Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire: with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county.Coleman, Thomas
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Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire: with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county.
Coleman, Thomas
Clergy -- England -- Northamptonshire; Independent churches -- England -- Northamptonshire; Puritans -- England -- Northamptonshire
Mr. Cornelius Curtis Tyte, from the academy of Rotherham, was
unanimously invited as successor to Mr. Renals. He was ordained in
October, 1847, when Mr. Bellamy, of Sheffield, now of Buckingham,
delivered the introductory discourse; Mr. Renals offered the ordination
prayer; and Dr. Stowell, Mr. Tyte's tutor, delivered the charge, from
Col. iv. 17. In the evening, Mr. Toller, of Kettering, preached to the
people from Acts ii. 42. Since this time 21 members have been added to
the Church. The present number of communicants is 37. There are 100
children in the Sabbath-schools; in actual attendance, between 80 and
90.
Occasional services are conducted in one village in the vicinity of
Wellingborough, the village of Finedon. The happy union of the present
pastor and his people, and the harmony that subsists between them and
the other ministers and congregations generally in the town, present, we
trust, a cheering prospect for the future, that "walking in the fear of
the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, they may be greatly
edified and multiplied."
SECTION 3.--THE CHURCH AT SALEM CHAPEL.
The Independent Church at Salem Chapel, Wellingborough, was originally
formed by those who separated from the Church at Cheese Lane Meeting, in
the same town, in the year 1812. However much this separation might be
regretted at the time, after the lapse of forty years it would be unwise
to attempt to enter into the grounds of that separation. The unpleasant
feelings at first produced have, we trust, long ere this entirely
subsided, and the pastors and the people can now go forward in
harmonious co-operation for the promotion of the same great cause to
which they are devoted.
It was on the evening of the Lord's-day, September 21st, 1812, that the
Church was formed here, in the presence of the Rev. Joseph Whitehead, of
Creaton, and the Rev. Shadrach Jackson, of Old. They united in a Church
covenant, which they have thus expressed:--
We hope that by grace we have been brought to see our last state and
condition; to behold the remedy prepared in the Gospel, Christ Jesus
the Lord; to flee to him as such; to put our trust in him for life
and salvation: and we do hereby resign up ourselves to Christ, in
Church fellowship and communion, resolving and promising in his
strength to devote ourselves entirely to him; to believe his
promises, live by faith upon them, obey his precepts, hearken to the
voice of his providence, and serve him according to all the laws,
statutes, and ordinances of his house; taking the written word for
our rule, and aiming at the glory of God in all things.
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