Paradise? “My God, My God”; but why not “My Father, My Father”? Dan addresses these questions (and much else beside) in a wide-ranging helpful message. His headings for the Lord’s 7 sayings are:

Readings in Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19.

(Message preached 19th Dec 2020)

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Andrew Ussher preaches “making the best use of your time and life” from Eph 5:1 and 1 Cor 14:12. As we face choices and options in life, the standard should not be “I could be doing worse things with my time” but “What is the best use of my time”. Are we striving for excellence in the Christian life, or just frittering away our days with trivia and inconsequential pursuits? A challenging message (Message preached at the Vancouver Thanksgiving Conference 2011)

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Fred Whitmore (1903-1980) was saved as a lad in Birmingham. He became busy in open air work in his teens, and, at the young age of 21, launched forth into full-time service in England. He was mightily used in gospel preaching in his 20’s and was instrumental in seeing a number of assemblies established, including Ossett in 1926 and Skelmanthorpe in 1927. With a godly committed wife (Dorothy), Fred laboured tirelessly for many decades. In 1948, he was one of the founders of the Lancashire Gospel Tent (photo below), personally holding 24 series of gospel meetings in it of 6 weeks each over two decades. Again, assemblies were established in that area, both in Farnworth and Chorley. This old recording (undated) features Fred telling a solemn and weighty story at the close of a gospel meeting. He tells of the tragic loss of The Royal Charter off Moelfre Bay in Anglesey, North Wales, and warns his audience of the danger of being “lost in sight of home”. It give a taste of Fred’s preaching and provides a classic example of how to use an illustration, giving pertinent details and making the application stick.

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PART 5 of 6 – In the fifth part of a 6-part series on the fundamentals of the gospel, Mr Jim Allen speaks on the subject of sanctification. The root idea of the word sanctification, Mr Allen explains, is to be “set apart”. Its basis – the blood of Christ; its agent – the Holy Spirit; its result – seen in three areas of my person…my mind with which I know God, my emotions with which I love God and my will with which I serve God. Readings: Heb 13:10-14, 1 Cor 1:1-2, 6:9-11, 2 Thess 2:13-14, 1 Thess 4:3-12 (Message preached in Scotland in 1990)

Series titles:

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When Frank Knox came to the end of his preaching days in the big Gospel Tent in Belfast, Mr Harold Paisley took on the responsibility of the work. In the early 1960’s, Harold gave a report at the Belfast Easter Conference about those first of his High Street Tent meetings which had upwards of 2,300 attendees on one night. (The singing was raised by David Kane). During the weeks many were saved. When the Tent was burned to the ground. the Ulster Hall was procured for the end of the meetings. In this report Mr Paisley also refers to other series of meetings he had after the High Street Tent. In one such series, Mr Frank Knox’s daughter was saved, having been prayed for for 50 years. (Closing hymn: “Where Jesus is, ‘Tis heaven there”)

Further listening:

Harold Paisley’s testimony of salvation

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William Bunting (1903-1966) was saved under the preaching of Dr. W.J. Matthews in 1919. Baptised and received into fellowship in the assembly meeting in Wallace Avenue Gospel Hall in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, Mr Bunting threw himself early into gospel work. At the young age of 21, he went out to serve the Lord full time, being known at that time as “the boy preacher”. He travelled widely preaching and teaching, being an orderly, careful preacher, as well as a kind, sincere Christian gentleman. At the end of his life, Mr Bunting bore a long and trying illness, during which he was cared for by his devoted family. He was taken home to heaven at the comparatively young age of 63. In this recording, Mr Bunting gives a report of the Lord’s work at the 1964 Belfast Easter conference in the Grosvenor Hall, the first time he had done so in 40 years. Two years later he was in heaven. Readings: Acts 14:27, Deut 2:7.

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Stan Ford (1920-1991), once an atheist and a communist, tells the story of how he was converted to Christ in 1938. A large man, over six feet tall, with a strong voice and a distinct West Country accent, Stan Ford’s story will thrill your heart. He ran away from home at 13 and got a job at 5 shillings a week. Falling in love with boxing, he soon became good enough to make a living at it. His first brush with the gospel was hearing a Salvation Army girl singing “The Old Rugged Cross” on a table in Public House. Some time later, a young lady – who would eventually become his wife – prevailed upon Stan Ford to attend Gospel Tent meetings conducted by the evangelist Victor Cirel. After a few nights, Stan spoke to Mr Cirel and listed numerous “contradictions” in the Bible. Mr Cirel answered everything and, that night, Stan was converted. Soon after, he gave up his £30k a year boxing career (back in the 1930’s) and took up more God-honouring employment. Eventually Stan went out full time preaching the gospel. One of those converted under his preaching is the author and Christian apologist John Lennox. (At the beginning of this recording, made in Belfast in 1967, Mr Ford read 1 Timothy 1:12-17).

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Peter Orasuk (1948-2005) from Prince Edward Island, in Canada, preaches a powerful word on assembly unity: the means of it, the manifestation of it, the maintenance of it, the marring of it, and the ministry of it. Readings: Psa 133:1-3, Eph 2:4-6, 14-15, 1 Cor 10:16-17, Phil 2:4-13, 4:1-3. (Message preached in North America).

Peter Orasuk’s Testimony – Part 1

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