The Child of God
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An endeavor has been made in this book to set out, in a simple way, some of the leading truths relative to ETERNAL LIFE.
In its pages "babes" and "young men" are addressed. "Fathers" are not only well versed in the truths touched on, but are well able to detect weakness in attempts to expound such weighty matters. However, it is invariably the case, that such as know most of divine doctrine and, still further, of Christ Himself, are the most generous critics of every honest endeavor to help the simple-hearted.
A practical end has been before the writer while stringing these chapters together — he has sought to beckon on, encourage, and strengthen some, at least, among the feebler of the children of God. And if by the means of these pages Christ shall be known to the soul of but one child of God as the Life, and further, as the Strength for holy living, the book will not be issued in vain. As Christ is rightly known to the soul, so is spiritual advance truly made. "Christ is our life; he who has the Son, has life;" and the child of God who is most consciously acquainted with the Father and the Son, lives out the most faithfully and lays hold the most firmly of that which is really life.
The christian may well stand amazed at the divine grace which has given him, guilty and undone by nature, forgiveness of sins and peace with God; and he may wonder, even more, at God's taking him into His own blessed favor in His beloved Son in glory! Yet beyond forgiveness, peace, and acceptance in Christ, the life of the Son of God is his; Gods dwells in him, and he in God. He is brought into no less a relationship with God than that of child, he is made partaker of the divine nature, and is given by God of His Spirit; and in glory — spirit, soul, and body being made like Christ as He is — he will be manifested with the Son of God.
Infidelity finds its answer in the joy, the dignity, the glory of the children of God. The world will yet see that the Father has sent the Son to this world, and has taken out from it a family for Himself, the members of which He loves even as He loves the Son. (John 17:23.)
This volume seeks to indicate what the eternal life is which the child of God possesses; to point out what the freedom of that life is — where its liberty is found; to direct the steps of the possessor of eternal life and liberty in Christ to the only path where true happiness can be known; and lastly, to address the hopes of the child of God to the glory awaiting him, and to stir up his energies by its prospects.
Such as live most in spirit in the pure atmosphere of this future are the least affected by the changing temperature of these present times. There is an evenness about them which speaks of heaven. There is no more forcible influence for detaching a child of God from present things than prospects of glory with Christ. "Christ in you, the hope of glory," is a mighty force within the soul, stirring up for eternity and for God.
May the utterance of these pages lead the reader to a more diligent search into the Holy Scriptures, and, by the teaching of the Holy Spirit, may he be brought to a just apprehension of the truths of God relating to ETERNAL LIFE.
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From the Census records it appears he moved about quite a bit. He was living in Lee near Blackheath in the 1890s and is referenced at the meeting there in one of the W.W.F. items. He edited the "Faithful Words for Yound and Old" periodical, and his books seem to have been well recived, being reviewed in such places as "Footsteps of Truth", and "The Believer's Magazine".
He ran a stationery and printing business;
MESSRS. WITHERBY & Co. conduct one of the oldest London
printing and stationery businesses wherein the direct line of
succession in the proprietorship has been continued uninter-
ruptedly from the foimder's time. Their records date back
to the year 1740, when Thomas Witherby, ancestor of the
present principals, estabUshed the business. His sons, George
and Walter, succeeded him, and were followed in due course
by Henry Forbes Witherby, son of George Witherby. To-day
the firm consists of Mr. Harry Forbes Witherby and Mr.
George Witherby,' who are sons of the above-named Henry
Forbes Witherby, and thus represent the fovurth successive
generation of their family in the control of what has long
ranked as a typical undertaking of its kind. Specialising in
law and cominercial stationery, for which they have always
been_^ noted, Messrs. Witherby & Co. have likewise a high
reputation for fine-art printing, their colour work being widely
and favourably known. For this department they have an
admirably organised factory at 326, High Holborn. There
are also branches at 63, Coleman Street, E.C, and 2 and 3,
West Street, Finsbury. In the course of their exceptionally
long career the firm have developed extensive and valuable
connections, of a character attesting the confidence with which
they are regarded in both legal and commercial circles. Their
mterests have, in fact, become ahnost world-wide, large con-
tracts for stationery being undertaken for customers in such
distant quarters of the globe as the Argentine RepubUc and
other South American States, while the firm's colour printing
IS in strong demand in America and several of the oversea
domimons, notably AustraUa. To the administration of the
business the present principals bring high quaUfications, and
the firm s chents at home and abroad appreciate the fact that
their reqmrements are assured of expert attention. Tele-
phones : Avenue 836 ; Holborn 92. Telegrams : " Witherby
London."
Henry Forbes Witherby – 12th March 1836 ~ 17th June 1907, age 71.
Father: George Witherby – 2nd February 1791 ~ 14th August 1861, age 70.
Mother: Sarah Thompson – 1801 ~ 12th April 1875
Wife: Emily Davison – 1st January 1838 ~ 28th May 1915, age 77.
Children:
Annie Witherby – 1862 ~ 2nd June 1879, age 16.
Theodore Colquhoun Witherby (B.C. Brandt) – March 1872 ~ 18th March 1957.
Harry Forbes Witherby (H.L.C. Gillson) – 7th October 1873 ~ 11th December 1843.
Emily May Witherby – 1876 ~ 1932.
George Witherby (F. H. Moore) – 1878 ~ 1958.
Siblings:
Sarah Witherby – 3rd May 1821 ~ 17th May 1898, age 77.
Walter Witherby (L. King Church) – 22nd June 1825 ~ 28th March 1881, age 55.
George Witherby – 1826 ~
Mary Witherby – 1827 ~ 1905
Arthur Witherby – 1828 ~ 26th April 1884.
Henrietta Witherby – 2nd February 1830 ~ 23rd January 1871, age 40.
Rowland Witherby – 1833 ~ 21st April 1901, age 63.
