Frederick Silver
Frederick Silver (1781-1864) was an Independent High-Calvinist preacher. He was appointed pastor of two churches (Bethlehem Chapel, Richmond; Jewry Street Chapel, Aldgate), both of which had been connected with the ministry and teachings of William Huntington.
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Spiritual Meditations Upon The Names And Titles Of Jehovah, And His Work Of Creation
The Law of the Lord is holy, just, and good: to desire the knowledge of more than God has revealed is sinful. Adam’s transgression commenced with a desire to be equal with God in knowledge; by which he made all his natural descendants wise to do evil; Jer. 4.22; for their wisdom is earthly, natural and devilish: and if God had not in his unerring wisdom determined, that men should know him by divine revelation, by the wisdom which cometh from above, which is pure and spiritual, all Adam’s sinful posterity would have lived and died without the true knowledge of God, and under the curse of the law. Job. 11.7-9 ; 1 Cor. 1.21; James 3.15-17; Eph. 2.12.
Further Study
The Life And Ministry Of Frederick Silver
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The Life And Ministry Of Frederick Silver
“Hold Fast”, John E. Hazelton: ”Frederick Silver (1781-1864) was trained for the bar, but God called him to proclaim the unsearchable riches of Christ, and he became pastor of Bethlehem Chapel, Richmond, and afterwards of Jewry Street Chapel, Aldgate, where a week-night sermon was for many years delivered by the leading Huntingtonian ministers of the day. He was a "son of consolation" to many, and delighting to direct the inquirer and to minister to the weary, he was powerful in his defence of truth, as the book entitled "The Sword of the Spirit" testifies.” The Earthen Vessel 1864, Page 316 “Since our last issue, Mr. Frederick Silver, so many years a minister of the Gospel, has been called home. He had been laid aside about…
