""No one can read the New Testament with any care and attention without being struck by the prominence givin therein to faith or belief. Our Lord's ministry began with the call to ' repent and believe the Gospel.' Faith was the demand which He habitually made from those who sought His help; and as the reward of faith His mighty works were wrought."" -From Chapter I--Of Creeds in General: The Grounds on which the Requirement of Faith is Made Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson (1848-1924) was the thirty-first Bishop of Gloucester. He was born into a clerical family and educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Oxford. Ordained in 1872, his first post was as Chaplain at Wells Theological College, rising to Vice Principal in 1875. His next post was as principal of Leeds Clergy School and he later became Rural Dean of the area and Vicar of Leeds Parish Church.
