Thomas Talbot Ellis

Samuel Davies: Apostle of Virginia (Part I of II)

Some years ago the late Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones said to an audience in the United States, 'You Americans do not know one of your greatest preachers'. He then pronounced a name almost unknown — the name, 'Samuel Davies'. Unhappily, we Americans still do not know one of our greatest preachers.…

Samuel Davies: Charactestics of His Life And Message (Part II of II)

Samuel Davies lived in a time and place when God mercifully sent His Spirit in gracious showers of awakening, and convincing, and — bless God! — converting power. Such effusions belong to God either to give or to withhold; with this we have nothing to do. Nevertheless, we may consider the kind of…