CHAPTER III. 
THE children's SERVICES AT CAMDEN ROAD. 
R eference was made in the letters recorded 
in the previous chapters to the children's 
services connected with the Camden Road 
Chapel, the scene for so many years of the 
ministry of the Rev. F. Tucker, B.A. Those who 
attended these services, or were interested in them, 
would think any memoir of Mr. Comber most 
defective which did not give them prominent men- 
tion ; for it was he who originated, and for a con- 
siderable time conducted them. 
Mr. Comber's natural fondness for children, to- 
gether with his remarkable gift for interesting and 
instructing them, made him thoroughly at home in 
their presence. Their tender hearts were not slow to 
respond to the influence of such a teacher and friend. 
Over many of the members of the class he gained an 
influence which resulted in their highest spiritual 
good ; and not a few are living to-day, whose Christ- 
ian character and life bear unquestionable testimony 
to the real usefulness of his labours on their behalf. 
It was on a Wednesday evening, the nth of 
November, 1874, that the first of these meetings was 
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