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John Gadsby’s Remarks On The Editorship Of The ‘Gospel Standard’ After The Death Of J. C. Philpot
Dear Friends,—Few of you have experienced more changes during the last thirty years than I have experienced, and fewer still have suffered so much from those changes as I have suffered. I have suffered from dangers and perils oft, by sea and land; I have suffered from deep affliction, and have several times, to all human appearance, been at death's door, once when hundreds of miles from my family and friends, and I still suffer, never knowing what it is to be free from pain; I have suffered, and still suffer, from intense anxiety on account of the long-continued illness of my dear wife, hardly a day or a night passing in which she is not more or less almost doubled up with agony and…
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Sympathy Letters Occasioned By The Death Of Joseph Philpot
Dear Sir, I enclose a letter from the church at Stamford, expressing our sorrow and grief at the death of our late pastor, Mr. J. C. Philpot. The letter was unanimously adopted at a church meeting, held on Wednesday, Jan. 5. It was also decided to have a marble tablet erected in the chapel to his memory. The Lord, whose faithful servant he was, highly honoured him by blessing both his sermons and writings to the establishing and building up of his people in their most holy faith, as well as making him an able disputant and defender of the truth of God against all error and heresies. His warning voice was raised at the first sound of the enemy. His reproofs, mingled with kindness…
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The Funeral Sermon Of Joseph Philpot
It is well known that Mr. Philpot, during his residence at Croydon, frequently attended Mr. Covell's ministry, and sometimes preached for him, and that he was greatly attached to Mr. Covell as a friend. Previous to the service a prayer-meeting was held. Some time before the public service commenced, the chapel was crowded with an expectant congregation, dressed for the most part in black. The pulpit and lower desk were covered with black cloth. Mr. Covell, on ascending the pulpit, bespoke the sympathy and prayers of those present on his behalf. He said he had lost a very dear friend, and he felt the blow acutely. He subsequently read Ps. 39, which he had also read to Mr. Philpot on the Monday before he died.…
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The Life And Death Of Joseph Philpot
Before this No. of the "Gospel Standard" comes before its readers, the sad tidings will have spread far and wide that he who edited it for upwards of 20 years has been called away from the scene of his labours. His numerous friends, and those who loved and esteemed him for the truth's sake, will be looking for some little account of his last days; and one of his sorrowing children has written the following: Joseph Charles Philpot, the third son of the late Charles Philpot, Rector of Ripple and Vicar of St. Margaret at Cliffe, was born at Ripple, near Deal, Kent, on September 13th, 1802. He was educated at St. Paul's School, London, whence he proceeded to Worcester College, Oxford, where he had…
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The Life And Ministry Of Joseph Philpot
A man of great grace, profound learning, and with a literary style equal to any of his contemporaries. For twenty years he was editor of the "Gospel Standard," in which his New Year's Addresses, Meditations, Reviews, and Answers to Correspondents were outstanding features. His ten volumes of sermons, entitled "The Gospel Pulpit," and his four volumes of "Early Sermons," testify to his powers as an expositor of the Word, to the beauty of his illustrations, and the heart-searching character of his ministry. He was born at Ripple, Kent, where his father was rector, and educated at Merchant Taylor's and St. Paul's schools, entering at Oxford University in 1821, taking a first-class, and ultimately becoming Fellow of his College. He accepted an engagement in Ireland as…
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The Life And Testimony Of John Barritt
He was a man well known to many of the lovers of truth in the North, both ministers and people, having been one of the founders of the little cause of truth in the Dove Chapel, Foster Lane, Hebben Bridge. The chapel obtained its name on account of the house having been a place in which doves were previously kept. It has a gallery in it, and will hold in all about 100 persons; but the gallery is so near the pulpit that minister and people can shake hands with each other. This little place has been very highly favoured, inasmuch as some men of truth, now dead, have preached in it, such, as Mr. Gadsby, Mr. Warburton, Mr. M'Kenzie, and others; besides many who…