Testimonies
True stories of the lives of faithful Christians
Jacob Bicks’ Testimony
Jacob Bicks’ Testimony
(Born 1657, Died at approximately age 7)
Jacob Bicks, the brother of Susannah Bicks, was born in Leyden, in the year 1657. He fell sick on the sixth of August, 1664, three or four weeks before his sister. In his distemper he was very sleepy, until almost dead. When he awoke, he was often praying.
Once when his parents had prayed with him, they asked him, if they should once more send for the physician?… Continue reading
John Sudlow’s Testimony
John Sudlow’s Testimony
(Died in childhood in 1665, exact age unknown)
John Sudlow was born of religious parents, in the county of Middlesex in England. They were careful to instill spiritual principles into him as soon as he was capable of understanding them. Those endeavors the Lord blessed with success. When he was scarce able to speak plain, he seemed to have a very great awe and reverence of God upon his spirit, and a strange sense of the… Continue reading
John Harvey’s Testimony
John Harvey’s Testimony
(Born 1654, Died at approximately age 11)
John Harvey was born in London, in the year 1654. His father was a Dutch merchant. He was piously educated by his mother, and soon began to hear divine things with delight. The first thing observable in him was, that when he was two years and eight months old, he could speak as well as other children do usually at five years of age. His parents thinking that he… Continue reading
Charles Bridgeman’s Testimony
Charles Bridgeman’s Testimony
(Died at approximately 12 years of age)
Charles Bridgeman no sooner learned to speak, but he betook himself to prayer. He was prone to learn the things of God. He would be often teaching them their duty that waited upon him. He learned by heart many good things before he was fit to go to school: so religious were his words, his actions so upright, his devotions so hearty, his fear of God so great, that… Continue reading
Mary A’s Testimony
Mary A’s Testimony
(Died of the Plague at age 12)
Mary A. when she was between four and five years old, was greatly affected in hearing the Word of God, and became very solicitous about her soul, weeping bitterly, to think what would become of her in another world, asking strange questions concerning God and Christ, and her own soul. So that before she was full five years old, she minded the one thing needful, and chose the better… Continue reading
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