CH.35 Flashcards
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- Pastor
- Had been a slave to a slave trader who was converted and
- Later was ordained to the ministry
- Wrote the hymn, “Amazing Grace,” and “How Sweet the Name of Jesus Souds.”
- Influenced William Wilberforeee
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John Newton (1725-1807)
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- Influenced by Newton
- Although shy, sensitive and an invalid, become a great hymn writer.
- Wrote, There is a Fountain Filled With Blood.
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William Cowper
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- Successor to Newton
- Wrote a biblical commentary still used by some evangelists.
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Thomas Scott (1747-1821)
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- Scholarly leaders that helped the evangelical movement.
- Made Cambridge University a center for Evangelical forces.
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Isaac Milner(1750-1820) and Charles Simeon (1759-1836)
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- Group of wealthy individuals who had their homes in Clapham.
- Provided many of the lay leaders in social reform between 1760-1815
- Leadership provided to this group by John Venn (1759-1833) the rector (minister).
- Group often met in the oval library of Henry Thornton (1760-1815) a wealthy banker who gave the greater part of his large income for philanthropy each year.
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Clapham Sect
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- Part of the Clapham Sect.
- Chairman of the East India Company
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Charles Grant
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- A governmental hall where most of the missionary societies held their annual meetings.
- Meeting so influenced public opinion that the government was forced to act favorably on matters of interest to the missionaries.
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Influence on the Government through the Exeter Hall group.
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- Served as superintendent of Congregationalist missions in South Africa.
- Used Exeter Hall to win favorable legislation to protect the Hottentots of Cape Colony from exploitation.
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John Philip, (1775-1815)
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- Converted through Isaac Milner’s efforts
- Dedicated himslef to the abolition of slavery.
- By 1833 an act was passed by the English Parlimentt which abolished slavery.
- His story was told in a fairly recent movie, ‘Amazing Grace.’
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William Wilberforce (1759-1833)
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- Son of a socialite mother and a drunken politician.
- Led to Christ by his nurse.
- At 14 he dedicated himself to the service of the poor and oppressed.
- In 1840, helped secure passage of laws that would keep boys under 16 working as a chimney sweep.
- In 1842, succeeded in getting legislation that barred boys under 10 and women from working in the mines.
- In 1845, protection for the insane in asylums.
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Lord Shaftesbury (1801-1885)
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- A nonconformist who had been influenced by the Wesleyan revival.
- Donated his life and fortune to prison reform.
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John H. Howard, (1726-1790)
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- Not the founder of Sunday School, but did popularize it.
- Provided religious training along with elementary instruction in reading, writing, and arithmetic.
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Robert Raikes
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- Methodist minister, founded in 1865 ‘The Salvation Army’
- Movement began to reach the down-and outs by open air evangelism and social work.
- Modeled along military lines with hierarchical organization and uniforms.
- Kathrine Booth encouraged women involvement.
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William Booth (1829-1912)
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- Lawyer from the Church of Ireland, who organized The Brethren about 1831 in Dublin.
- The Brethren emphasized
- -Priesthood of all believers
- -Direct guidance of the Holy Spirit
- More familiar group, the Plymouth Brethren, since their center was Plymouth, England.
- Influential in Dispensationalism.
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John Darby(1800-1862)
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Religious Tract Society, 1799
