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. — John Shaqi
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
The accommodation in the Chapel, we are informed, is not so great as it
ought to be; nearly every seat being taken, so that there is no surplus
room to which to invite the poor. Architectural difficulties have
hitherto stood in the way of enlargement, but it is hoped that some way
of surmounting them will, in no very distant period, be found.
SECTION 4.--COMMERCIAL STREET CHAPEL.
The Independent Chapel in Commercial Street, Northampton, presents a
pleasing memorial of the Christian zeal and liberality of the late
Thomas Wilson, Esq., of Highbury Place, London--a gentleman who devoted
his time, his energies, and his property to the promotion of the cause
of Christ, more immediately among Protestant Dissenters of the
Independent denomination.
Mr. Wilson's attention was directed to the town of Northampton as a
place which, on account of its increasing population, required some
additional efforts for promoting the kingdom of the Redeemer. After many
inquiries had been made for ground that would present an eligible site
on which to erect a Chapel, a purchase was made in Commercial Street for
L600; and a neat and respectable Chapel, sixty-two feet by forty-two,
was there erected, at a cost of L2,000, besides L100 for alterations.
This was at a considerable distance from other places of worship.
The Chapel was opened for public service on the 9th of April, 1829. The
Rev. J. A. James, of Birmingham, preached a very excellent sermon in the
morning, on sanctification, from John xvii. 17--"Sanctify them through
thy truth; thy word is truth."
Rev. J. Stratten, of Paddington, preached with much energy in the
evening, from 2 Thess. iii. 1--"Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the
word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified."
The Chapel was for some time supplied by the Rev. Messrs. Blackburn and
J. Clayton, of London; Adkins, of Southampton; Gear, of Harborough;
Johnson, of Farnham; and Prust, of Highbury College.
After the Rev. Edmund Thornton Prust had finished his studies at
Highbury, he was invited by the congregation, no Church having then been
formed, to supply for six months.
On the 1st of December, 1829, a Christian Church was formed in the
presence of Mr. Walter Scott, late of Rowell, now of Airdale, and the
late J. Pinkerton, of Weedon.
Mr. Prust was afterwards chosen to the pastoral office by the Church
and congregation unitedly, and was ordained on the 21st of April, 1830,
when the following ministers were engaged:--Mr. B. L. Edwards, of
Northampton, read the Scriptures and prayed--Thomas Toller, of
Kettering, delivered the introductory discourse--John Sibree, of
Coventry, asked the questions, and received the confession of
faith--Walter Scott, of Rowell, offered the ordination prayer--John
Leifchild, of Bristol (now Dr. Leifchild, of London), gave the charge,
from 1 Tim. iv. 6, "A good minister of Jesus Christ," which was
published by request--Charles Hyatt, sen., of London, concluded with
prayer.
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