The Second Coming 04 God's Program for Future
Stan Ford

Stan Ford (N/A–) is a British Christian preacher and evangelist known for his ministry within the Gospel Hall Brethren tradition, a branch of the Plymouth Brethren movement. Born in England, Ford was raised by his mother after his father died in the gas chambers of World War I, leaving her to single-handedly support the family. As a youth, he excelled in boxing, winning the Boy Champion of Great Britain title at age 13. Facing a strained home life, he ran away to ease his mother’s burden, earning money through boxing and sending half his first income of five shillings back to her. His early years were marked by independence and resilience, shaped by these challenging circumstances. Ford’s journey to faith began when he attended a Bible class at a Gospel Hall, taught by George Harper, a future noted evangelist in Britain. Years later, at a tent meeting organized by the same Gospel Hall group—who had prayed for him for three years—he intended to heckle the preacher but was instead drawn into a transformative encounter. After challenging perceived biblical contradictions, he spent hours with the evangelist, who refuted his objections, leading to his eventual conversion, though the exact date remains unclear. Ford became a preacher, delivering messages recorded by Voices for Christ, focusing on straightforward gospel truths. His ministry reflects a life turned from skepticism to fervent faith, influencing listeners through his testimony and teachings. Details about his personal life, such as marriage or later years, are not widely documented.
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In this sermon, the preacher urges the audience to accept God's salvation and let go of their burden of sin. He emphasizes the urgency of accepting salvation and questions if there is anything in the world worth being damned for. The preacher also mentions that salvation is not limited to educated or sophisticated individuals, but even those in the wilderness will come before God. He shares a story about a man who almost missed a train but managed to jump into the carriage just in time, relating it to the importance of not delaying in accepting God's salvation.
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Those that were with us last evening will remember that tonight I wanted to speak with you for just a few moments about God's program for the future. I love those tremendous words that are found in Psalm 72. I'm not going to read the whole Psalm, but I would like to read just a few verses from Psalm 72. I would like to remind you that it was a psalm that was written by a king, it was dedicated to a king, and it chiefly concerning the king of kings. So we are in royal company tonight. Psalm 72. Give the king thy judgment, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's heart. He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills by righteousness. He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure throughout all generations. He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers that water the earth. In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace so long as the moon endures. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust. The kings of the earth shall be partished, and of the isles shall bring presents. The kings of Sheba and Sheba shall offer gifts. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him, and all nations shall serve him, for he shall deliver the needy when he crieth. The poor also, and him that hath no helper, he shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. The last two verses. Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name forever, and let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen. The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended. May the Lord just add his blessing to the reading of his own precious word. I have little doubt that there are many of you in the service this evening who, when I speak to you of God's program for this coming age, will think immediately of the words that were spoken a way longer in the New Testament, in the fifteenth chapter of Acts, when James stands there before the company of believers at Jerusalem. You will remember that, indeed, there has been much discussion, there has been much heartache, concerning the great matter of circumcision, as to whether a Christian should also bear the mark for the Jew. And you will remember that there, in that fifteenth chapter of Acts, these are the words that are used. All tremendous words. No unto God. No unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. Isn't that tremendous? Isn't it glorious to know that there is nothing that happens, but our God has not planned it, has not overseen it. No unto God are all his works, his works from the beginning. Or, please, I am not tonight teaching some hyper form of predestination. It's his works that are known by God from the beginning. But, nevertheless, it's glorious for us to understand that it's possible for men and women to know what God is doing. A way longer in the first book of Chronicles, and that great twelfth chapter of the sons of Ithaca, we are told again, in wonderful words, that the children of Ithaca were men of understanding of the times, and they knew what Israel ought to do. Here were men who gave to Israel, God's wrathful people, counsel, because they had an understanding of what God was doing. As I look around this old world today, I am amazed when I come across so many Christians who don't seem to have an understanding of what God is doing. You know, they look around and they see the problems of nations, and they say, I don't understand this, I can't follow this, I don't understand it. Tonight, with your permission, I want just to have a look, very, very gently, at God's program, that we might ourselves be able to say, I can see the way God is going. And then maybe there will be some here tonight who will say, ah, that's the way God's going, that's the way I want to go as well. Most of you were taught in Sunday school, most of you were taught in Bible class, that God has revealed himself when it comes to a prophetic program in a number of days. May I repeat that? God has revealed himself in a prophetic program in a number of days. For instance, we are at this very moment living in what the Word of God calls the day of salvation. Oh, what a day is this! The Apostle wakes to the church away of sorrow, and in that sixth chapter and second verse of that sixth chapter, he dares to say this, he dares to remind us, I have heard of thee in the time expected, and in the day of salvation I have suffered thee. Isn't it wonderful to find our lot in the day of salvation? Now, you will not forget that the day of salvation is not going to last forever. For the Word of God, the very same verse on which I have quoted, the Word of God tells us, now is the expected time. Behold, now is the day of salvation. This is the day of salvation, and it will not last forever. The day of salvation is going to come to its close. It is going to come to its close when God ushers in two days, one for heaven and one for earth. When Jesus Christ comes back again, as we saw the other evening from the fourth chapter of 1 Thessalonians, the dead in Christ shall rise first, and we which were dead and remain shall be caught together to meet the Lord in the air. Now, upon the earth, in the air, and there will be ushered in what the Bible calls the day of Christ. Now, may I please make a very simple statement about this? I think it's essential for all you Bible lovers never to forget that whenever the day of Christ is mentioned in the Bible, it has nothing whatsoever to do with earth. There is no movement on earth that is associated with the day of Christ. The day of Christ, without exception, has to do with heaven. It starts with men and women who love the Lord, who are in Christ, and who have died being raised from the grave. Those who are alive and remain, when the Lord returns, caught up with those that were in the grave to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. The day of Christ always is associated with heaven. If I may remind you, please, of some of the things that are going to happen in the day of Christ. When the church is removed, when every Christian is removed from their feet, we will be taken to the Father's house. In my Father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you. I don't want to pay a price for you. We will be taken into the Father's house, and there in the Father's house will be set up what one Corinthians chapter 3, what the grand substitle to the Romans calls, the judgment seat of Christ. When believers, those that love the Lord, will in heaven stand before Christ, and every man shall give an account, we will stand before Christ to receive from Christ the praise that we have earned in this day. After the day, or at least after the judgment seat of Christ, there is the great marriage supper of the Lamb. When that bride of Christ, those who have stood before the judgment seat of Christ, and have received the praise of the Lord, they will be united to the Lord in a way that they have never known before, of the great marriage supper of the Lamb. When that marriage supper of the Lamb will come to its close, with the singing of the greatest hallelujah chorus that the world has ever known, and ever heard, when together we will cry, Glory to the Lamb that was slain. And then, oh, presented to the Father, a bride of Christ presented to the Father. Now, all this is happening in heaven, not on earth. It is the day of Christ, and every child of God, every blood-born saint will be there. I believe that all Testament saints will be there as well. All not members of the bride, but friends of the bridegroom. I believe John the Baptist will be there. I believe Abraham will be there. I believe Isaac will be there. I believe Jacob will be there. I believe David will be there. But they'll be there not to survive, but they will be there as praying to the Bible. Oh, that they're going to join in that hallelujah chorus, and more that they will receive such praise, that in the truth, he will see a battalion of souls, and hallelujah, be satisfied, be satisfied. But while this is happening in heaven, on earth, there's another day. It's the day of Christ in heaven, but on earth, it is the day of Jacob's trouble. On earth, God is going to deal again, both with his Catholic people, the Jews, and with the nations of the world. This day of Jacob's trouble will last around seven years, when tremendous things will happen. You will notice that very soon in the day of Jacob's trouble, there will arise one who is called the Antichrist. Oh, friends, I'm not going to try and make suggestions tonight. I want to say this to you, that the word of God gives us the general principle of things. You beware of people who try and dabble with these things too much. We had a man in our country just a few years ago, a very able Bible teacher, who stood and told almost everyone he could get to listen to that the Antichrist had come, and that Antichrist was your Kissinger. That was the Antichrist. Oh, he could show many verses to try and prove it. He could tell us indeed that Kissinger was of the Jewish family, and yet he was a man who came out of the land, the land, and yet he could convert with, he could persuade, he made friends of Arabs, he made friends with those who were utterly opposed to the Israel of God. And oh, he was sure that this was the Antichrist. Well, let me tell you something. I don't know who the Antichrist is, and I am not sure as to many of the things that I hear some people talk about, but I am sure of this, that one day this whole world, with the church taken out, and as the church has been removed, so the Holy Spirit will move with those that love the Lord Jesus. There will abound such violence and wickedness that the world has never seen. Oh, I thank God that there's not going to be a Christian there. I must confess I wonder sometimes why Christians get so anxious about it when they're not going to be there anyway. They'll be removed, they'll be hung with the Lord. But this I do know, that when the church is removed from its scene, and the thought of the nations is taken away, for Jesus had ye on the fourth of the earth, when the thought of God's corruption is taken away, never do you forget this, and there will arise such wickedness as the world has never seen. But in that time, God will begin dealing again with his earthly people, Israel. Remember, it is the day of Jacob's trouble. The day of Jacob's trouble. If you turn with me in thought to the thirtieth chapter of Jeremiah, nine times over, it is referred to as Jacob, Israel, Judah, nine times over, the day of Jacob's trouble. It is not just the time of the world's trouble, it is not the time of the church's trouble, it is the time of Israel, Jacob, Judah, five. The eighth chapter of Daniel reminds us of this Antichrist who will lift his head. He will offer the world peace. The world will be looking for someone who can put it right. All the influence of good taken out, they will be crying, give us a man, give us a man, give us a man, and they'll get the man, the man of all desire, the person that we refer to as the Antichrist. He will start as a patronizer of God's earthly people, but it will not be long before he will turn to be a persecutor of God's earthly people. And he who offers so much will show that he is of the evil one himself, and he will turn to be a persecutor of God's earthly people. Remember, please, that this desperate time that I will be speaking of in another evening may be in a more full way as seeking to show you from the Word of God how things seem to be leading towards it, although they are not it yet, they are leading towards it. But never once forget that that day of Jacob's trouble is not going to last for long. At the most it will last just over three and a half years, but it will be such persecution as the world has never seen before. Eight times in the Word of God we are told that the time is limited, there is a limit to this day. And then, then, oh, there's another day. That day that you and I will rejoice in, and especially the day of Christ will come to its close, and we will be presented to the Father as the bride of the bridegroom. On earth, the day of Jacob's trouble will come to its close, and there will be ushered in the day of the Lord. The day of the Lord. Never forget that the day of the Lord commences with judgment, and it finishes with judgment. It includes that great thousand years of millennial reign when the paraphrase of the psalm that we have read will be pinned to the truth. And Jesus shall reign wherever the sun doth its successive journeys run. Oh, what a day that will be when we think of this, the day of the Lord, and we begin to realize that it starts with what is termed of the battle of Armageddon. The 19th chapter, the 17th verse of the book of Revelation, when God will see Israel with the hordes of nations surrounding her, seeking to cut her down, seeking indeed to destroy her forever. Blessed be his name. Christ will come again. Come now, not to catch his own to be with him. He did that. He did that at the commencement of the day of Christ, but come with his saints. Behold, he cometh with ten thousand of his saints with him. Come now to reign, to deal with those that will crush his earthly people, to establish his throne upon the earth. Then we will see in a very real way the fulfillment of the promise that was made concerning the Lord Jesus, that he shall take upon the throne of his father David, and shall reign over the house of David. Please remember, Jesus Christ has never done that in the church. He is not today sitting on the throne of his father David. He is not today reigning over the house of Jacob, but he will do, hallelujah, he will do. And he'll set up his throne here in this seat. And oh, we're having to deliver his earthly people and set up his throne. Blessed be God then. He will reign. And as we read together in that seventy-second psalm, what a reign it will be. Never let us forget that Jesus Christ will be the sovereign that day. When he walked those troubled streets of Jerusalem, and those heavily-wet beaches of Galilee, he didn't walk as sovereign. He offered himself as king, but they rejected him. And he moved amongst men and women of savior. Oh, blessed be his name. He proved to us God's love towards the sinners. But there is coming a day when he will sit upon the throne, and seated upon the throne, he will rule, he will reign, and he will be king. The first verse of that psalm that we read said this, did it not? Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. He shall reign. He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. What a day that will be when we gaze upon his face. When we see the tremendous fulfillment of those verses in the fifth chapter of the book of the Revelation, when we can say that to him will be given power, and riches, and Oh, what a day that will be when Jesus shall reign wherever it comes, doth its successive journeys run. But not only do we see the one who is the sovereign in that day, but we see in this psalm the people who are the subjects in that day. Why, first of all, we see that God is the subject of that reign, and none other than God birthed his people. I've already reminded you of the words of Luke 1 and 31. I've already reminded you that he shall be great, the son of the highest, and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his heart of Jacob, and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, forever. Oh, the wonder of it all, that the first people who will come under his jurisdiction will be his herculeans. Israel today is establishing herself. Israel today is a nation in my lifetime, in the lifetime of all of us that are a little older. Israel was not a nation but a country, and now she has a country, now she's a nation. One day she'll have a throne of a king, and that throne and king will be Jesus Christ. And will you notice that not only in that day will Jesus Christ reign over the Jews, but he will also reign over the Gentiles. For that psalm dares to tell us that those of distant regions, says verse 8, those of distant regions, why, they will be there, and he will reign over them. For he shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the river unto the ends of the earth, and the most remote regions will come under his control. Would you notice that not only will those of the remote regions come under his control, but even the rulers of tribes will come under his control. Why, as I travel in one country and another, I often find myself in lands where people are so sophisticated, lands like your lovely country. Sometimes I find myself in the heart of Angola, sometimes I find myself away in Hoh Motenbeek, sometimes I find myself ministering for those away in the bush, in Botswana, in what we used to call Rhodesia. And oh, is it grand to know it will not only be the educated, sophisticated people who will come under the reign of Christ. Ah, the rulers of tribes will come, for that 8th verse says, and he shall, or rather the 8th verse says, he shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the tribe, and to the ends of the earth, and they that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him, they that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. But there's something more than that. It is not only the goodness of tribes, it is not only the most distant of regions, but oh praise God, it is the most exalted of individuals. They will come under his control. The king, says verse 10 and 11, the kings of Tartish, the kings of Sheba and Sheba, all kings shall fall down before him, all nations shall serve him. This is the savior that I present to you tonight, he who shall reign. I don't want to talk very much more about the reign of the Lord, because in coming days we will be making reference to it again, sufficient to remind you that when Christ comes again for his earthly people, the day of Christ in heaven, the day of Jacob's trouble on earth, the day of Christ in heaven, the day of Jacob's trouble on earth, coming to their throes, when Jesus Christ shall come back to reign, when the great battle of Aramath dead men have rushed it in, and you darkness people are delivered from the enemy, then for a thousand years of glorious reign, when we will sing of the Lord and his glorious name, and we shall forever and ever praise him. Never let us forget that that millennial reign comes to its close, and as it opens with judgment, so it closes with judgment. For at the end of the millennial reign, there will be the twentieth chapter of the book of the Revelation, those that are dead who shall be raised in the resurrection of the dead. Please, the post-resurrection, when Jesus Christ returns for his own, is not the twentieth chapter of Revelation. That is the second resurrection. When men shall stand before the great white throne, and I saw a great white throne, and he that sat upon it, from whose face the heavenly earth fled away, and there was found no face, there Christ will judge the dead out of the books, and they will be dealt with according to that which was written, and death and hell shall be cast into the lake of fire. This is the second day. Oh, what a day that will be! Then there will be ushered in all the wonder of it all, all the wonder of it all, of the day of Christ, of the day of Christ, of the day of the Lord, and then there shall be ushered in the great day of our God. Oh, the wonder of it all, the great day of our God. For when I open my Bible, and I ponder what's recorded there, I remember that my Bible dares to tell me this, that the day of the Lord, 2 Peter 3 and 10, the day of the Lord will be that glorious day of which 1 Corinthians 15 and verse 24 begins to tell us, when we shall, as a people, know that Christ himself shall present all things to the Father, and all things, God shall be all in all of these. If I was to talk tonight about that eternal day, if I was to talk tonight about the day of our God, I would have to allow my imagination to run with me. You see, my Bible tells me that God is going to create a new heaven, and a new earth, where he's going to fight with us. Now, if I knew about it, it wouldn't be new. If I could tell you about it, it wouldn't happen in the beginning, and then what? If you want to know what the eternal day is, you go home, open your Bible, and take a study of the opening chapters of Genesis. See what God's purpose was for Adam before anything. Remember, the devil is a defeated power. Remember this, there is no one victory that Christ will allow him to have. What God planned in the beginning will be in the future. With all the blessings that he lost from inapportionate belief, I have spent some time this evening reminding you of the day of Christ, reminding you in a very real way of the day of Jacob's trouble and the day of the Lord. I've reminded you of that coming day of our God, but please, we are not there. We are not there. We are at this moment in the day of salvation, and I want to look into your face tonight and ask you this. As this is the day of salvation, as this is the day that God is offering the men and women the forgiveness of sin and life eternal, have you received that salvation that he offers you this day? Oh, what a day this is. You know, friends, I'm glad my lot has passed in this day. If my lot had not been passed in this day, I could never have fallen to the day of Christ. If my lot had not been passed in this day, oh, I say, it would have been but the day of Jacob's trouble, maybe the day of millennial reign. But if I do not, my lot is passed now, and I am in the position of being a member of the body of Christ, being brought into the body of Christ. To try and answer the Greek question salvation, what is the day of salvation and what is salvation, to try and answer that question would keep me here the whole week. You see, both in the Greek word for salvation and in the Hebrew word for salvation, there is so much truth. The Hebrew word salvation and the Greek word salvation reminds me of this fact, that salvation itself is something that men and women have when they are deliberate. For the Hebrew word for salvation and the Greek word for salvation, it also means healing. The word for salvation means safety, it means preservation. You cannot find one word that fully tells men and women what God's salvation is. If I find someone here tonight, and you have faith, and you know that the judgment of God is going to fall upon you, let me tell you frankly, they're deliberate for their salvation. God will not once demand, once at my bleeding, shorty hand, and then admire me. If there's someone here tonight, and you find that you are so faithful, so faithful, then I want to tell you this, I have a salvation to offer you this day, that will give you the healing of a soul's sickness, a soul's sickness. If there's someone in this place tonight, and you find yourself in danger, you wonder where to turn, I have a salvation that offers me safety. And, if you find yourself with those who have acquired the image of God, you know not what will happen. I have a salvation that offers preservation to you, the keeping power of Christ. I explore the matter. When I think of salvation, I remember that it includes justification, that a man can be made just as every other thing. It includes redemption, that a man can be set free from the bondage of sin, that that salvation includes grace, but undeserved unmerited favor. It includes propitiation, that there is someone that has died in our place, someone who has given himself for us, all that grace is offering. It includes forgiveness, blessed word, all this is me. I'd like to tell the story that every preacher tells, and you have heard many times. Of a little parliamentary army lad who was waiting in my country, who one day boarded a train that was going down from Durham in the north-east of England to London. As he sat there in a third class compartment, waiting for a journey to commence, why, he got several bags, the only one in the carriage. Just as the train was starting, suddenly the door burst open, and there jumped into the carriage the then Bishop of Durham, the godly Hanley Moore. Any of you Bible lovers that haven't got his books on your bookshelf, why, you are a loser. But the godly Hanley Moore jumped into the carriage, out of breath, having almost missed the train. Now, me, I know a number of Episcopalian bishops, but I don't know them well. I'm not really sure, but I'm given to understand that when Episcopalian bishops travel, they don't normally travel third class. You know, they usually carry travel third class. But the bishop had to jump from the train to get here, so he's in a third class compartment. Looking across the other side, he applies the Salvation Army lad, and sits there with a And this Episcopalian bishop, when he grows, and he's taken all his charitable attire, and maybe with more zeal than wisdom, he leans towards them and says, Bishop, are you saying Of course, the bishop walks up to that child. I've met many people who are upset when I ask them if they are paid, but it's a sure-flying man up to pay. I've never met anyone who would say that he was upset when I say, are you paid? They say, paid as God I am. But the great bishop did think he'd like to teach her a lesson. And he looked at her and he said, really, what do you mean, am I paid? You see, there are three Greek words that are translated with our English word paid, and each one of them is in a different tense. There's a Greek word, it's 1 Corinthians 1 and 18, which means, I have been paid. It's translated paid. There is another Greek word, you will find it in 2 Thessalonians 2 and 13, and it means, I am in a process of being paid. I am in a process of being paid. It's translated paid. And there is another Greek word. You will find that Greek word in 1 Peter 1 and 5, and it simply means this, that one day I will be paid. Now, what do you mean this, am I paid? Do you mean I have been, I am being, or I will be? If you can't speak to salvation, I'll be like that now. She just had one look at the bishop and said, bishop, I mean the whole three put together, are you saying? That's what salvation is, the whole three put together. The old brethren and no one's ever put it any better. The old brethren used to say that salvation is from the penalty of this, from the power of this, and one day it will be from the very presence of this. Take it away from him. Oh, for the Lord's sake. My friends, this is the day of salvation. This is the acceptable time. Acceptable for God. It should be acceptable for us. The whole day is the day of salvation. May I ask you, I trust it is not of the expensive purpose, for above everything else I would be purchased. But may I ask you, are you paid? Have you trusted Jesus Christ? Have you opened your life to him? Can you look forward and say, known unto God all his works from the beginning? I can trust him for tomorrow in national affairs, in international affairs. I can trust him for tomorrow as far as the near east is concerned, and the far east is concerned. I can trust him as far as America is concerned, as far as my own beloved country is concerned. I can trust him. Known unto God all his works from the beginning. And most of all, I can trust him not just for national things, but for personal things. I can trust him for my salvation. For friends, if God is going to deal in judgment one day with nations, how will he deal with you and me if we neglect so great salvation? There is a question that always troubles me. May I repeat that? There is a question that always troubles me. Every time I meet a man or a woman who knows not Christ, the question troubles me. This is the question. If God dealt with his son Jesus Christ the way he dealt with him on Calvary's cross, how would he deal with us if we neglect so great salvation? God laid on him the iniquity of a fool. God laid on him the iniquity of a fool. The whole world has lit up his robes. Oh, Christ is holy! If God will deal with his own son the way he dealt with Christ because of my sin, how will he deal with me if I neglect so great salvation? I plead with you now, all friends, take Christ into your heart. This night, in the fifth day of Calvary, say yes to him, and please God you will, for his name's sake. Amen. I wonder if you will turn with me once again as we sing together words so loved, number 158. Oh, why do you wait, dear brother? Oh, why do you carry so long? The Savior is waiting to give you a place in his sanctified blood. 158, of whom the third verse will be speaking. Do you not feel, dear brother, dear sister, his spirit now striving within? Oh, why not accept his salvation and throw off your burden of sin? Why not? Why not? Do you know one thing in the world that's worth being damned for? Oh, friends, hell is real, and heaven is real, and God's salvation is real, and it can be yours and mine. All of each one of us, see? Trust that Savior and receive his salvation. The last verse. Oh, why do you wait, dear brother? Oh, why do you carry so long? Would you take your seats just for one moment, please? The service is over. I'm just going to close with prayer. I would, however, want to say what I say every evening. Or, if tonight there's someone in this day of salvation, and you've not received God's salvation, why not receive it? Why not take Christ as his Savior? I have, as you know, in my hand, I do every evening, a few copies of that lovely little booklet, God's Way of Salvation. Not God's Day of Salvation, but God's Way of Salvation. Those of you tonight who are willing to take Christ as your Savior, oh, friends, would you give me a chance of speaking to you? I'd love to introduce you to him, my Lord. I'd love to. If there are things I've said you haven't fully understood, if I can help, I'm here to help, that's why I'm here. I'd love to open my Bible, show you from the Word of God the things that are surely believed amongst us, and please, the thing tonight is to be ready, and coming of the Lord, and the only way you can be ready is by taking him as your Savior. If I can help, I'm yours, sir. And you won't forget what was announced already, half past eleven, or quarter to twelve tomorrow, away there in the Harvest Table, that was it, as in I said table last evening, Harvest Table. You know, we had a lovely time today. We weren't a great number, about thirty or so, but I had the chance to meet him, and I couldn't speak in an audience like this. And if you're free tomorrow, please, I don't want to make this a commercial, because it's nothing to do with me, but they gave us a good lunch, and it was fairly reasonable, mine was very reasonable, someone paid for it, very reasonable, but nevertheless, please, we'd love to see you, free if you would have us tomorrow. I speak just for fifteen minutes, and I won't go any longer. It's lovely to see you, and if you can bring, especially young people, very friendly children, shall we pray? Oh God and Father, what can we say today? We just thank thee that our God over all, bless him forever. We thank thee that those that know the Lord Jesus as Savior can call thee their Father. We bless thee that as a Father thou canst plan things for us, and plan them in love. We come to know the Lord Jesus as our Savior and Friend, and knowing him forgiven, and his constant help and presence, we may look forward to that day when we shall see him and be like him, without let them differ, for Jesus' sake. Amen. We wish you well, and we wish you good night.
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Stan Ford (N/A–) is a British Christian preacher and evangelist known for his ministry within the Gospel Hall Brethren tradition, a branch of the Plymouth Brethren movement. Born in England, Ford was raised by his mother after his father died in the gas chambers of World War I, leaving her to single-handedly support the family. As a youth, he excelled in boxing, winning the Boy Champion of Great Britain title at age 13. Facing a strained home life, he ran away to ease his mother’s burden, earning money through boxing and sending half his first income of five shillings back to her. His early years were marked by independence and resilience, shaped by these challenging circumstances. Ford’s journey to faith began when he attended a Bible class at a Gospel Hall, taught by George Harper, a future noted evangelist in Britain. Years later, at a tent meeting organized by the same Gospel Hall group—who had prayed for him for three years—he intended to heckle the preacher but was instead drawn into a transformative encounter. After challenging perceived biblical contradictions, he spent hours with the evangelist, who refuted his objections, leading to his eventual conversion, though the exact date remains unclear. Ford became a preacher, delivering messages recorded by Voices for Christ, focusing on straightforward gospel truths. His ministry reflects a life turned from skepticism to fervent faith, influencing listeners through his testimony and teachings. Details about his personal life, such as marriage or later years, are not widely documented.