William Grimshaw of Haworth by Faith Cook; Banner of Truth Trust
William Grimshaw was greatly used of the Lord in the 1700's. His ministry was similar though not as broad in scope as men like Wesley and Whitfield. In fact, at one point Grimshaw was to be the administrative leader of the Methodist movement if John and Charles died before Grimshaw . . . But they both outlived him. He was a devoted servant of Christ who's life verse was played out throughout his ministry-"for me to live is Christ; and to die is gain."
I grew to love Grimshaw. The two character traits about this man that I enjoyed the most were his humility and his work ethic.
Humility: Grimshaw was down to earth. He was a humble servant and although greatly used of the Lord he considered himself and repeatedly referred to himself as an “unprofitable servant.” Once, when visiting a friend, upon realizing there were many visitors he retired for the night ahead of everyone and took the hay loft, r...