Introduction

Biography

At age 14, Tic­kle was ap­pren­ticed to a drap­er in Car­lisle for six years.

He was bap­tized in 1838, and moved to Li­ver­pool the next year to join his fa­ther in bu­si­ness.

In 1843, Tic­kle helped found the first Church of Christ in Li­ver­pool. He held a num­ber of lead­er­ship po­si­tions, in­clud­ing chair of the Lan­ca­shire Ev­an­gel­ist Com­mit­tee for six years, the Ge­ne­ral Ev­an­gel­ist Com­mit­tee (1861–88), and chair of sev­en An­nu­al Meet­ings.

Works

He ed­it­ed the Chris­tian Ad­vo­cate (1879–88), and helped re­vise the Church­es of Christ hym­nal in 1888.