William Young Fullerton (8 March 1857 – 17 August 1932) was a
Baptist
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evangelist, administrator and writer. He was born in
Belfast
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, Ireland. As a young man, he was influenced by the preaching of
Charles Spurgeon
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19 June 1834 – 31 January 1892) was an English Particular Baptist preacher.
Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers". He wa ...
, who became his friend and mentor. Fullerton served as President of the
Baptist Union
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H ...
and Home Secretary of the
Baptist Missionary Society. He was a frequent speaker at
Keswick Convention
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s. His published works include biographies of
John Bunyan
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, Charles Spurgeon,
James William Condell Fegan and
Frederick Brotherton Meyer
Frederick Brotherton Meyer (8 April 1847 – 28 March 1929), a contemporary and friend of D. L. Moody and A. C. Dixon, was a Baptist pastor and evangelist in England involved in ministry and inner city mission work on both sides of the Atlan ...
; missionary histories and devotional writings. He also compiled several
hymnals
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. He is remembered for his hymn entitled "I Cannot tell why He, whom angels worship", which he set to the traditional Irish melody "
Londonderry Air
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".
He died at
Bedford Park, Middlesex, at the age of 75.
Selected works
*At the sixtieth milestone: incidents of the journey (1917)
*Charles Haddon Spurgeon: the prince of preachers (1934)
*C.H. Spurgeon: a biography (1920)
*Christ and men: Studies in the human side of the Christian life (1900)
*The Christ of the Congo River (1928)
*The Christly life: a study of the Christian graces and how to attain them (1930)
*Frederick Brotherton Meyer: a biography (1929)
*Fronded palms: a collection of pointed papers on a wide range of subjects (1884)
*God's high way: old ideals and new impulses (1919)
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J. W. C. Fegan: a tribute (1931?)
*John Bunyan (1932)
*The legacy of Bunyan (1928)
*Life's dusty way: old failures and new ideals (1918)
*New China: a story of modern travel, with C.E. Wilson (1910)
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