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A memorable sermon which I heard Sangster preach had two texts: Genesis 28:20 (Jacob making conditions with God) and Daniel 3:17 (“But if not”). His three divisions were: (1) Never make conditions with God. He makes conditions with us; (2) God retains the right to say No; (3) We are going to be unshaken in discipleship, whatever happens.
W E Sangster died 45 years ago, in 1959, absurdly early, just when the full flowering of his preaching and teaching looked set to set an even more lasting stamp on the nation. By that time he had risen from a working-class district of Lancashire to command the pulpit, for 15 years, at Westminster Central Hall, then Methodism's headquarters.
William Sangster. William Sangster, the Scottish-born nurseryman and garden designer played a major role in the establishment of substantial public and private gardens in the period of the early development of Melbourne, Australia. He was instrumental in introducing the picturesque style of landscape design to Melbourne and its environs.
- 1831, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- 06 April 1910, Toorak, Victoria, Australia
- St Kilda Cemetery
- Scottish-Australian
William Edwin Sangster Biography. By W.E. Sangster. 1900 -- 1960. Never taken to a place of worship for the first eight years of his life, Sangster found his way into an inner-city London Methodist mission where he happily attended Sunday School for years. When he was twelve a sensitive teacher gently asked him if he wanted to become a disciple ...
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Mar 23, 2016 · William Sangster (1900-1960) was a prominent evangelical Methodist minister in Britain. From 1939 to 1955 he pastored Westminster Central Hall, a prestigious Methodist church not far from Westminster Abbey in London. During World War 2 the basement of Sangster’s church was used as an air raid shelter. For 1,688 nights Sangster ministered to the physical, … Read More →
W.E. Sangster, Reverend, William E. Sangster (1900 – 1960), was a British Methodist preacher who was known for calling the Methodist denomination to stick to its Biblical roots during the 20th century rather than cave to religious compromise. He eventually became the pastor of London’s Westminster Central Hall in 1939. His sermons were regularly stopped by bombings in London and sometimes ...
The latter has been a great preaching palace; and in his 24 years as pastor, Dinsdale T. Young, a preacher of redemption and an evangelist, filled its 3,000 seats with the largest audiences in London (Oswald Chambers was his protege). He died in 1938; and the next year, William E. Sangster was appointed pastor.
