Archibald G. Brown
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Archibald Geikie Brown (July 18, 1844 – April 2, 1922) was a Baptist
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minister and a disciple
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of the noted Victorian era
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preacher
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Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon
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. From 1908 to 1911 he was Pastor
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at the famous Metropolitan Tabernacle
Metropolitan Tabernacle
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in London
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, the church formerly pastored by Spurgeon and other notable preachers.
For a period he was the President of the London Baptist Association and founded a number of Baptist Tabernacles, including the large East London Tabernacle in the East End of London, which opened in 1872. It was described at the time as "a building for extent and variety of Christian work second only to Mr. Spurgeon's". In the same article, Brown was stated to have been of the most successful students who had trained in the Pastors' College.
In 1887 he and Spurgeon withdrew from the Baptist Union because of the "down grade controversy". In 1897 he preached at Cooper Union
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in Manhattan
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in the United States
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. He published several books of sermon
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s, including 'The Devil's Mission of Amusement' (1889).
Select publications
- The Glorious Person and Work of the Holy Spirit Addresses by A. G. Brown Pub. Elliot Stock: London, (1896)
- The Devil's Mission of Amusement (1889)