Evidence: | 'I was one day called aside, and a hand-bill was given me; and thinking it to be a quack doctor's bill for a certain disease, I expressed my suprise at its being given to me in such a particular manner; but on reading it, I found it contained a particular account of the wonderful conversion of a John Biggs, when he was twenty-one years of age. Mr Biggs says, that ever since that time he has had communion with God his Father every hour. He publishes this bill (he says) for the glory of God; but that the public might have an opportunity of dealing with this wonderful saint and perfectly holy man, he put his address in capitals, John Biggs, No. 98 Strand. I keep this bill as a curiosity.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | James Lackington |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 31 Aug 1746 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder bookseller |
Occupation: | bookseller |
Religion: | lapsed Methodist |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Biggs |
Title: | [conversion narrative] |
Genre: | Other religious |
Form of Text: | Print: Handbill |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned Handed, after being called aside |
Record ID: | 12916 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Lackington | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life James Lackington | |
Place of Publication: | London, Temple of the Muses | |
Date of Publication: | 1794 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 270 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Lackington, Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life James Lackington (London, Temple of the Muses, 1794), p. 270, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12916, accessed: 08 December 2023 |
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