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John Myer


Born
in Camberwell, London, The United Kingdom
January 03, 1919

Died
December 27, 2012

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The Reverend John C.B. Myer served for over 70 years, preaching every Sunday in his unique style. In his long ministry, he maintained a fierce support for pacifism and ecumenism, and a passion for social justice and fair trade.

He was a founder member of the Peace Pledge Union, a conscientious objector, and a volunteer fire-fighter. He worked with the Friends Relief Service, the ISVP, the Civil Defence, the National Children's Home, and as a prison chaplain in Onley Young Offenders Institution, Guys Marsh Prison and Bullingdon Prison. He served in circuits from Hull to Nairobi, preaching a message which remained consistent throughout his life, and touched the lives of hundreds of people.
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“History has seen many who claim to be deliverer and saviour of the people. They might come with force and violence and parade their might and splendour as conquerors. The pharaohs of Egypt, Sennacherib king of Assyria, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Darius of Persia, Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Napoleon, Clive of India, Bismarck, the Kaiser, Hitler, Stalin. The story and scene is always the same. They claim to deliver the people from bondage and to establish justice, freedom and peace. They come in might, riding in splendour, dragging prisoners.”
John Myer, John Myer: A Collection of his Sermons and Writing, #1

“Only small men parade their learning, talk over their audience and air their superior knowledge. Only brutal men throw their strength about, and vain rich men display their wealth in ostentatious useless luxuries.”
John Myer, John Myer: A Collection of his Sermons and Writing, #1