Archive of All Past Gospel Magazine Publications
On 13th April 2015 a small team of volunteers finished the work of duplicating all extant physical copies of the Gospel Magazine older than three years, into digital format.
Gospel truth has not changed a jot since 1766. We believe that this facility is an incomparably valuable resource of blessing and edification to anyone who will take the time to peruse the directory and download the past publications.
There are 2,967* digital publications of past magazines available in our archive, going back to 1766 when the magazine was founded.
*1766 to end of 2019
File Sizes and Loading Times
Once you have clicked on the magazine that you want to read or download to your computer or device, please ensure that you wait patiently for a few seconds, as some of the files will take a little while to open.
The reason for this is that - especially with the older magazines where the print has faded over a couple of centuries - we have effectively had to scan magazines as though they were photographs, so the file sizes are necessarily quite large in order to have sufficient print resolution to be legible.
The file sizes for magazines range between 1 MB and 26 MB, whereas indices and prefaces are much smaller, around 0.3 MB to 2 MB.
Very Special Publications
The following special publications are of significant historical value, in that in several instances, this was the first place that they were ever published:
Please be patient when downloading. Some of the files are as large as 26MB.
Gospel Magazines 1766 - 1784
Editors during this period:
- 1766 - 1774: Joseph Gurney (died 1815)
- 1774 - 1775 & 1776: William Mason (1719β91)
- December 1775 - June 1776: Augustus Montague Toplady
- Erasmus Middleton (1739 - 1805), editor 1776 -1805
Please type the year of the magazine you wish to read, from 1766 to 1784, into this search field:
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Gospel Magazines 1785 - 1795
There were no magazines published during this period.
Gospel Magazines 1796 - 1941
Editors during this period:
- 1796 - 1838: Walter Row, a personal friend of Toplady
- 1839 - 1840: Bagnall Baker, a High Anglican (but not Anglo-Catholic)
- June 1840 - 1893: David Alfred Doudney (1811β93)
- 1893 - 1894: George Cowell
- 1895 - 1916: James Ormiston, rector of St Mary le Port Church, Bristol
- 1916 - 1951: Thomas Houghton
Please type the year of the magazine you wish to read, from 1796 to 1890, into this search field:
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Gospel Magazines 1942 - 1946
Editors during this period:
- 1916 - 1951: Thomas Houghton
Please type the year of the magazine you wish to read, from 1942 to 1946, into this search field:
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| 1942 | Preface | Index | Jan-Feb | Mar-Apr | May-Jun | Jul-Aug | Sep-Oct | Nov-Dec | |||||||
| 1943 | Preface | Index | Jan-Feb | Mar-Apr | May-Jun | Jul-Aug | Sep-Oct | Nov-Dec | |||||||
| 1944 | Preface | Index | Jan-Feb | Mar-Apr | May-Jun | Jul-Aug | Sep-Oct | Nov-Dec | |||||||
| 1945 | Preface | Index | Jan-Feb | Mar-Apr | May-Jun | Jul-Aug | Sep-Oct | Nov-Dec | |||||||
| 1946 | Preface | Index | Jan-Feb | Mar-Apr | May-Jun | Jul-Aug | Sep-Oct | Nov-Dec | |||||||
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Gospel Magazines 1947 - 1973
Editors during this period:
- 1916 - 1951: Thomas Houghton
- 1951 - 1964: William Dodgson Sykes
- 1964 - 1975: Herbert M. Carson (died 2004)
Please type the year of the magazine you wish to read, from 1947 to 1973, into this search field:
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Gospel Magazines 1974 - 2023
We aim always to ensure that all publications are available up until 2 years ago from the present date.
Editors during this period:
- 1964 - 1975: Herbert M. Carson (died 2004)
- 1976 - 1981: John Tallach, then Free Presbyterian minister in Kinlochbervie, then Church of Scotland minister in Cromarty until 2011
- 1981 - 2000: Maurice Handford
- 2000 - 2013 : Edward Malcolm, then presiding Bishop of the Church of England Continuing
- 2014 - present day: Edward J. Malcolm
Please type the year of the magazine you wish to read, from 1974 to 2023, into this search field:
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The Future of a Free Internet is Uncertain
We would strongly encourage readers to save copies of these publications to their own computers as the future of an uncensored Internet is looking uncertain. Recent trends in legislation in several countries seem to indicate that the free expression of Christian opinion β especially where it touches other βfaithsβ, or is seen to criticise certain sins β will likely not be tolerated indefinitely.
On 13th April 2015 a small team of volunteers finished the work of duplicating all extant physical copies of the Gospel Magazine older than three years, into digital format.



