All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/the-kings-son-or-a-memoir-of-billy-bray-by-frederick-william-bourne/
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/MN40270ucmf_0/page/n13/mode/1up?ref=ol&view=theaterThe King's Son, Or, A Memoir of Billy Bray, (1794 - 1868) was first published in 1871; it has been in print throughout the last century-and-a-half having been reissued over 50 times. Today there is renewed interest in Billy Bray's infectiously happy expression of his Christian faith with two new biographies being released in the 21st century.
This original memoir was written by F W Bourne, a leading fellow member of the Bible Christian fellowship. Drawing heavily on Billy Bray's own diaries it tells the story of Billy's early godless life and drunkeness, his conversion to Jesus Christ, his poverty as a Cornish tin miner, his joyful reliance on God for the necessities of life and his county-wide travels as an enthusiastic, happy and single-minded itinerant evangleist.
Billy's joyful faith that 'the Lord will provide' is demonstrated in the account of how Billy and his wife managed to adopt two children in addition to his growing family and in his successfully building three new chapels through his own exertions.
Despite ridicule and opposition nothing daunted Billy Bray's happy confidence and irrepressable joy. Shining through his biography is a man of the bible who believed, and continually demonstrated, that God answers prayer.
This biography has been read on location in the hamlets and chapels of West Cornwall (UK) that are referred to in the book, in the hope that something of their ambience will be evident in the character of the recordings.
by Alan Chant
Target completion date: 2023-12-31
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[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_William_Bourne (Frederick William Bourne Bourne)
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bray
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 11
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface: No
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1872
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Religion/Christianity - Biographies; *Non-fiction/History/Modern (19th C)
Keywords that describe the book: Christianity, Mining, Biography, Poverty, Joy, Happiness, Praise, Methodism, Bible Christian, 19th. Century, Preaching, Cornwall, Billy Bray, F. W. Bourne, Bible Christian, Chapel Building
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