TWICE-BORN MEN
REMARKABLE CONVERSIONS OF WELL-KNOWN MEN
IN DIFFERENT AGES AND IN VARIED RANKS OF LIFE
Compiled by HY. PICKERING
The Editor of ” The Christian “
RICHARD COPE MORGAN, Founder and Editor of The Christian, was a native of Abergavenny, in Monmouthshire, and sustained, during a long period of years, a position of peculiar influence as a promoter of Christian work in London and beyond.
His earliest impressions of the spiritual life came through the words and example of a godly mother, who was called to her rest when the son was in his teens. Friends in the home-circle supported the call to Christ, and in due time, following upon instructions in the Gospel, at the age of 22, young Morgan realised the truth of the apostolic words: “The Spirit beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God” (Rom. 8.16, 17).
Writing fifty years later, he said: “Had this been mere human reasoning, it would have passed away; but ‘it is the Spirit that beareth witness, and the Spirit is truth.'” This experience was realised while Mr. Morgan had his home in the city of Bath.
An expert in printing, and the practical management of a printing office, Mr. Morgan came to the Metropolis in 1855, where he encountered difficulties and fought battles, but never for a moment did he doubt his acceptÂance in the Beloved. In 1859 he started the weekly paper, The Revival, which became The Christian in 1870; and he retained his editorial responsibilities in large measure until his death, at the age of 81.