Richard Hobson of Liverpool
The Autobiography of a Faithful Pastor
| Weight | 0.62 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 22.3 × 14.3 × 2.5 cm |
| ISBN | 9780851518459 |
| Binding | Cloth-bound |
| Format | Book |
| Page Count | 384 |
| Original Pub Date | 1903 |
| Banner Pub Date | Nov 1, 2003 |
Book Description
This is the inspiring autobiography of Richard Hobson whose ministry, under the blessing of God, transformed the working-class district of Windsor in Liverpool. It will be of immense encouragement, not only to ministers of the Word, but to all who desire to see the gospel producing such effects in our own time. Yet Hobson had no thought of claiming any credit for this success, humbly entitling his account, ‘What hath God wrought’.
On J.C. Ryle’s arrival in Liverpool as its first bishop in 1880, he found in Hobson a true friend, and came to regard him as a model pastor. Hobson’s parish of St. Nathaniel’s gave Ryle and his family their main spiritual home, and in 1900, when Ryle died, Hobson preached the bishop’s funeral sermon.
The story told here, against the back-drop of dirt and poverty in the largest port of the British Empire, is a wonderful example of the compelling power of love and prayer. Hobson taught his people to pray, as the one o’clock gun was fired daily, ‘O God, for Jesus Christ’s sake, send me thy Holy Spirit’, and the prayer was answered.
The change effected in the ‘sixteen acres of sin’ Hobson found on his arrival in Windsor is a striking illustration of the power of the gospel to change individual lives and transform whole communities.
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This is a wonderfully inspiring autobiography detailing the Rev Hobson’s work in one of Liverpool’s most deprived areas in the latter half of the 19th Century. It shows how, with the work of the Holy Spirit and his own hard graft, Rev Hobson was able to start a congregation from scratch and build it up to a total congregation of getting on for a thousand each Sunday together with the founding of a successful school for the local children. Rev Hobson’s zeal for the Gospel and the love of his fellow men shines through in this memoir as does his selflessness. He turned down a much more prosperous parish to continue his work where he was and his constant activity sometimes had an adverse effect on his health with him suffering chronic insomnia no doubt through an inabiity to totally rest his mind due to the responsibilities he took upon himself. Added to this the writing style is pleasant, engaging and self effacing. I am glad this book was highlighted in a recent offer and though Rev Hobson was an Anglican this book is truly universal in its appeal for any Protestant Evangelical.