John Rippon
John Rippon (1751-1836) was a Strict and Particular Baptist preacher and hymn-writer. In 1773, he was appointed the pastor of Carter Lane, Southwark, after John Gill’s death, a position he held for sixty-three years. For twelve years he served as editor for the Baptist Annual Register and published a new selection of hymns to be used by churches for divine worship.
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The Life And Death Of John Rippon
John Rippon, D.D., Baptist. Dr. Rippon, pastor of the Baptist Church, Carter Lane, Tooley Street, Southwark, sixty-three years, died Dec. 17, 1836, in the 86th year of his age. Vault, E. and W. 13,—N. and S. 70.—But, no Stone erected. John Rippon, D.D., was for more than forty years considered as one of the most popular ministers in London in the Baptist denomination. He was born at Tiverton, in Devonshire, on April 29, 1761. He was the son of the Rev. John Rippon, who was at that time pastor of the Baptist Church there, but who afterwards removed to the church at Uppottery, where he died.
