Fletcher of Madeley
Fletcher of Madeley
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Author(s): Allen, Margaret
ISBN No.: 9781541182677
Pages: 68
Year: 201701
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 9.58
Status: Out Of Print

"As a man, Fletcher's character stands above all praise. I can find very few men of a hundred years ago about whom there is so striking an agreement on all sides that he was pre-eminently and peculiarly a most holy man, a saint indeed, a living epistle of Christ. His deep humility, his extraordinary self-denial, his "unwearied diligence, his courage in Christ's cause, his constant spirituality of tone, his fervent love to God and man, his singleness of eye, are features in his character so strongly marked and developed, that even his adversaries never pretended to deny them. Wrong as he was in some of his views of doctrine, his worst foes never ventured to doubt his singular holiness of life. In this respect, at any rate, the Vicar of Madeley ranked high among his contemporaries. Like every earthen vessel, he had his cracks and flaws, no doubt, and no one knew it better than himself; but they were cracks and flaws which were far less visible than, unhappily, they are in many of God's saints.""During his 55 years on earth, John William Fletcher was often overheard saying, "I nothing have, I nothing am; my treasure's in the bleeding Lamb." This is a short biography of the life of this saint.


I am looking for a fuller treatment of his life, seeing from the quotes included in this sketch that he was spoken of highly by so many.


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