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Before he could spell it out, Mother Brown read him Isiah 55, and explained that the Suffering One endured it all for him. The picture broke the heart of the boy, then about seven, and he turned in faith to the children's Saviour. In his last days we asked him, "How did you take up the ministry as your life work?" Here is the story he told: When I was a small boy, say twelve years of age, an old deacon, the father 9? of Roger Hawkins, one day in church laid his hand on my head as I stood in the 318 and said, "This boy will some day be a minister,” Then Mother used to talk to me about it, but I did not want it. I said I had an impediment in my speech; but I guess the impediment Was in my heart! I had no deep Christian experience at that tlme--....I have felt sometimes that my pastors might have meant more to me than t did....But undoubtedly the call of God was upon me to preach the Gospel, and I Jus hewed my own way. I went back to the ninth ConceSSion of Dereham, got a school- house,went around the neighbourhood and told them there was going to be a preachin In 3909 there was a church in West Toronto which, through an unfortunate division, was in a weak ilton pastor undertake the Job? Twenty three years 1 Annette Street Baptist Church, and his influence, alw Christianity, had grown with the development of that How shall we estimate this pastorate of nearly a of? of short ministries? Reva James w. Boyd is a true pastorof Dovercourt Road Baptist Church, Toronto. Le "I am d eply greatful fer the privilege that has ing, in this simple fitting way, my heartfelt tribute brown, j/les exercised a large spiritual influence on m trnti h art the mouth speaketh”a so tired that he 'id/rich/r/ir/ii-oil-.- We In 1902 Mr. Brown married Elizabe her qu1et strength was a moulding, ste ing to the text she often quoted, "In strength," The groom succeeded his fat 8 most difficult thing to do. Then he orlal and then only a Sunday $chool, b and in a short time a prospering churc Hamilton called, and the young co t IN [vlE1clC)RIAivl OF RE BY SON DR. W. GORDON BROWN church in West division, was 1 l? TWenty three VEREND WIT. are of age, an old deacon, the fathe is hand on my head as I stood in the ister,” Then Mother used to talk to had an impediment in my Speech; but LIAM J. HAY BROWN their infant son moved to the l urch VrnS3 1n a rather bad way. money by such methods as minstr ets had been sold for such a soc "Id you do ngt call in those tic ;on Was the old name” ion. Would the Ham- Just resigning from Side of Evangelical Toronto, a century in a time his Paula He is now om of) resent‘ his sons for course. One I had had no