Hancock, John John Hancock, b. Jan. 23, 1737, d. Oct. 8, 1793, was an American Revolutionary statesman and the first signer of the Declaration of Independence. Born in Braintree (now Quincy), Mass., he was educated at Harvard and trained for...
Oswald Jeffery Smith BORN: November 8, 1889 Odessa, Ontario, Canada DIED: January 25, 1986 Toronto, Ontario, Canada LIFE SPAN: 96 years, 3 months, 17 daysPASTOR, EVANGELIST, MISSIONARY STATESMAN, author, hymn writer, world traveler, poet,...
Robert Raikes 1736-1811 Sunday School, the greatest lay movement since Pentecost, was founded by a layman. Robert Raikes was the crusading editor of Gloucester Journal. After becoming frustrated with ineffi- cient jail reforms, Raikes was convinced...
Jonathan Edwards BORN: October 5, 1703East Windsor, Connecticut DIED: March 22, 1758 Princeton, New Jersey LIFE SPAN: 54 years, 5 months, 17 days {SCT}THE DREAM OF MOST PREACHERS is to have the proper balance of knowledge and zeal, brain and...
Patrick 389-461 Missionary to Ireland. Patrick was born in Scotland. His fa- ther was a Roman centurion and also a deacon in a local New Testament church. Patrick was captured and taken to Ireland as a slave, but he escaped. After his conversion to...
Robert Reynolds Jones 1883-1968 American evangelist and educator. Robert Reynolds Jones, bet- ter known as Dr. Bob Jones Sr., was born in Dale County, Ala- bama, on October 30, 1883. He was converted to Christ at the age of 11, began to preach and...
Jonathan Goforth 1859-1936 Missionary to China. Jonathan Goforth was converted to Christ at the age of 18. While attending college, he did rescue mis- sion work. He read Hudson Taylor's book about missionary work in China, and it so moved him that...
Rodney "Gypsy" Smith 1860-1947 British evangelist. Gypsy Smith was born in England. His mother died when he was a small boy. His father led him to Christ at the age of 15. Two years later, Smith joined Gen- eral William Booth's mission, and began...
Lester RoloffBORN: June 28, 1914 Dawson, TexasDIED: November 2, 1982 Houston, TexasLIFE SPAN: 68 years, 4 months, 5 daysA MODERN-DAY PROPHET, and remembered well by many still living, Lester Roloff in the last years of his life had become a symbol...