It does not follow, however, that this dissimilarity was a hindrance to their joint service in the gospel, any more than to their social harmony and love.

It may be, on the contrary, that Martha Savory's quickness of understanding and of feeling, the readiness with which she apprehended the sentiments and condition of others, her conversancy with the allurements of city life, and the perils of unbelief from which she had been rescued, fitted her in a peculiar degree to be her husband's helper in the ministry, especially in their travels on the Continent.
She was born in London in 1781, and was the daughter of Joseph and Anna Savory.

To an active and vigorous understanding she united a strength of will which would brook little control, together with much energy and fearlessness; and the propensity to follow the vain inclinations of the unregenerate heart displayed itself in an indulgence in much that was inimical to the restraints of Christian principle.

Her disposition was generous; all her emotions were ardent, and were seldom subjected to the discipline of a corrected judgment.

There were, however, various occasions, even in her very early years, when, through the visitations of heavenly love, her mind was forcibly aroused to a conviction of the need of redeeming grace.