William Edwy Vine

[1] His father ran the Mount Radford School, which moved to Exeter in 1875, and it was in this location that Vine was raised.

He became a Christian at an early age and was baptised in the Plymouth Brethren assembly in Fore Street, Exeter.

[2] At 17, Vine became a teacher at his father's school, before moving to Aberystwyth to study at the University College of Wales.

The 1911 census shows Vine as the Vice Principal of Mount Radford School in St Leonards, Exeter.

It is incumbent upon all who profess the Christian faith to respect the plainly revealed intentions of the Head of the church, instead of burdening it with doctrines and regulations of human fabrication.