Christian author. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, but for the greater part of his life he lived in Teignmouth, Devon, on the south coast of England.
C.A.C.'s references, in later years, to his early family life make it clear that he came from a devoted Christian family. In 1920 he said, "I believe God gives even young children a deep sense of the mercy that has put them in Christian households. I know it was so with myself at a very early age." In December 1905 he wrote of his mother's death: "It was most happy to see how the Lord and His blessed things were before her to the end."
He was soundly converted in 1878 at the age of 16. He was true to his youthful commitment and the Lord took him up for a unique and blessed service.
In a letter about 1900, he wrote of a conversation with a brother regarding Act_19:1-41: "I said that in my own case, when I began to break bread, I believed that Jesus had died for me, and therefore I should never perish. But it was not until some time afterwards that I saw with great delight that everything connected with me as a ruined sinner had been dealt with in the death of Christ, that the risen One was my righteousness, and that I could be with God entirely on the ground of what Christ was."
"I had preached before this in my small measure, doing what Apollos did—that is, making known the grace of God so far as I knew it myself... It is a great pleasure to God when there is a desire, because God desires to give. I prayed for the Spirit after I had received the Spirit (I did not know it at the time), but my prayer was not displeasing to God."
Again, in 1926 he said, "When I was a boy I remember a brother coming to my father's house, and I said to myself, I wish that I knew all that he knows! But another brother came, and he made me feel, I wish I had what he has! There was an impression, not of mere knowledge, but of substance and satisfaction."
In the same year he recalled, "My father used to say that there was not much difference between high Calvinists and low Arminians because the former had bad self before them and the latter had good self before them, but neither of them had Christ before them."
Around 1928 in a reading on Jos_15:1-63, he said in reference to Kirjath-sepher, "A great deal of spiritual vitality is sapped by the kind of reading that Christians indulge in habitually... In Act_19:1-41 we read they had a bonfire and burnt the worth in books of fifty thousand pieces of silver. When I was converted I had a bonfire and I never regretted it. It is much better to burn such books than to take them to the bookstall to poison someone else."
HIS MINISTRY
Around 1940 Mr. Coates said in a reading: "One of the first thoughts I had when converted was, 'Man's thoughts never rise above service and God's thoughts never go below sonship,' and I put it into my first preaching."
In a reading on Mat_4:1-25 he said: "I remember Mr. Stoney used to say that a man's natural calling always had some reference to his service... So Paul is a tent-maker. That is, when he was called in grace he became a true tent-maker to set up the assemblies in tabernacle form that is, provisionally, and not permanently. So we have the true elements for our service in our natural calling.
"I remember once when Mr. Stoney was at my father's table he said, 'I was training for law, intending to move in a circuit, and that is what I am now doing!' My father replied, 'I was a shepherd'. 'Exactly', said Mr. Stoney, 'And now you are a shepherd still!' It served to remind us there are no loose ends in God's ways."
Mr. Coates suffered from physical weakness for a good part of his life. At some point he moved from Yorkshire to Teignmouth, Devon—probably for his health—his service being largely restricted to that area.
He took a clear stand against worldly methods in preaching the gospel and against accepting the standards of the world to govern the Christian's life—all the while maintaining the spirit of grace.
On December 12, 1939, he wrote: "It has been a very definite exercise with me ever since I began to break bread that the printed ministry ought not to be made the source of financial profit. The first tracts which I wrote, about 55 years ago (about age 22), I published myself at cost price. But the Tract Depots did not approve of profits being eliminated, and I had at that time to fall in with the system current. But I clung to the thought that the Lord's work should not be regarded as a profit making business."
C.A.C.'s printed ministry—now complete—comprise 34 volumes of outlines, letters, addresses and readings, as well as numerous booklets and gospel tracts.
HIS LAST DAYS
Our brother's health and general condition began to show a marked deterioration about October 1944, and from that time onwards he was unable to get to meetings regularly, and was frequently under medical care. From time to time he would seem to revive and come out but these occasions became less and less frequent, and the last time he was present at a meeting was on the morning of Lord's Day, August 5, 1945.
After that his condition rapidly became worse and on September 6 he was hurriedly removed to hospital for an urgent minor operation. His sufferings, however, soon returned. Miss Ivy Tucker, who had looked after him for many years, was in constant attendance at the hospital and was able to spend a considerable time with him, reading or speaking, as his condition permitted. He was frequently unable to take any nourishment, and on isolated days did not even speak a word.
There were, however, occasions when his utterances clearly indicated the heavenly occupation of his mind for example, one day he was heard to say, "Who is a pardoning God like Thee!"—Wonderful! Wonderful!—and many times, "Glory, glory—all glory."
After a period of severe suffering... he remarked, "The Lord has told me that He is bearing the pain with me, and that is better than having it removed... I have been made to feel lately, as never before, what a body of humiliation this is, but also I have been contemplating, in contrast, what a body of glory it is that I shall have presently... He is perfecting that which concerneth me." When the first verse of "O bright and blessed hope! When shall it be..." was quoted to him, he was quiet for a few moments, and then was heard to say, "Soon, Lord Jesus."
About the third week of his illness in hospital, individual brothers took to going when he could bear it, to pray with him for a few minutes, but although he seemed fully to appreciate the prayers, he was not really equal to doing more than just thank them for coming. Indeed, at times, he would seem to have lapsed into a state of semi-consciousness. Just prior to this, he had expressed himself as unable to see any visitors but on being encouraged to allow a brother to come in as usual for a word of prayer only, he at once replied, "Oh yes, that is like a drink of the brook on the way."
Four days before he was taken, the last four verses of Isa_40:1-31 were read to him, and he said, "Read the 53rd", and after that was read, he said, "God's blessed Son."
During the morning of Saturday, October 6, he became unconscious. He fell asleep at 9:20 am on Lord's Day, October 7, Miss Tucker and a hospital sister being with him at the time.
The burial was arranged to take place on the following Thursday, October 11, at 2:00 pm, and, according to his own request, the coffin was of unpolished oak, and bore the following inscription:
Charles Andrew Coates
Fell asleep October 7th, 1945
In his 83rd year
"With Christ"
C.A.C.'s references, in later years, to his early family life make it clear that he came from a devoted Christian family. In 1920 he said, "I believe God gives even young children a deep sense of the mercy that has put them in Christian households. I know it was so with myself at a very early age." In December 1905 he wrote of his mother's death: "It was most happy to see how the Lord and His blessed things were before her to the end."
He was soundly converted in 1878 at the age of 16. He was true to his youthful commitment and the Lord took him up for a unique and blessed service.
In a letter about 1900, he wrote of a conversation with a brother regarding Act_19:1-41: "I said that in my own case, when I began to break bread, I believed that Jesus had died for me, and therefore I should never perish. But it was not until some time afterwards that I saw with great delight that everything connected with me as a ruined sinner had been dealt with in the death of Christ, that the risen One was my righteousness, and that I could be with God entirely on the ground of what Christ was."
"I had preached before this in my small measure, doing what Apollos did—that is, making known the grace of God so far as I knew it myself... It is a great pleasure to God when there is a desire, because God desires to give. I prayed for the Spirit after I had received the Spirit (I did not know it at the time), but my prayer was not displeasing to God."
Again, in 1926 he said, "When I was a boy I remember a brother coming to my father's house, and I said to myself, I wish that I knew all that he knows! But another brother came, and he made me feel, I wish I had what he has! There was an impression, not of mere knowledge, but of substance and satisfaction."
In the same year he recalled, "My father used to say that there was not much difference between high Calvinists and low Arminians because the former had bad self before them and the latter had good self before them, but neither of them had Christ before them."
Around 1928 in a reading on Jos_15:1-63, he said in reference to Kirjath-sepher, "A great deal of spiritual vitality is sapped by the kind of reading that Christians indulge in habitually... In Act_19:1-41 we read they had a bonfire and burnt the worth in books of fifty thousand pieces of silver. When I was converted I had a bonfire and I never regretted it. It is much better to burn such books than to take them to the bookstall to poison someone else."
HIS MINISTRY
Around 1940 Mr. Coates said in a reading: "One of the first thoughts I had when converted was, 'Man's thoughts never rise above service and God's thoughts never go below sonship,' and I put it into my first preaching."
In a reading on Mat_4:1-25 he said: "I remember Mr. Stoney used to say that a man's natural calling always had some reference to his service... So Paul is a tent-maker. That is, when he was called in grace he became a true tent-maker to set up the assemblies in tabernacle form that is, provisionally, and not permanently. So we have the true elements for our service in our natural calling.
"I remember once when Mr. Stoney was at my father's table he said, 'I was training for law, intending to move in a circuit, and that is what I am now doing!' My father replied, 'I was a shepherd'. 'Exactly', said Mr. Stoney, 'And now you are a shepherd still!' It served to remind us there are no loose ends in God's ways."
Mr. Coates suffered from physical weakness for a good part of his life. At some point he moved from Yorkshire to Teignmouth, Devon—probably for his health—his service being largely restricted to that area.
He took a clear stand against worldly methods in preaching the gospel and against accepting the standards of the world to govern the Christian's life—all the while maintaining the spirit of grace.
On December 12, 1939, he wrote: "It has been a very definite exercise with me ever since I began to break bread that the printed ministry ought not to be made the source of financial profit. The first tracts which I wrote, about 55 years ago (about age 22), I published myself at cost price. But the Tract Depots did not approve of profits being eliminated, and I had at that time to fall in with the system current. But I clung to the thought that the Lord's work should not be regarded as a profit making business."
C.A.C.'s printed ministry—now complete—comprise 34 volumes of outlines, letters, addresses and readings, as well as numerous booklets and gospel tracts.
HIS LAST DAYS
Our brother's health and general condition began to show a marked deterioration about October 1944, and from that time onwards he was unable to get to meetings regularly, and was frequently under medical care. From time to time he would seem to revive and come out but these occasions became less and less frequent, and the last time he was present at a meeting was on the morning of Lord's Day, August 5, 1945.
After that his condition rapidly became worse and on September 6 he was hurriedly removed to hospital for an urgent minor operation. His sufferings, however, soon returned. Miss Ivy Tucker, who had looked after him for many years, was in constant attendance at the hospital and was able to spend a considerable time with him, reading or speaking, as his condition permitted. He was frequently unable to take any nourishment, and on isolated days did not even speak a word.
There were, however, occasions when his utterances clearly indicated the heavenly occupation of his mind for example, one day he was heard to say, "Who is a pardoning God like Thee!"—Wonderful! Wonderful!—and many times, "Glory, glory—all glory."
After a period of severe suffering... he remarked, "The Lord has told me that He is bearing the pain with me, and that is better than having it removed... I have been made to feel lately, as never before, what a body of humiliation this is, but also I have been contemplating, in contrast, what a body of glory it is that I shall have presently... He is perfecting that which concerneth me." When the first verse of "O bright and blessed hope! When shall it be..." was quoted to him, he was quiet for a few moments, and then was heard to say, "Soon, Lord Jesus."
About the third week of his illness in hospital, individual brothers took to going when he could bear it, to pray with him for a few minutes, but although he seemed fully to appreciate the prayers, he was not really equal to doing more than just thank them for coming. Indeed, at times, he would seem to have lapsed into a state of semi-consciousness. Just prior to this, he had expressed himself as unable to see any visitors but on being encouraged to allow a brother to come in as usual for a word of prayer only, he at once replied, "Oh yes, that is like a drink of the brook on the way."
Four days before he was taken, the last four verses of Isa_40:1-31 were read to him, and he said, "Read the 53rd", and after that was read, he said, "God's blessed Son."
During the morning of Saturday, October 6, he became unconscious. He fell asleep at 9:20 am on Lord's Day, October 7, Miss Tucker and a hospital sister being with him at the time.
The burial was arranged to take place on the following Thursday, October 11, at 2:00 pm, and, according to his own request, the coffin was of unpolished oak, and bore the following inscription:
Charles Andrew Coates
Fell asleep October 7th, 1945
In his 83rd year
"With Christ"
Christian author. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, but for the greater part of his life he lived in Teignmouth, Devon, on the south coast of England.
C.A.C.'s references, in later years, to his early family life make it clear that he came from a devoted Christian family. In 1920 he said, "I believe God gives even young children a deep sense of the mercy that has put them in Christian households. I know it was so with myself at a very early age." In December 1905 he wrote of his mother's death: "It was most happy to see how the Lord and His blessed things were before her to the end."
He was soundly converted in 1878 at the age of 16. He was true to his youthful commitment and the Lord took him up for a unique and blessed service.
In a letter about 1900, he wrote of a conversation with a brother regarding Act_19:1-41: "I said that in my own case, when I began to break bread, I believed that Jesus had died for me, and therefore I should never perish. But it was not until some time afterwards that I saw with great delight that everything connected with me as a ruined sinner had been dealt with in the death of Christ, that the risen One was my righteousness, and that I could be with God entirely on the ground of what Christ was."
"I had preached before this in my small measure, doing what Apollos did—that is, making known the grace of God so far as I knew it myself... It is a great pleasure to God when there is a desire, because God desires to give. I prayed for the Spirit after I had received the Spirit (I did not know it at the time), but my prayer was not displeasing to God."
Again, in 1926 he said, "When I was a boy I remember a brother coming to my father's house, and I said to myself, I wish that I knew all that he knows! But another brother came, and he made me feel, I wish I had what he has! There was an impression, not of mere knowledge, but of substance and satisfaction."
In the same year he recalled, "My father used to say that there was not much difference between high Calvinists and low Arminians because the former had bad self before them and the latter had good self before them, but neither of them had Christ before them."
Around 1928 in a reading on Jos_15:1-63, he said in reference to Kirjath-sepher, "A great deal of spiritual vitality is sapped by the kind of reading that Christians indulge in habitually... In Act_19:1-41 we read they had a bonfire and burnt the worth in books of fifty thousand pieces of silver. When I was converted I had a bonfire and I never regretted it. It is much better to burn such books than to take them to the bookstall to poison someone else."
HIS MINISTRY
Around 1940 Mr. Coates said in a reading: "One of the first thoughts I had when converted was, 'Man's thoughts never rise above service and God's thoughts never go below sonship,' and I put it into my first preaching."
In a reading on Mat_4:1-25 he said: "I remember Mr. Stoney used to say that a man's natural calling always had some reference to his service... So Paul is a tent-maker. That is, when he was called in grace he became a true tent-maker to set up the assemblies in tabernacle form that is, provisionally, and not permanently. So we have the true elements for our service in our natural calling.
"I remember once when Mr. Stoney was at my father's table he said, 'I was training for law, intending to move in a circuit, and that is what I am now doing!' My father replied, 'I was a shepherd'. 'Exactly', said Mr. Stoney, 'And now you are a shepherd still!' It served to remind us there are no loose ends in God's ways."
Mr. Coates suffered from physical weakness for a good part of his life. At some point he moved from Yorkshire to Teignmouth, Devon—probably for his health—his service being largely restricted to that area.
He took a clear stand against worldly methods in preaching the gospel and against accepting the standards of the world to govern the Christian's life—all the while maintaining the spirit of grace.
On December 12, 1939, he wrote: "It has been a very definite exercise with me ever since I began to break bread that the printed ministry ought not to be made the source of financial profit. The first tracts which I wrote, about 55 years ago (about age 22), I published myself at cost price. But the Tract Depots did not approve of profits being eliminated, and I had at that time to fall in with the system current. But I clung to the thought that the Lord's work should not be regarded as a profit making business."
C.A.C.'s printed ministry—now complete—comprise 34 volumes of outlines, letters, addresses and readings, as well as numerous booklets and gospel tracts.
HIS LAST DAYS
Our brother's health and general condition began to show a marked deterioration about October 1944, and from that time onwards he was unable to get to meetings regularly, and was frequently under medical care. From time to time he would seem to revive and come out but these occasions became less and less frequent, and the last time he was present at a meeting was on the morning of Lord's Day, August 5, 1945.
After that his condition rapidly became worse and on September 6 he was hurriedly removed to hospital for an urgent minor operation. His sufferings, however, soon returned. Miss Ivy Tucker, who had looked after him for many years, was in constant attendance at the hospital and was able to spend a considerable time with him, reading or speaking, as his condition permitted. He was frequently unable to take any nourishment, and on isolated days did not even speak a word.
There were, however, occasions when his utterances clearly indicated the heavenly occupation of his mind for example, one day he was heard to say, "Who is a pardoning God like Thee!"—Wonderful! Wonderful!—and many times, "Glory, glory—all glory."
After a period of severe suffering... he remarked, "The Lord has told me that He is bearing the pain with me, and that is better than having it removed... I have been made to feel lately, as never before, what a body of humiliation this is, but also I have been contemplating, in contrast, what a body of glory it is that I shall have presently... He is perfecting that which concerneth me." When the first verse of "O bright and blessed hope! When shall it be..." was quoted to him, he was quiet for a few moments, and then was heard to say, "Soon, Lord Jesus."
About the third week of his illness in hospital, individual brothers took to going when he could bear it, to pray with him for a few minutes, but although he seemed fully to appreciate the prayers, he was not really equal to doing more than just thank them for coming. Indeed, at times, he would seem to have lapsed into a state of semi-consciousness. Just prior to this, he had expressed himself as unable to see any visitors but on being encouraged to allow a brother to come in as usual for a word of prayer only, he at once replied, "Oh yes, that is like a drink of the brook on the way."
Four days before he was taken, the last four verses of Isa_40:1-31 were read to him, and he said, "Read the 53rd", and after that was read, he said, "God's blessed Son."
During the morning of Saturday, October 6, he became unconscious. He fell asleep at 9:20 am on Lord's Day, October 7, Miss Tucker and a hospital sister being with him at the time.
The burial was arranged to take place on the following Thursday, October 11, at 2:00 pm, and, according to his own request, the coffin was of unpolished oak, and bore the following inscription:
Charles Andrew Coates
Fell asleep October 7th, 1945
In his 83rd year
"With Christ"
C.A.C.'s references, in later years, to his early family life make it clear that he came from a devoted Christian family. In 1920 he said, "I believe God gives even young children a deep sense of the mercy that has put them in Christian households. I know it was so with myself at a very early age." In December 1905 he wrote of his mother's death: "It was most happy to see how the Lord and His blessed things were before her to the end."
He was soundly converted in 1878 at the age of 16. He was true to his youthful commitment and the Lord took him up for a unique and blessed service.
In a letter about 1900, he wrote of a conversation with a brother regarding Act_19:1-41: "I said that in my own case, when I began to break bread, I believed that Jesus had died for me, and therefore I should never perish. But it was not until some time afterwards that I saw with great delight that everything connected with me as a ruined sinner had been dealt with in the death of Christ, that the risen One was my righteousness, and that I could be with God entirely on the ground of what Christ was."
"I had preached before this in my small measure, doing what Apollos did—that is, making known the grace of God so far as I knew it myself... It is a great pleasure to God when there is a desire, because God desires to give. I prayed for the Spirit after I had received the Spirit (I did not know it at the time), but my prayer was not displeasing to God."
Again, in 1926 he said, "When I was a boy I remember a brother coming to my father's house, and I said to myself, I wish that I knew all that he knows! But another brother came, and he made me feel, I wish I had what he has! There was an impression, not of mere knowledge, but of substance and satisfaction."
In the same year he recalled, "My father used to say that there was not much difference between high Calvinists and low Arminians because the former had bad self before them and the latter had good self before them, but neither of them had Christ before them."
Around 1928 in a reading on Jos_15:1-63, he said in reference to Kirjath-sepher, "A great deal of spiritual vitality is sapped by the kind of reading that Christians indulge in habitually... In Act_19:1-41 we read they had a bonfire and burnt the worth in books of fifty thousand pieces of silver. When I was converted I had a bonfire and I never regretted it. It is much better to burn such books than to take them to the bookstall to poison someone else."
HIS MINISTRY
Around 1940 Mr. Coates said in a reading: "One of the first thoughts I had when converted was, 'Man's thoughts never rise above service and God's thoughts never go below sonship,' and I put it into my first preaching."
In a reading on Mat_4:1-25 he said: "I remember Mr. Stoney used to say that a man's natural calling always had some reference to his service... So Paul is a tent-maker. That is, when he was called in grace he became a true tent-maker to set up the assemblies in tabernacle form that is, provisionally, and not permanently. So we have the true elements for our service in our natural calling.
"I remember once when Mr. Stoney was at my father's table he said, 'I was training for law, intending to move in a circuit, and that is what I am now doing!' My father replied, 'I was a shepherd'. 'Exactly', said Mr. Stoney, 'And now you are a shepherd still!' It served to remind us there are no loose ends in God's ways."
Mr. Coates suffered from physical weakness for a good part of his life. At some point he moved from Yorkshire to Teignmouth, Devon—probably for his health—his service being largely restricted to that area.
He took a clear stand against worldly methods in preaching the gospel and against accepting the standards of the world to govern the Christian's life—all the while maintaining the spirit of grace.
On December 12, 1939, he wrote: "It has been a very definite exercise with me ever since I began to break bread that the printed ministry ought not to be made the source of financial profit. The first tracts which I wrote, about 55 years ago (about age 22), I published myself at cost price. But the Tract Depots did not approve of profits being eliminated, and I had at that time to fall in with the system current. But I clung to the thought that the Lord's work should not be regarded as a profit making business."
C.A.C.'s printed ministry—now complete—comprise 34 volumes of outlines, letters, addresses and readings, as well as numerous booklets and gospel tracts.
HIS LAST DAYS
Our brother's health and general condition began to show a marked deterioration about October 1944, and from that time onwards he was unable to get to meetings regularly, and was frequently under medical care. From time to time he would seem to revive and come out but these occasions became less and less frequent, and the last time he was present at a meeting was on the morning of Lord's Day, August 5, 1945.
After that his condition rapidly became worse and on September 6 he was hurriedly removed to hospital for an urgent minor operation. His sufferings, however, soon returned. Miss Ivy Tucker, who had looked after him for many years, was in constant attendance at the hospital and was able to spend a considerable time with him, reading or speaking, as his condition permitted. He was frequently unable to take any nourishment, and on isolated days did not even speak a word.
There were, however, occasions when his utterances clearly indicated the heavenly occupation of his mind for example, one day he was heard to say, "Who is a pardoning God like Thee!"—Wonderful! Wonderful!—and many times, "Glory, glory—all glory."
After a period of severe suffering... he remarked, "The Lord has told me that He is bearing the pain with me, and that is better than having it removed... I have been made to feel lately, as never before, what a body of humiliation this is, but also I have been contemplating, in contrast, what a body of glory it is that I shall have presently... He is perfecting that which concerneth me." When the first verse of "O bright and blessed hope! When shall it be..." was quoted to him, he was quiet for a few moments, and then was heard to say, "Soon, Lord Jesus."
About the third week of his illness in hospital, individual brothers took to going when he could bear it, to pray with him for a few minutes, but although he seemed fully to appreciate the prayers, he was not really equal to doing more than just thank them for coming. Indeed, at times, he would seem to have lapsed into a state of semi-consciousness. Just prior to this, he had expressed himself as unable to see any visitors but on being encouraged to allow a brother to come in as usual for a word of prayer only, he at once replied, "Oh yes, that is like a drink of the brook on the way."
Four days before he was taken, the last four verses of Isa_40:1-31 were read to him, and he said, "Read the 53rd", and after that was read, he said, "God's blessed Son."
During the morning of Saturday, October 6, he became unconscious. He fell asleep at 9:20 am on Lord's Day, October 7, Miss Tucker and a hospital sister being with him at the time.
The burial was arranged to take place on the following Thursday, October 11, at 2:00 pm, and, according to his own request, the coffin was of unpolished oak, and bore the following inscription:
Charles Andrew Coates
Fell asleep October 7th, 1945
In his 83rd year
"With Christ"
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