Men and Manners in Britain: Or a Bone to Gnaw for the Trollopes, Fidlers, Etc. (1835)

I was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. Iam the fourth child. My mother has gone home to be with God in heaven. She is the reason that I have been writing what God has placed in my heart. She has really been my inspiration through thick and thin. And if my writing will bring people to God, then what my mother has left in me will be a blessing to those that are around me. I also have my brothers and sister that I love with all of my heart. I spent most of my life in Jersey City. I grew up in Church of God in Christ Temple. I was a Sunday school teacher for about twenty-five years. I would really like to thank my former pastor, Elder Nathan Gainer. He encouraged me to do what I liked. I would also like to thank my birth pastor, Reverend Doctor Randolph Johnson. When I was in my twenties and thirties, I used to write short stories about him every time we celebrated his anniversary as our pastor. In the year of our Lord 2003, God placed it in my heart to start my own ministry. I was ordained in that year and am now working to build up the kingdom of God in this part of the vineyard.