Richard Hobson of Liverpool
The Autobiography of a Faithful Pastor
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| Weight | 1.36 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 8.8 × 5.75 × 1 in |
| isbn | 9780851518459 |
| binding | Cloth-bound |
| Format | Book |
| Original Pub Date | 1903 |
| Banner Pub Date | Nov 1, 2003 |
| topic | 19th Century, Pastoral Biography |
| page-count | 384 |
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.
Table of Contents Expand ↓
| Illustrations | vi | |
| Biographical Sketch | ix | |
| Author’s Prefaces | xvii | |
| Introduction | xxiii | |
| PART 1: CHILDHOOD, YOUTH AND MINISTRY 1 | 34 | |
| PART 2: AGENT OF THE IRISH CHURCH MISSIONS | 16 | |
| PART 3: STUDENT OF ST AIDAN’S COLLEGE, BIRKENHEAD | 34 | |
| PART 4: CURATE OF CHRIST CHURCH, BIRKENHEAD | 41 | |
| PART 5: VICAR OF ST NATHANIEL’S, WINDSOR, LIVERPOOL: Diary Extracts for 1868-69 | 49 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1870 | 55 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1871 | 69 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1872 | 75 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1873 | 83 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1874 | 90 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1875 | 97 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1876 | 105 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1877 | 111 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1878 | 118 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1879 | 127 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1880 | 134 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1881 | 143 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1882 | 149 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1883 | 156 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1884 | 163 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1885 | 168 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1886 | 176 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1887 | 182 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1888 | 189 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1889 | 195 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1890 | 202 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1891 | 208 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1892 | 216 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1893 | 228 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1894 | 238 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1895 | 246 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1896 | 255 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1897 | 263 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1898 | 272 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1899 | 278 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1900 | 287 | |
| Diary Extracts for 1901 | 297 | |
| ‘My Eventide’ (added to the Fourth Edition, 1913) | 311 | |
| Appendices A – T | 329 |
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