The Life And Legacy Of Henry Cole
John Hazelton, “Hold Fast”:
Henry Cole, D.D., of Clare Hall, Cambridge (1792-1858), was a scholar and a preacher of an entirely different type to any of those who have been named. He sometimes occupied the University Pulpit at Cambridge and his sermons delivered there are fearless and experimental expositions of the Gospel of the grace of God. In his later years he was proprietor and head master of a boarding-school at Highbury Place; Sunday evening Lecturer at St. Mary Somerset, Upper Thames Street; and subsequently he preached in the building in Providence Place, Upper Street, afterwards known as Providence Chapel. His translations of some of Luther’s books and of “Calvin’s Calvinism” are of permanent value, and his work upon the humanity of our blessed Lord is eminently scriptural and is commended by Mr. Philpot in a review.
Dr. Cole was a great sufferer during the last year or two of his life; his dying testimony was confirming to the faith of those who ministered to him. “All power is given unto Me” was a passage that was powerfully applied to his soul. Among his last utterances were “What a glorious Book! It contains a word for every state and every trial. He has set my feet upon a rock.”
Henry Cole (1792-1858) was a High-Calvinist Anglican preacher. He served as curate at Woolwich, Kent, Islington and was Lecturer at St Mary Somerset in the City of London. He is best known for translators several works of Martin Luther and John Calvin.
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