![]() Taking up the text “lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway,” ( 1 Cor. Knowing this from his biography makes his sermon “A Castaway” more poignant. ![]() He knew better than to expect absolute perfection from his own life and heart, but he took jealous care to keep himself consecrated for service. Meyer’s great desire was to be useful to God. He lived with a wholeness that we can hardly imagine in our times: A Baptist with a good education, a romantic attitude to life, a deep spirituality, a firm grasp of ecumenical cooperation, a major commitment to social action, and a zeal for holy living. Meyer is high on my list of unjustly neglected evangelicals of the late 19th century. Bob Holman has just published (and I have not yet read) a biography of Meyer, taking that statement as its subtitle: F.B. ![]() ![]() Meyer (born today, Apdied 1929), a great Baptist minister who flourished about a century ago. “If I had a hundred lives, they should be at Christ’s disposal,” said F. ![]()
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