Archibald brown biography
Review by jeremy walker
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Archibald G. Brown
At the 2011 Banner Ministers’ Conference Iain Murray gave an address on Archibald Brown (1844-1922). Few of us knew anything much about the subject of his talk.
But by the end we wanted to know more about this remarkable servant of God. With the publication of this excellent biography this longing is more than fulfilled.
Brown was converted at the age of sixteen.
Archibald brown biography
A fiend of his, Annie Bigg (later to become his first wife), invited him to an evangelistic meeting. The speaker, Arthur Blackwood asked if Brown were a Christian. When he replied, “no”, the evangelist said, “how sad”. This affected him deeply.
Brown was convicted of sin and then soundly converted while sitting under a tree.
Review by alan hill
Full of joy, he threw his cap in the air, which then got stuck in the tree. His first act as a Christian was to retrieve his hat.
Brown trained for the ministry under C. H. Spurgeon at the Pastors’ College. He became great friends with the famous London preacher and stood with him