The Annual , Obituary of the members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and . ththinking about, and also made him ever on thealert to think of, and, where he could, give a help-ing hand to other struggling ones, always ready tosee the best in them, and to esteem them betterthan himself. He was the only son of John andMary Sadler, and was born at Baurgh, nearWigton, Cumberland, on the 5th of second month,1853, and he and his three sisters were all educatedat Wigton School. His father, an esteemed Elder,died at Parkgate, Wigton, in 1873, leaving John,only 20, to carr
The Annual , Obituary of the members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and . ththinking about, and also made him ever on thealert to think of, and, where he could, give a help-ing hand to other struggling ones, always ready tosee the best in them, and to esteem them betterthan himself. He was the only son of John andMary Sadler, and was born at Baurgh, nearWigton, Cumberland, on the 5th of second month,1853, and he and his three sisters were all educatedat Wigton School. His father, an esteemed Elder,died at Parkgate, Wigton, in 1873, leaving John,only 20, to carry on the farm and be the mainstayof the family. The responsibility was a heavyone, but he was enabled to struggle through, and,after moving to another farm nearer Maryport,and the death of his mother (who was a Thomp-son, from Morland), he married, in 1877, Hannah,daughter of Robert and Ann Hinde, of was a union that gave promise of much happi-ness, for Hannah Sadler was well qualified to enterinto her husbands pursuits and concerns, butafter the birth of their second child, she became a. John Sadler JOHN SADLER 127 confirmed invalid, and for years needed the de-voted care which was so lovingly given both by herhusband and her younger sister. The death of his little daughter Edith whenabout four years old, followed by that of his wife,took great hold on John Sadler, but his friendsbelieve that these and some subsequent verytrying experiences and mistakes were used by ourLord and Master for the manifest deepening of hisspiritual life, and for the growth of his gift as aMinister. His ministry had been acknowledgedby Holme Monthly Meeting in 1888. After his wifes decease he gave up his farmin Cumberland and came to live at Fritchley, inDerbyshire, and in 1898 he married Mary Hinde,his deceased wifes younger sister, a union thatbrought him much happiness and comfort. While at Fritchley he entered very fully intothe social life of the circle of young Friends there,as w
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