Five Christian Leaders

by J.C. Ryle

1. The Religious & Moral COndition of England at teh Beginning of the Eighteenth Century 2. The Agency by which Christianity was Revived in England in the middle of the Eighteenth Century 3. William Grimshaw of Haworth & his ministry 4. William Romaine & his ministry 5. Daniel Rowlands & his ministry 6. Henry Venn & his ministry

Genres: Biography

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About the author

(John Charles Ryle) Ryle started his ministry as curate at the Chapel of Ease in Exbury, Hampshire, moving on to become rector of St Thomas's, Winchester in 1843 and then rector of Helmingham, Suffolk the following year. While at Helmingham he married and was widowed twice. He began publishing popular tracts, and Matthew, Mark and Luke of his series of Expository Thoughts on the Gospels were published in successive years (1856-1858). His final parish was Stradbroke, also in Suffolk, where he moved in 1861, and it was as vicar of All Saints that he became known nationally for his straightforward preaching and firm defence of evangelical principles. He wrote several well-known and still-in-print books, often addressing issues of contemporary relevance for the Church from a biblical standpoint. He completed his Expository Thoughts on the Gospels while at Stradbroke, with his work on the Gospel of John (1869). His third marriage, to Henrietta Amelia Clowes in 1861, lasted until her death in 1889.

Reviews

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoying reading this guy, writing in the 1800s, about people from the 17oos. Lots of sourcing of eye witness accounts with anecdotal and journalistic reports about what characterised their times and experience. A really enjoyable biographical history of quietly significant people.