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The Removal Of John And Mary Newton’s Caskets
On Wednesday, January 25th, 1893, a ceremony of singular interest was celebrated at Only Church, when the remains of John Newton, and of Mary, his wife, were re interred in the parish churchyard. The following is a an extract from his will, which will be read with interest:— “In the name of God, Amen. I, John Newton, of Coleman-street-buildings, in the parish of St. Stephens, Coleman-street, in the city of London, being through mercy in good health, and of sound and disposing mind, memory, and understanding, although in the seventy-eighth year of my age, do, for the settlement of my temporal concerns, and for the disposal of all my worlds estate which it has pleased the Lord in His good providence to give to me,…
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The Life And Ministry Of John Slate Anderson
In an old note-book of ours, under date May, 1872, we found the following account of: Mr. James Wells And Mr. James Foreman The spring of 1872 will long be remembered by the Strict and Particular Baptists of England, as the period when they were deprived by death of two of their greatest preachers, Mr. James Wells and Mr. John Foreman. It is not necessary to write a panegyric upon their lives and characters. The thousands of devout men and women who followed them to their burial prove the high esteem in which they were held. As trees of the Lord's right hand planting, their fruit was good even to old age, and God was glorified both by them and in them. They rest now…
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The Life And Ministry Of William Chisnall
On September 4th, 1857, the subject of the sketch this month was born in what was then quite surburban Holloway, in the North of London; and as regards districts, so with people, what changes time has wrought? and in particular, this is true in reference to Wm. Chisnall, for "Once a sinner, near despair, Sought Thy mercy-seat by pray'r, Mercy heard and set him free, Lord, that mercy came to me." In recalling early days, what mercy there is to record, as the Holy Spirit's work was then making progress in the soul of his now sainted mother, who joined the host above in February, 1898. The deep anxiety, the darkness and sorrow then, all tell now, of the bitter mourning over sin, and the…
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The Life And Ministry Of William Kiffin
William Kiffin, Baptist. William Kiffin, the elder, of London, merchant, died December 29th, 1701, in the 86th year of his age. The above was inscribed on his tombstone, as preserved by Mr. Strype, in Stowe’s Survey of London; but the intersection of his grave is not now known. William Kiffin was so celebrated a person, and made such a distinguished figure in the seventeenth century, that the Editor has found it difficult to compress within the limits of this work, anything like a proper account of him. His long life comprehends a period commencing with the reign of James I., and ending fifteen years after the Glorious Revolution in 1688; consequently, embracing the events of the governments of Charles I., Oliver Cromwell, James II., and…
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The Life And Ministry Of William Kiffin
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The Life And Ministry Of William Kiffin
I have said that this church, though avowedly Baptist, admitted other than baptized believers to fellowship; but when they went still further, and invited unbaptized preachers to occupy their pulpit, William Kiffen objected, withdrew, and, in the year 1638, founded the FIRST STRICT BAPTIST CHURCH IN LONDON!! That is to say, the first Baptist church holding and teaching Particular Redemption, and confining church membership and the Lord's Supper to baptized believers of the same faith and order. This was the famous Devonshire Square church. By reason of railway extension and Metropolitan changes, in the year 1871 this church removed to the high road, Stoke Newington, North of London, where it possesses fine, commodious buildings has large congregations, a church-roll of about 800 members, nearly a…
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The Life And Ministry Of William Kiffin
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The Life And Ministry Of John Spilsbury
In 1616 (in the reign of James I.) there was a mixed Protestant Dissenting church gathered in Broad Street, Wapping. Some of these good people were Baptists. The first pastor chosen by the mixed congregation was one Henry Jacob, an Independent—though even he eventually became a Baptist. Years passed (as they have a habit of doing), and Mr. John Lathrop became pastor of this old-time "Union” church. It was during Mr. Lathrop's ministry that the friends who held believers' baptism to be the only Scriptural order sought and obtained a peaceable and honourable dismissal from the mixed communion; whereupon they were formed into a distinct church on purely Baptist principles, and met regularly for worship in Old Gravel Lane, Wapping, the date of the formation…
