Despite his lack of success at Minchinhampton, his labours at Horsley and the surrounding area "were owned to the spiritual benefit of many." One convert was Samuel Rowles (1734-1820), who first came under Francis' ministry in the spring of 1763, but after a time away from the church returned in April 1764 when he was converted as the result of Francis' funeral sermon for Rowles' aunt, preached from the text Philippians 3.4, "And be found in him." Rowles was baptised and became a member of the church, and was "introduced to the ministry in 1765" by Francis, presumably meaning he started preaching.He entered the Bristol Academy on 17 October 1765, where he studied for three years under Caleb Evans. Rowles went on to serve churches at Bampton in 1767, Rotherhithe near London in 1776, Chard in 1783, Canterbury in 1797, and Colnbrook in 1801.
Anthony R Cross Useful Learning: Neglected Means of Grace in the Reception of the of the Evangelical Revival among English Particular Baptists Page 75
In 1810 Rowles published The Necessity of Personal Religion, and the Importance of Adult Baptism asserted. In a Letter to a friend.
A brief death notice reads JAN. 28th, 1820, died, at Colnbrook, Bucks., aged 76, the Rev. Samuel Rowles, Baptist Minister, a solid, judicious, and Evangelical preacher.
Apparently he left the Church of England to become a Baptist.
In 1810 Rowles published The Necessity of Personal Religion, and the Importance of Adult Baptism asserted. In a Letter to a friend.
A brief death notice reads JAN. 28th, 1820, died, at Colnbrook, Bucks., aged 76, the Rev. Samuel Rowles, Baptist Minister, a solid, judicious, and Evangelical preacher.
Apparently he left the Church of England to become a Baptist.
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