About the Author

FREDERICK BROTHERTON MEYER was born in London, England. After receiving his education at Brighton College and regent's Park baptist College, he took his first pastorate at the age of twenty-three in Liverpool. This was the beginning of an illustrious career of preaching, writing, and missionary work that spanned several decades. An author of over twenty books consisting of Scripture biographies, sermons, and devotional works, his most significant works include Christian Living, The Present Tenses of the Blessed Life, and Tried by Fire.