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English Churchman Fridays, 15th & 22nd April 2005 A PROTESTANT FAMILY NEWSPAPER No.7660 Fridays, 15th &22nd April 2005 40p “PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS” Psalm 116:15 Italy. He understood something of the should go home rather than lecture to Ely, now in Cambridgeshire. I well self, but this Bible says "Remember "Render therefore to awfulness of war. the few that were there, but he seemed remember when the first such meeting them… who have spoken unto you the all their dues: tribute reluctant to do that. However, he ulti- at Brentwood in Essex in memory of Word of God: whose faith follow, con- to whom tribute is At the end of the war, in 1945, he felt mately agreed and I took him to the the boy martyr, William Hunter, was sidering the end of their conversation." the call to Christian ministry and railway station - he had no car in those arranged. It was in 1953, 52 years ago. due ... honour to became the pastor at the High Street days. The return fare to London at that My father was extremely interested in I described him at the start of this trib- whom honour." Baptist Church in Isleham, time was six shillings and sixpence, so I this meeting and organised for a party ute as a very dear, a very good, and a Romans 13.7 Cambridgeshire. He had some happy gave him a £1 note in the hope that of people to walk to Brentwood from very great friend. I believe he was a years there, and he particularly liked would cover his expenses. To my sur- North Romford! The many meetings great man. There is so much else which by Mr Stephen Toms baptising believers in the River Lark, prise, he used that note to pay his fare of this kind were faithfully continued, could be said about him. But I finish, where the great C H. Spurgeon had home, and I could only assume that he through thick and thin, with or with- seeking to emphasise that he was to have come here today to bury been baptised. had no money and was relying on a out much support throughout subse- me, and many others, a very real friend. one whom I regarded as a very collection to get home. That certainly quent years. dear friend, a very good friend, He had, however, been brought into was the way he had to work in those Mr A.G. Ashdown's funeral was con- and a very great friend. Protestant lecturing a long while before early days. He had a great interest in the ducted by Mr Stephen A. Toms; Mr I all this. In 1936, at the 400th anniver- Waldensians and, year by year, organ- Jeremy Bailey read the Scripture; and Mr Albert George Ashdown was affec- sary of the death of William Tyndale, He continued his lectures in various ised holidays in that area of North Italy, Dr. S.J. Scott-Pearson led in prayer at tionately known by many as 'George' he had been called upon to give a lec- meetings all over the United Kingdom where these early Protestants resided. the graveside. Halland Chapel folk but I have always called him 'Mr ture upon the great Bible translator and, as far as I am aware, he was the He loved telling the history of this kindly recorded the service, and cas- Ashdown'. He was born at Walton on and martyr. And it seems obvious that only person doing such work. These people. And he wrote a book entitled, settes may be obtained from them or the Hill in Surrey on May 29th, 1914, this work of lecturing was the service lectures were mainly on historical sub- 'The General with the Wooden Leg'. from Mr Toms, 1 Donald Way, less than three months before the com- which God had determined for Mr jects and were extremely informative. Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 9JB. Tel: mencement of World War I. His Ashdown. He left Isleham and joined For myself, I was very desirous of hear- Then, of course, there was his visiting 01245-268815. mother and father had four sons. He the Protestant Truth Society. It was in ing them whenever I could, and it was of Canada in the cause of attended a Church school, and he used this Society that he had much to do a joy to listen to the same lecture over Protestantism. to say that he there acquired a good with Mr J.A. Kensit, whose father had and over again as he always brought understanding of the Romanising been murdered by Romanists in out different details on the subjects He continued working to an age when “Let God influence in the land. Liverpool. He had many interesting being considered. most men would have retired much and witty stories of his days with Mr earlier in life. That was, no doubt, Arise, Let His He often related how, when he was Kensit. For example, he made a model, But there were other things he did because he loved the work. In fact, he young, his aunt would take the boys, and on presenting it to Mr Kensit, he apart from lecturing. He more or less, used to say that he would rather wear Enemies Be with a picnic basket, up to the told him it was a 'protestant' one. with the help of Mr Gutteridge, ran the out than rust out. Protestant Martyrs' memorial on Cliffe When Mr Kensit asked what he meant, office of the Protestant Alliance for Scattered” Hill, Lewes and there set out the picnic he said it was completed on the 12th many years. For that reason, he was He had a good wit and all that knew on a tablecloth and tell the stories of July and was made from orange boxes. always reluctant to stay anywhere him personally would have heard many Psalm 68:1 the martyrs. Mr Ashdown told us that overnight as he would say that he had of the stories of incidents in his life his edition of the English that was where he learned his It was when Mr Ashdown joined the to get back to start office work early the which he considered to be highly Churchman, like all editions, is Protestantism. P.T.S. that I first came into contact with next morning. Amongst the things amusing. him. Mr Philip Rand had been asked to accomplished in the office, there was Tdedicated to the glory of God. We thank God especially for the After leaving school he became very preach at the mission hall I attended, the usual publication of tracts and So much else could be said, and some Protestants who were burned by successful at work, being employed as a but Mr Rand was just about to go to accounts of the lives of many martyrs. may feel I have omitted things that Roman Catholic Queen "Bloody" manager in a seed shop in Sussex. I Bournemouth, so he said he would ought to have been said. But it would have heard him describe seeds as 'fasci- send Mr Ashdown. I shall never forget Then there was the work at the shows, be impossible to give the history of Mary. This tribute to Mr Ashdown nating things'. In the shop there were that first time we heard him. He spoke in which he manifested an extremely such a full life in so few minutes. shows how his religion and ours rows and rows of drawers, each con- on Samuel's circuit and he brought out keen interest. In later years, I was stands in stark contrast to the blas- taining seeds of different shapes, differ- so many interesting things from his pleased to be able to join him in this After being a widower for some time, phemies of the Roman Catholic ent sorts, and different forms. knowledge of the places in the Middle work and it astounded me that he had he married Miss Pat Bell on March Church and the Pope. The biblical East. I would have loved to have heard carried on for so long on his own. He 14th 1992. The present Mrs Ashdown Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ is the In private life, he became a scout that sermon again, but I never did. used to set it all up, opening up the has sought to look after him in these most precious thing in this world as it master and in this movement met Miss little trailer that he had made, and he latter years, when his physical strength is saves even the worst sinner out of Marjorie Nancy Over, who was a scout From that time our friendship grew. gave a superb display. I found that the began to wane. misery and into everlasting life. Rome mistress. They married in Brighton Mr Ashdown left the P.T.S. and joined models that he himself had made were on the other hand is an absolute Road Baptist Church, Horsham in the Protestant Alliance as their deputa- very useful, being a great attraction to Following a period of incapacity, he has misery offering no hope. It is most dis- Sussex on December 4th, 1937, less tion secretary. I had not previously children, who frequently pulled their now been received into glory, washed turbing that our people both rich and than two years before the commence- heard of the Protestant Alliance, which parents over to have a look. At these in the immaculate Blood of the poor, educated and illiterate, from the ment of World War II.

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