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-The Project Gutenberg eBook, Thirty years’ history of the church and
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-Title: Thirty years’ history of the church and congregation in Prince’s street chapel, Norwich
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-Author: John Alexander
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-Release Date: September 27, 2020  [eBook #63315]
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-***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THIRTY YEARS’ HISTORY OF THE
-CHURCH AND CONGREGATION IN PRINCE’S STREET CHAPEL, NORWICH***
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-Transcribed from the 1847 Josiah Fletcher edition by David Price.
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-
-                          THIRTY YEARS’ HISTORY
-                                  OF THE
-                         CHURCH AND CONGREGATION
-                                    IN
-                         PRINCE’S STREET CHAPEL,
-                                 NORWICH.
-
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                            BY JOHN ALEXANDER,
-                                 Pastor.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                                 NORWICH:
-                    JOSIAH FLETCHER, UPPER HAYMARKET,
-                          AND JARROLD AND SONS.
-                       LONDON: JACKSON AND WALFORD.
-
-                                  1847.
-
-
-
-
-PREFACE.
-
-
-THE following history was read to the congregation of the Rev. John
-Alexander, at a tea party in St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, on Tuesday
-evening, April 6, 1847, which was held for the purpose of celebrating the
-thirtieth year of his ministry.  It is now published in compliance with
-their request, and in the same style of personal address in which it was
-originally delivered.  After it had been read, several members of the
-congregation addressed the meeting; and the following resolutions were
-unanimously passed:—
-
-I.  Moved by Mr. Thomas Banks, seconded by Rev. J. Bryan.
-
-    “That the history of the Church and Congregation connected with
-    Prince’s Street Chapel, during the last thirty years, which has now
-    been read, should awaken in our minds devout gratitude to God for
-    graciously enabling us to overcome the various difficulties which
-    have arisen in our course; for the enlargement, peace, and prosperity
-    which have been granted to the Church, and to the Institutions
-    associated with it; and for bringing us together at this time under
-    circumstances which are calculated to awaken encouraging hope for the
-    future.”
-
-II.  Moved by Mr. Joseph Colman, seconded by Mr. Thomas Brooks.
-
-    “That on this Thirtieth Anniversary of the residence of our beloved
-    Pastor in Norwich, we are devoutly grateful to God for having first
-    directed him hither, and for having permitted him to labour so long
-    and so successfully amongst us: that we affectionately thank him, for
-    his constant and faithful devotedness to the work of the ministry and
-    the welfare of his people; and that we earnestly pray, that for yet
-    many years to come, he may be spared to enjoy richly the blessings of
-    the gospel, which he dispenses to others.”
-
-III.  Moved by Mr. Frederic Pigg, seconded by Mr. Charles May and Mr.
-Josiah Fletcher,
-
-    “That an increased acquaintance with the doctrines and influence of
-    the gospel of Christ, deepens our conviction of the importance of
-    steadfastly adhering, in our Christian profession and practice, to
-    the great and essential truths of evangelical religion, as declared
-    by this church at its formation; and of promulgating them
-    universally, in connection with those principles of ecclesiastical
-    polity, which we believe to be alike in accordance with sacred
-    scripture, and with religious liberty.”
-
-The speeches delivered on this interesting occasion were reported in the
-_Norfolk News_ of April 10, 1847, and the following account of the
-meeting is extracted from its columns:—
-
-    “On Tuesday evening the congregation of Prince’s Street Chapel,
-    Norwich, held a Soirée in St. Andrew’s Hall, for the purpose of
-    celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the ministry of the Rev.
-    John Alexander.  About eight hundred persons of all ranks, and
-    including some of various religious bodies, were present, in
-    testimony of one who has earned in no common degree, the esteem of
-    his fellow citizens.  We may refer to this tea party as an admirable
-    example of the mode in which occasions of public interest may be made
-    the means of stimulating social sympathies, and of promoting that
-    harmony between the wealthy and the poor, which in England has been
-    so long and so unhappily interrupted.  We may refer also to the
-    review of the history of Prince’s Street chapel, and of the church
-    and congregation assembling there, which was read by Mr. Alexander,
-    as a narrative not only full of interest to all who desire the
-    advancement of religion, but full of instruction to all who question
-    the power of the voluntary principle.  Here we have an account of a
-    chapel raised, of a church formed, of a congregation collected to the
-    number of 1000 persons, of missions planted in two neighbouring
-    hamlets, of a large Sunday school established, and of the active and
-    efficient maintenance of all these during thirty years, by a
-    comparatively poor body of persons, at an expense altogether of
-    upwards of twenty-two thousand pounds.  Such a result is no mean
-    proof of the efficacy of willinghood, when called into exercise by
-    the ministry of a faithful and zealous pastor, and exerted by an
-    affectionate and devoted people.”
-
-The history which our esteemed minister read at the meeting, and which is
-now printed from his manuscript, it is hoped will be an interesting and
-useful document, especially to his own church and congregation, because
-it will call to their remembrance “all the way which the Lord their God
-hath led them” these thirty years; and, as a few additional copies will
-be published for the use of the public, it may serve to show to persons
-in general, the principles and working of a congregational church, during
-a long and varied period of its existence.
-
-Some beautiful verses composed for the occasion, are inserted at the
-conclusion of the history.
-
-                                                             JOHN VENNING,
-                                                  Chairman of the Meeting.
-
-
-
-
-THIRTY YEARS’ HISTORY.
-
-
-THIRTY years are an important period in the history of an individual, and
-even in the history of the world; and during the last thirty years, many
-events have occurred, especially in this country, by which society has
-been materially and extensively affected.  Civil and religious liberty
-has been advanced; parliamentary representation has been reformed; Test
-and Corporation Acts have been repealed; Catholics, and Protestants of
-all denominations, have been rendered equally eligible for civil offices,
-and for senatorial seats; slavery, throughout the British Colonies, has
-been abolished; commerce has been brought into fellowship with freedom;
-the power of steam has increased the facilities of manufacturing and of
-travelling a thousand fold; and various institutions, for benevolent and
-religious purposes, have been established in our land.  But, during these
-thirty years, while these remarkable changes and improvements have been
-taking place, a whole generation of human beings, not less in number than
-eight hundred millions, have finished their earthly course, and have
-passed into eternity!
-
-During that important period, it has been my privilege to reside in this
-city, and to exercise my ministry among you the members of my church and
-congregation; and the close of such a period, affords a suitable
-opportunity for presenting you with a brief history of the erection of
-our place of worship, of the formation and advancement of the church, and
-of other circumstances, connected with our spiritual and ecclesiastical
-affairs.
-
-Early in the year 1817, while I was pursuing my studies preparatory to
-the christian ministry, in the college at Hoxton, now removed to
-Highbury, I received an invitation to visit Norwich, and to preach, for a
-few Sabbaths, in the Tabernacle.  This invitation, being sanctioned and
-urged upon me by the Committee of the Institution, I accepted for a
-period of three weeks, and I left London, by the Day Coach, on the
-morning of Good Friday, April 4th, 1817.  It was a cold and comfortless
-journey; the North-east wind blew bitterly; a passenger on the coach
-filled me with anxiety and alarm by his account of the state of things in
-the Tabernacle; and a few miles before we reached the city, we were
-informed that, just as the Packet was starting to Yarmouth that morning,
-the boiler had burst, and eleven of the passengers had been frightfully
-mangled and destroyed.  On arriving at the city, I went, as I had been
-directed, to the Tabernacle house, where Mr. Phillips, the aged minister,
-resided, and where I expected to lodge.  The good old man and all his
-household had gone to bed; and when, after loud and long knocking at the
-door, I awoke him from sleep, and told him my name and my object in
-coming, he replied, “I really don’t know you, Sir,” and instantly shut
-down the window.  This reception, or rather rejection, though afterwards
-in some measure explained and apologized for, was sufficiently
-discouraging; but as it was impossible to return to London that night, I
-determined to sleep at the Inn, and to wait for the disclosures of the
-morrow.  I was then introduced to a few of the people, who received me
-kindly.  The good old minister, too, interested and amused me by his
-lively and picturesque descriptions of his ministerial life; and I began
-to think that perhaps I might remain till the three weeks had expired.
-On the first Sunday evening, I preached a sermon in reference to the
-Steam Packet catastrophe, which had happened on the Friday.  The text was
-Matthew xxiv, 44: “Therefore be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye
-think not, the Son of man cometh.”  The place was crowded.  The Lord
-himself stood by me and strengthened me.  The congregation listened with
-impressive silence and attention.  Many minds seemed to be deeply
-affected; and I left the pulpit that night, thanking God, and taking
-courage.  On the two following Sabbaths, the congregations were equally
-large; and when they were over, I returned to London, partly to pursue my
-studies, and partly to prepare an oration on the subject of Ancient
-Heathenism, which I had been appointed to deliver at the anniversary of
-the college; but, before I left, I promised to return, and to preach
-during the whole of the Midsummer vacation.
-
-My labours at the Tabernacle were resumed on Sunday, July 6th.  During
-this visit, the congregations were very encouraging; and the people were
-so earnest in requesting me not to return to London at the end of the six
-weeks’ vacation, that, after consulting with my tutors, I agreed to
-remain till the legal opinion was given, which would determine whether
-the pulpit and the place of worship were under the control of the church,
-or of the Trustees.  That opinion did not arrive till the fourteenth of
-December.  It was the sabbath day.  On going to the Tabernacle, I was
-informed that the decision was in favour of the Trustees; and as I had
-been invited, not by them, but by the church and congregation, I had
-therefore no legal right to continue to occupy the pulpit.  I had
-prepared two sermons for the day.  The text in the morning was, 2
-Corinthians iii, 18: “We all, with open face, beholding as in a glass the
-glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image, from glory to glory,
-even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”  At the close of the service, I
-informed the congregation of the legal decision which had been given by
-the Barrister to whom the question had been referred, and I gave notice
-that my last sermon in the Tabernacle would be preached in the evening.
-A very large congregation assembled, and much excitement and perplexity
-prevailed.  My text was, Psalm xxx, 5: “Weeping may endure for a night,
-but joy cometh in the morning.”  That text, it was often said afterwards,
-built the new chapel.  The people felt as if the language was prophetic;
-and amidst their night of weeping, they began to look forward to the
-morning joy.  My own mind was, however, rather relieved by a decision
-which seemed to open the way for my retirement from Norwich.  I had
-received the most affectionate kindness from the people; they were
-evidently exceedingly desirous to secure me as their minister; and they
-were willing to make any sacrifices to induce my continuance.  But the
-prospect of having to build a chapel; to re-organize the church; to
-instruct and train up the people in congregational principles; to
-originate Sunday Schools, and other institutions; to control and calm the
-feelings which had been excited by the collision with the Trustees of the
-Tabernacle; and other circumstances, led me to shrink from an undertaking
-for which I felt I was incapable, owing to my youth and inexperience.
-The invitation to become their minister, which was given me, and which
-was signed by four hundred persons, was therefore declined on the second
-of January, 1818; and I took my place in the coach, to return to London,
-on my way to Kidderminster, where I had been requested to supply.  But on
-the day of my departure, a deputation from the people waited on me, and
-pressed upon me the invitation with such affectionate earnestness, and
-with such assurances respecting the building of a new chapel, that I felt
-the appeal to be irresistible, and I promised to lay the whole matter
-before my tutors and friends, and to make it the subject of serious and
-prayerful re-consideration.  The result was, a determination to return;
-and I did return to preach my first sermon in the Lancasterian School, on
-the twenty-fifth of January, 1818.  The text was, “O Lord, I beseech thee
-send now prosperity”—a prayer which, from that time to the present, the
-God of mercy has abundantly answered.  In that school room we worshipped
-twice on the Sunday, and in the French church on the week evenings, for
-nearly two years.  The congregations on the sabbath, and especially in
-the evening, were as large as the place could contain; many “times of
-refreshing” were granted to us from the presence of the Lord; and we
-often said, “This is none other than the house of God, and the gate of
-heaven!”
-
-We were now anxiously occupied in seeking for a suitable piece of ground
-on which to build our chapel; and after long delay, and many
-difficulties, the present site was purchased, and I laid the foundation
-stone, on the 16th of March, 1819.  An address was delivered on the
-occasion, which was afterwards published; and the following inscription
-was engraved on a brass plate, which was laid on the top of the stone, in
-the centre of which were deposited several specimens of current coin:
-“This plate was deposited the sixteenth day of March, one thousand eight
-hundred and nineteen, and in the fifty-ninth year of the reign of George
-the Third, in the foundation stone of a Protestant Dissenting Chapel,
-erected on a piece of freehold ground, in the City of Norwich, and in the
-parishes of St. Michael at Plea and St. Peter Hungate, by the
-congregation attending the ministry of the Rev. John Alexander.”  The
-building was completed in about eight months; and the time drew near for
-us to enter it.  The last sabbath which we spent in the Lancasterian
-school room, was on November the 28th, 1819.  The last text, was the
-prayer which Moses addressed to God, in Exodus xxxiii, 15: “If thy
-presence go not with us carry us not up hence.”  During our meetings
-there, we had enjoyed many tokens of the divine presence; the cloud of
-his glory had blessed and sanctified the place; and the preacher and the
-people unitedly felt, that it would be better to remain in that humble
-dwelling, God being with us, than to enter our new and beautiful chapel,
-unaccompanied with his presence.  On the Wednesday following, December
-1st, 1819, the chapel was opened for divine worship.  The sermon in the
-morning was preached by Dr. Raffles, of Liverpool, and many of us
-remember how our hearts glowed with holy delight when he read his text,
-Exodus, xx, 24: “In all places where I record my name, I will come unto
-thee, and I will bless thee.”  On leaving the School Room, we offered up
-the prayer, “If thy presence go not with us, carry us not up hence;” on
-entering the chapel we received the gracious answer, “I will come unto
-thee, and I will bless thee;” an answer which has been verified from that
-day to the present.  In the evening Dr. Leifchild preached a most
-impressive sermon from Hebrews, xii, 25: “See that ye refuse not him that
-speaketh.”
-
-Having thus entered the chapel, our attention was soon directed to the
-desirableness of forming a church.  After much deliberation and prayer on
-the subject, thirteen persons of good report among us, agreed to unite
-together in christian fellowship, believing each other to be the
-disciples of Christ, and having the sanction of the minister, and of
-various christian brethren.  On the 8th of March, 1820, they held their
-first ecclesiastical meeting in the vestry of the chapel.  The Rev.
-William Hull, of the Old Meeting, Norwich, and the Rev. Alexander Creak,
-of Yarmouth, presided.  After prayer and the reading of the scriptures,
-Mr. Creak described the nature and duties of a christian church; after
-which Mr. William Parkinson, one of the members, read the following
-declaration.
-
-    “Having invited your presence, as ministers of Jesus Christ, to
-    recognize and acknowledge our formation into a christian church, we
-    deem it proper to give you a brief account of those doctrines of
-    religion which we profess to believe and to experience.
-
-    “While we disclaim all regard to doctrines derived merely from the
-    word of man, we find that the religious sentiments we profess, and
-    which we receive as the word of God, correspond with the doctrines
-    commonly called Calvinistic, and that our sentiments respecting
-    church discipline correspond with those which are maintained by the
-    body of Protestant Dissenters commonly called Independents.
-
-    “The doctrines contained in our religious creed, and which we firmly
-    believe to be recorded in the scriptures of truth, comprise the
-    being, perfections, and unity of God; the union of the divine and
-    human natures in the person of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; the
-    personality, deity, and influences of the Holy Spirit; the fall of
-    man, and its awful consequences in the universal depravity of human
-    nature; the atonement made for sinners by the obedience and death of
-    Jesus Christ; the sovereign and gracious election of the people of
-    God to faith, and holiness, and eternal life; their justification by
-    faith in ‘the Lord our righteousness;’ their regeneration and
-    sanctification by the Holy Spirit; their adoption into the family of
-    heaven; their certain perseverance in grace, and final acceptance
-    with God; the resurrection of the body at the last day; and the final
-    judgment of all mankind at the bar of God.
-
-    “We consider a christian church to be a congregation of believers,
-    voluntarily assembling together, and submitting, in all things, to
-    Jesus Christ, their only Lord and Master.  Such a church we desire to
-    become; recognizing a pastor and deacons as our only officers, and
-    asserting our exclusive right to make our own independent choice of a
-    minister, to watch over us in the Lord, and of deacons, to attend to
-    our temporal concerns.
-
-    “The ordinances of the church we consider to be Baptism and the
-    Lord’s Supper.  The former to be administered to unbaptized and
-    believing adults, and also to their infant offspring; and the latter
-    to be administered to those only who profess their faith in Jesus
-    Christ, and are joined in fellowship with his people.
-
-    “Having made this declaration of our faith and practice, in which we
-    all most cordially unite, we confess that, as guilty sinners, our
-    only hope is in the righteousness of Jesus Christ; and having, we
-    trust, first given ourselves to the Lord, we desire now in your
-    presence, and in the presence of Almighty God, to unite together in
-    church fellowship, that we may enjoy the communion of saints, and
-    walk in the ordinances and commandments of the Lord blamelessly.”
-
-This declaration having been read, the ministers present acknowledged the
-persons assembled to be a church of Christ, and gave to them the right
-hand of fellowship; after which, the members shook hands with each other.
-My dismission from the Independent Church in Liverpool, under the
-pastoral care of the Rev. P. S. Charrier, was then read, on which I was
-received into membership with the newly-formed church.  Of the fourteen
-persons who thus composed this infant church, seven are alive and remain
-unto this day: six hundred and sixty-eight persons have since been added
-to them making the whole number six hundred and eighty-two; an increase,
-for which devout gratitude is due to Him by whose gracious power alone
-sinners are constrained first to give themselves to the Lord, and then to
-his people according to his will.
-
-But though a church had thus been formed and recognized by the pastoral
-representatives of other churches, and though I had become united with
-it, my membership did not, of course, constitute me its pastor; but, on
-receiving an invitation from the church to sustain that office among
-them, I at once accepted it, and it was agreed that my ordination should
-take place at the end of May.  The independent ministers in the county,
-and some of those in the neighbouring counties, were invited to attend on
-the occasion, as the representatives of their churches, in order that
-their sanction might be given to our proceedings; and the following
-extract from the Church Book will shew the manner in which the service
-was conducted.
-
-    “The solemn service of Mr. Alexander’s ordination to the pastoral
-    office over the church assembling for divine worship in Prince’s
-    Street Chapel, Norwich, took place on Wednesday morning, May 31,
-    1820, in the following order.
-
-    “The Rev. Isaac Sloper, of Beccles, implored the divine presence and
-    blessing by a suitable prayer, after which he read the third chapter
-    of the first of Timothy.
-
-    “The Rev. Thomas Craig, of Bocking, delivered the introductory
-    discourse, which contained a statement of the reasons of dissent, and
-    of the principles of a christian church.
-
-    “A brief account of the circumstances which led to Mr. Alexander’s
-    residence with the people was then read by Mr. Gurney, one of the
-    members of the church; after which all the members testified, by
-    holding up the right hand, that they had unanimously invited Mr.
-    Alexander to the pastoral office.
-
-    “In reply to questions proposed by Mr. Craig, Mr. Alexander gave an
-    account of his religious experience, and stated his motives for
-    entering the christian ministry; his reasons of dissent from the
-    Established Church; his cordial acceptance of the call of the church;
-    his determination, by the help of divine grace, to approve himself as
-    a minister of Christ; and his belief in the great doctrines of the
-    everlasting gospel.
-
-    “The Rev. George Collison, of Hackney, then offered up a most solemn
-    and impressive ordination prayer, connected with the imposition of
-    hands; after which each of the ministers present gave to Mr.
-    Alexander the right hand of fellowship.
-
-    “The Rev. Peter Samuel Charrier, of Liverpool, Mr. Alexander’s late
-    pastor, addressed to him a very affectionate and appropriate charge,
-    from Acts xx, 24: ‘So that I might finish my course with joy.’
-
-    “The Rev. Edward Hickman, of Denton, very affectionately and suitably
-    addressed the church and congregation, from Philippians i, 27: ‘Only
-    let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ.’
-
-    “The Rev. Richard Fairbrother, of Dereham, read the hymns selected
-    for the occasion; and the Rev. John Dennant, of Halesworth, concluded
-    the service with prayer.
-
-    “The above service was conducted in the presence of a very numerous
-    and attentive congregation, and evidently in the enjoyment of His
-    presence, who says to his ministers, ‘Lo! I am with you always to the
-    end of the world.’  It was indeed a time of refreshing from the
-    presence of the Lord; and never may the minister, and never may the
-    people forget the vows which they then formed, nor lose the
-    impressions which they then received.  May the union, thus solemnly
-    and publicly recognised, continue uninterrupted and unbroken till
-    terminated by the stroke of death; and may the pastor and all the
-    people hereafter meet and dwell together in that holy and happy
-    world, where sin, and death, and sorrow, shall be known no more.”
-
-A church needs however not only a Pastor, as its Bishop, who is to “give
-himself continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word,” but
-Deacons also, to superintend its temporal affairs, and “to serve tables.”
-The church therefore, in the first instance, chose two of its members to
-that office; a number which has been increased again and again, as the
-necessities of the church required.  In addition to the meetings of the
-church for devotional purposes, it has always held a meeting once a month
-for general business, and these meetings have been chiefly occupied in
-the reception of members.  Sometimes, when a member has been going to
-reside in some other town, we have had to grant him a letter of
-commendation and dismission to the church with which he has wished to
-unite, and on which that church has received him.  Sometimes, we have had
-to discuss questions relative to the best mode of proceeding in the
-election of officers, and in the transaction of other business.  And
-sometimes, we have had to investigate charges against character, and
-solemnly to exclude an unworthy member.  And when a church can keep “the
-spirit of the world” from mingling with its proceedings, its very
-discussions, as well as its devotions, are highly beneficial, and
-contribute to the acquisition of “manly piety,” and to the exercise of
-holy wisdom and of brotherly love.  On such occasions, when every brother
-is free to hold, and free to express his own convictions, it is a degree
-of liberty which, though liable to abuse, is one of the invaluable
-privileges of the church of Christ; and when used in his spirit, and in
-accordance with his directions, is one of the sources of its strength and
-security.  Amidst the great variety of proceedings in which, as a church,
-we have had to engage, it has been our mercy “to keep the unity of the
-Spirit in the bond of peace.”  The people have been “kindly affectioned
-one towards another, and towards their pastor, in brotherly love;” so
-that, amidst our many imperfections and infirmities, God has dealt very
-graciously with his servants, and the cloud of his glory has continued to
-rest over our assemblies.  Our church meetings, from the beginning, have
-been seasons of much spiritual enjoyment and edification.  The letters
-which have been read to us, from such candidates for communion as have
-been disposed to write them, and the reports of the faith and experience
-of the various candidates, which have been related to us by the brethren
-who have visited them, have often filled our hearts with gladness and our
-eyes with tears, and have been, beyond all description, edifying and
-animating to our souls.  Hundreds of those letters, still in the
-possession of the pastor, many of them from the hands of beloved young
-persons, and some of them written by hands which have long since “forgot
-their cunning,” are among the richest rewards of pastoral labour, and the
-strongest attestations to the power and excellency of the gospel of
-Christ.
-
-In connection with this abundant degree of peace and prosperity, our
-course has however been attended, externally at least, with difficulty
-and tribulation, and we have had to build the walls of our Zion in
-troublous times.  It was no easy thing for a young and inexperienced
-minister to have the formation and guidance of an infant church committed
-to his care, and at the same time to have to give attention to reading;
-to have to prepare three, and afterwards four sermons every week; besides
-visiting the sick; attending a weekly prayer-meeting; conducting two
-separate Bible classes, which at one time he had in charge; preaching
-occasionally at Thorpe and at Trowse, two village stations in connection
-with the chapel; and attending the committees and public meetings of
-various religious institutions in the city and county.  In the earlier
-periods of these labours, the debt which remained on the chapel began to
-press with most burdensome weight; and those who had advanced the largest
-sums of money, became more than wishful for repayment.  Once, the income
-of the minister was taken for the payment of the interest; but it was
-immediately returned to him, doubled in amount, by an affectionate and
-sympathizing congregation.  One difficulty became, however, the
-forerunner and progenitor of another, as is generally the case when a
-chapel is burdened with an oppressive debt; and at length the state of
-things became so harassing and intolerable, especially to the pastor’s
-mind, that after many struggles and much mental suffering, he wrote a
-letter resigning the pastoral office, and sent it to the church on
-February 4th, 1825.  That letter, though sent, was never opened; for just
-as the church assembled, an arrangement was completed by which the burden
-of debt was diminished, and by which some persons, whose pecuniary claims
-had been urgently pressed, were satisfied.  Thus our extremity became
-God’s opportunity; and the minister and the people, instead of being
-separated, became, through mutual suffering, still more closely and
-affectionately united.
-
-As the congregation had become pledged to raise between eight and nine
-hundred pounds in five years, to effect the proposed liquidation of the
-debt, every hand became engaged in the work, and great labour and
-liberality were manifested.  But our troubles were not yet terminated.
-At the end of two years, out of the five, it was discovered that the roof
-of the chapel, which had been constructed on a false principle, was
-giving way, and that it, together with the upper part of the walls, must
-be taken down.  The expence of doing this would be full three hundred
-pounds; we had yet to raise more than that sum towards the debt; how was
-it possible to do both? especially as the congregation must, for some
-time at least, leave the chapel, and perhaps be irrecoverably dispersed;
-for it was now the beginning of winter, and four or five months must
-elapse, before the place could be repaired, and rendered fit for our
-return.  We were perplexed, and almost in despair.  But again, by God’s
-great mercy, our light rose in obscurity, and the night of weeping was
-followed by the morning joy.  The Lancasterian School, the Old Meeting
-House, and the French Church, were kindly granted to us, for our Sunday
-and our week-day worship; the congregation, instead of sinking into
-despondency, was roused to exertions the most zealous and liberal; our
-Christian friends in the Old Meeting, and in St. Mary’s Chapel—Baptists
-as well as Independents, affectionately sympathised with our
-circumstances; and in the course of a few days presented to us the noble
-sum of upwards of a hundred guineas; the walls were re-built; a new and
-substantial roof was raised; and we returned to the place on the 16th of
-March, 1828, with as large a congregation as we had when we left it, and
-which from that time continued to increase till every seat was occupied!
-Then too, the God of all grace began to enrich us with a greater increase
-of spiritual prosperity.  Many sinners were converted; the church was
-enlarged, and confirmed, and edified; our Sunday Schools were
-invigorated; our interest in the place, and in each other, was
-strengthened; and God himself seemed again to repeat his gracious
-promise, “I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.”
-
-Since that period we have made several alterations and improvements in
-our place of worship; and on one of these occasions, in 1842, we
-worshipped in the Dutch Church for the space of two months.  Our own
-service was in the morning and evening; and the service of the Church of
-England, conducted by the clergyman of the place, was in the afternoon.
-On one of the afternoons, the service was conducted by the venerable and
-excellent Bishop of the Diocese, who preached from the same pulpit that
-had been occupied in the morning by the Dissenting minister; and during
-our stay there, we had sermons from ministers belonging to almost every
-evangelical denomination of the Christian church.  In our own place of
-worship too, it has often been our privilege to contribute, in some
-degree, to the general communion of saints; especially at the Lord’s
-table, the first place at which Christians should meet, and the last at
-which they should separate.  There we have been joined by Episcopalians,
-Presbyterians, Baptists, and Methodists, who have eaten with us of the
-same bread, and who have drank of the same cup, in devout remembrance of
-Him, who purchased the church with his precious blood.
-
-One of the objects to which we directed our attention, soon after the
-opening of the chapel, was the formation of a _Sunday School_.  Several
-young persons, of piety and zeal, offered themselves as teachers, some of
-whom continue to the present day, honourably and usefully employed in the
-beneficial work.  We began in July 1820, with eighty-one scholars.  The
-pastor advised the teachers to form the committee out of their own body;
-to have no more rules for the regulation of the school than circumstances
-rendered necessary; to conduct all their affairs religiously; and to
-apply to their minister, whenever they needed help or encouragement.
-This undertaking, which has been pursued with unabating ardour and vigour
-to the present day, has been abundantly prospered by the divine blessing.
-Not less than three thousand children have, from time to time, received
-from it some degree or other of religious instruction.  Many of these
-children have become teachers; some of them have died in the Lord; and at
-our Sunday School anniversaries, we have listened to many affecting and
-spirit-stirring details of the resignation and the joyful hope, which
-they have expressed in the prospect of death and heaven.  The school too,
-has been a fruitful nursery for the church.  For many years past, we have
-seldom had a church meeting without receiving some one as a member, whose
-religious impressions were either derived or deepened from his education,
-or from his employment, in the school.  At this time, in addition to
-twenty-three youths in the monitorial class, preparing to become
-teachers, there are no less than a hundred and twenty, chiefly young
-persons, belonging to the church and congregation, who are actually
-engaged as Sunday School Teachers in Prince’s Street, and in our other
-schools; and though, during nearly the last thirty years, they and their
-predecessors have conducted the general business of the schools entirely
-by themselves, yet they have co-operated steadily and cordially; no root
-of bitterness has sprung up to trouble them; and, by the grace of God,
-they still continue to feel and to manifest “how good and how pleasant it
-is, for brethren to dwell together in unity.”  Such an institution, it
-will easily be perceived, must have afforded great help to the interests
-of religion in the congregation, and great encouragement to the pastor.
-It has indeed often been his solace in adversity, and one of his chief
-joys in prosperity; and his heart is glad of the opportunity, which this
-festival affords, to acknowledge the large circle of Sunday School
-Teachers, by whom he is surrounded, as his fellow labourers in Christ,
-and as the joy and crown of his ministry.
-
-Our Sunday School operations however, have not been confined to the
-chapel in Prince’s street.  We have supplied Teachers to the school in
-_Pockthorpe_, two of whom were mainly instrumental in raising money for
-the erection of the present spacious building, which is used for an
-Infant School during the week, as well as for a Sunday School; and we
-have also supplied Teachers to the school in _Stepping Lane_, and to some
-others, while we have entirely supported the schools and the chapels in
-the villages of Thorpe and Trowse.  Mr. Alexander began to preach in a
-Room at _Thorpe_ in the year 1819, which, several years afterwards, began
-to be supplied by some of the members of his church.  The attendance
-there became at length so numerous and encouraging, that it was
-determined to build a chapel; and after encountering many discouraging
-difficulties, a suitable piece of ground was obtained; and the present
-building was erected, at a cost, including the ground of £450, towards
-which one liberal friend contributed £100.  The chapel was opened for
-divine worship in 1839, and the Sunday School was formed in the same
-year.  Four religious services are conducted in the chapel weekly, by
-members of our church; about eighty children are instructed in the Sunday
-School; and there is a Vestry Library for the use of the congregation.
-The Sunday School at _Trowse_ was established as early as 1821, and about
-seven years afterwards, we began to preach the gospel there; but we did
-not occupy the present chapel till 1830.  There is religious service in
-it four times every week; a Sunday School containing a hundred and fifty
-children; and a circulating Library for the use of the village.  We hope
-soon to be enabled to erect another chapel there in a better situation,
-which may also be used for both Day and Sunday Schools.  During the last
-eight years, Mr. Barnsdale, who from the beginning has devotedly laboured
-for the welfare of Trowse, has been employed by us as a Missionary in the
-two villages of Trowse and Thorpe, on the plan of the City Mission; and
-the Reports which he has read at our quarterly meetings, have made us
-acquainted, not only with the peculiar difficulties which the gospel has
-to contend with in villages situated near a large city, but also with
-many blessed triumphs which that gospel has gained over human depravity,
-in the regeneration and salvation of the souls of men.
-
-Our thirty years have therefore been spent, not only in overcoming our
-own difficulties, and in establishing and increasing ourselves, but also
-in endeavouring to extend the knowledge and influence of the gospel in
-the regions beyond.  This indeed is the combined duty of every religious
-society.  The church was instituted by its divine Lord, not only for
-preserving and professing the truths of the gospel, but also for
-propagating them.  This, you know, has always been urged upon you from
-the pulpit as a solemn duty, and though you have perhaps sometimes felt
-as if you had been urged too much; and though your pastor has sometimes
-been kindly warned that his own resources would be diminished, if he so
-earnestly pleaded for foreign objects; yet, I trust, many of you have
-found that the money you have given, and especially the personal efforts
-you have put forth, for the spread of the gospel, have not been in vain
-in the Lord, but have been spiritually advantageous to yourselves, as
-well as to others.  As one consequence of these appeals and urgings, your
-pastor has always been associated with many fellow-labourers in the work
-of the Lord, who have been distributors of tracts, collectors for public
-Institutions, christian Instruction Agents, Sunday School Teachers,
-conductors of prayer meetings, and preachers of the gospel in the
-neighbouring villages.  And by so doing, you have been the means of
-converting sinners from the error of their way, and of saving their souls
-from death; your personal piety and the prosperity of the church has been
-advanced; your pastor’s heart has been strengthened and comforted; and
-the name of Christ has been glorified.  May the Lord of the harvest never
-fail to supply us with such labourers, and may all succeeding pastors and
-members of the church, be constrained, by the love of Christ, “to live
-not to themselves, but to Him who died for them and rose again.”
-
-Several other Institutions, which it is needful or desirable should be
-formed in connection with a church of Christ, exist among us; some of
-which are more particularly for the use of our own congregation, and
-others for the general interests of humanity and religion.  The Society
-for the relief of our _sick and aged poor_, was instituted in 1821, and
-has all along been most economically and efficiently conducted by a
-committee of ladies, who meet for business once a month, and who visit
-and relieve the needy and afflicted objects.  They have thus distributed
-full £330.  The _Provident Society_ was instituted in 1835, and affords
-an opportunity for any person in the congregation, or for any child in
-the Sunday School, to secure a sum of money weekly during sickness, and a
-pension for old age, by paying a proportionate monthly subscription
-during health.  It has received from these payments about £200.  The
-_Vestry Libraries_, connected with the chapel in Prince’s Street, contain
-nearly a thousand well-selected volumes on various subjects, but
-especially on religious subjects; to which any persons in the
-congregation have access, on subscribing a shilling a quarter, and to
-which the Sunday School Teachers and children have access gratuitously.
-Our _Christian Instruction Society_, was formed for the purpose of paying
-religious visits, and for distributing tracts, in several districts,
-chiefly in the neighbourhood of the chapel; and though the subsequent
-institution of the City Mission has, in some measure, superseded its
-labours, there are now about fifteen agents connected with it, and it
-occupies a room in King-street for religious worship on the Sabbath.  We
-have also auxiliaries and associations formed among us on behalf of the
-_London Missionary Society_, for sending the gospel to the heathen; on
-behalf of _British Missions_, embracing the Home Missionary Society, the
-Irish Evangelical Society, and the Colonial Missionary Society; on behalf
-of the _County Association_ for the spread of the gospel in Norfolk; and
-on behalf of the _Norwich City Mission_; besides granting collections and
-subscriptions to various other religious institutions, formed for
-promoting the spiritual welfare of our fellow countrymen, and of mankind
-at large.
-
-The amount of money required for these various purposes and for the
-support of the ministry, has of course not been small.  A careful effort
-has been made, to obtain a full and correct account; but it has been
-found impossible to ascertain all the items.  Since the chapel was
-opened, many public collections have been made, of which there is no
-record, and which are now entirely forgotten.  The following account may
-be considered correct as far as it goes, and at the end of it something
-may be added for omissions.
-
-               _Expences connected with the Building_.
-                                                     £      s.      d.
-Cost of ground, building, frontage, and           4834       8       8
-walls, 1819–1820
-New roof and connected expences, deducting         200       0       0
-£100 given by other congregations
-Enclosing the chapel inside, and improving          91      17       9
-the free seats, &c., 1832
-Children’s gallery, singing pew, 1839              178       0       5
-Replastering ceiling and walls, 1842               176      11       9
-Quarterly subscriptions paid by the seat          8797      14       3
-holders, from 1818 to 1846
-              _Institutions connected with the Chapel_.
-Sunday School collections, from 1821 to            533      11       3
-1846
-Collected at Christmas, in several years,          100       0       0
-for clothing poor Sunday School children
-Received and distributed by the Sick and           330      11       0
-Aged Poor Society
-Collected at Christmas, in several years,          153       2       0
-for the poor
-Collected at the Lord’s Supper, for                888       9       8
-expenses, and for the poor
-Purses presented to the minister                   150       0       0
-Purchase, in part, of library books                 70       0       0
-The Provident Society                              192      12       1
-                         _Thorpe and Trowse_.
-Towards the building of Thorpe chapel              250       0       0
-Rent of Trowse chapel, 1830 to 1846                196       0       0
-Thorpe and Trowse mission, from 1839               348       4       4
-                            _For Norwich_.
-Towards the erection of the school at              150       0       0
-Pockthorpe
-Towards the support of Pockthorpe Sunday            50      10       0
-Schools, for 18 years
-Towards the erection of the Peafield               140       0       0
-Schools
-The Christian Instruction Society                   10       0       0
-The City Mission                                   450       0       0
-The Norwich and Norfolk Hospital                    25       2       6
-                            _For Norfolk_.
-The Norfolk Association for the spread of          432      18       2
-the Gospel in the county, from 1821
-Towards various chapels in the county, &c.         187       4       0
-                         _For Great Britain_.
-Irish Evangelical Society and Irish                 50       0       0
-Congregational Union
-British Missions                                    68      15       0
-British Society for the Jews                        22       5       8
-Scotch Free Church                                  21       0       0
-Nonconformist Colleges for education of             75       8       0
-Ministers
-Collection for the distressed Irish                166       3       6
-                         _Foreign Missions_.
-London Missionary Society, including sums         2381      17       3
-for Baptist Missions, Moravians, and Irish,
-from 1820
-Tract Society                                      478      11       1
-
-The total amount of all these sums is £22,200 18s. 4d.; and we may safely
-add at least £300 for subscriptions and collections which cannot be
-remembered; so that, in about twenty-nine years, there has been
-collected, for various purposes, the large sum of £22,500.
-
-All this money, it must be remembered, has come from a congregation,
-which though numerous, has not been rich; and it has been contributed by
-them, not as a compulsory tax, but in addition to the compulsory taxes
-which they have been compelled to pay towards the Church Establishment
-from which they have conscientiously dissented.  We have, therefore, “not
-robbed other churches” for the support of our own; but all our
-contributions have been given on the voluntary principle, and as a
-freewill offering, which in many cases have, no doubt, been given as unto
-the Lord, and not unto men.  It has indeed been contributed by a people
-who have often been taught the duty and importance of giving both money
-and personal efforts to the cause of Christ, as a testimony of allegiance
-to their Lord and Master, and as a means of personal prosperity and
-usefulness.  And let any people, under the influence of religion, which
-is the true voluntary principle, be suitably appealed to by their
-minister for pecuniary help, on behalf of institutions for the spread of
-the gospel, and he will be far from injuring either them or himself.
-They will become better and happier by helping others, and he and his
-family will be the better and the happier too—at least such is the
-testimony which the pastor of Prince’s Street can bear, relative to
-himself, and to his liberal congregation.
-
-Such, brethren, is our eventful and varied history, as a church and
-congregation, during the last thirty years—a history which, on the
-review, most impressively reminds your pastor of many imperfections and
-infirmities, which have been connected with him as a man, a christian,
-and a minister; and on account of which he finds it needful every day to
-humble himself before God, and to say, “Enter not into judgment with thy
-servant, O Lord;” and yet a history which, even so far as he is
-concerned, has afforded many remarkable manifestations of divine love and
-mercy.  He had, for many years, an abundant degree of bodily health,
-which enabled him to do the work of the Lord laboriously and happily; he
-has had a large share of domestic comfort and privilege, and now is
-surrounded by a beloved family, most of whom are his spiritual as well as
-his natural relatives, and some of whom are gone to be for ever with the
-Lord; he has been privileged with a large degree of public friendship and
-approbation, and has many beloved and esteemed friends in surrounding
-churches, some of whom are of other denominations, and some of whom are
-the fruits of his ministry; he has, above all these things, been
-abundantly honoured and blessed by the Great Head of the church, in
-promoting the conversion of sinners, and the peace and union of the
-church, in whose affectionate confidence it has been his privilege to
-live; and though latterly health has occasionally failed, and now and
-then he has been admonished that his master will soon require his
-services in another world, yet, thanks be to God, for that degree of
-vigour and buoyancy which yet remains, and which he is more desirous than
-ever should be consecrated to your spiritual welfare; and, thanks be to
-God, for that good and joyful hope which he cherishes, that when his
-earthly labours are concluded, he shall be gathered to the fellowship of
-the redeemed and the Redeemer, in the many mansions of his Father’s
-house.
-
-But, beloved brethren, the history of the last thirty years affords many
-subjects for grateful and humbling review to yourselves, as well as to
-your pastor.  You have erected a noble chapel, which will be, I trust,
-during future years, as it has been during the past, the spiritual
-birthplace of immortal souls; you have had a Christian church formed
-among you, in which “one is your Master, even Christ, and all ye are
-brethren,” and which, through the power and grace of the Holy Spirit, has
-increased, from fourteen, to nearly seven hundred members; you have
-enjoyed, amidst the services of the sanctuary, many a time of sweet and
-heavenly refreshing; you have, in connection with your own place of
-worship, many valuable institutions, conducted by zealous and laborious
-individuals, and which are the salt and savour of the church; you have
-two very important and interesting village stations under your care, in
-one of which you have built a chapel, and in both of which you support a
-worthy missionary, preach the gospel, and teach Sunday Schools; you have
-cheerfully and sufficiently supported your own minister; you have paid
-your own congregational expences; and you have contributed to various
-religious objects and institutions the noble sum of twenty-two thousand
-five hundred pounds; and now, at the close of the first thirty years of
-your ecclesiastical history, you have assembled together, to review the
-past with humble gratitude to God; to testify your unabated attachment to
-the pastor of your voluntary choice; and to enter upon another thirty
-years, which, as they roll along, will bear away many of you, and me
-also, into the eternal world.  “LET THY WORK, O LORD, APPEAR UNTO THY
-SERVANTS, AND THY GLORY UNTO THEIR CHILDREN.  AND LET THE BEAUTY OF THE
-LORD OUR GOD BE UPON US; AND ESTABLISH THOU THE WORK OF OUR HANDS UPON
-US; YEA, THE WORK OF OUR HANDS ESTABLISH THOU IT.”
-
-
-
-
-THE GOOD PASTOR.
-
-
-   THIRTY years have rolled away,
-   Since that holy, happy day,
-   When amongst us first he came,
-   In his Master’s cause and name,
-   Hearts to gladden—souls to win
-   From the power of death and sin.
-
-   Thirty years their dews have shed
-   On his loved and honoured head,
-   Since, in all the glow of youth,
-   Champion of celestial truth,
-   He his hallowed task began,
-   Holiest work of fallen man.
-
-   Since that holy, happy day,
-   Many a soul hath passed away—
-   Many a soul that listened long,
-   To the pleadings, soft, yet strong,
-   From his kindled lips that fell,
-   For the Lord he loved so well.
-
-   Since that holy, happy day,
-   Who amongst us all can say—
-   Say how many hearts have felt
-   Stubborn pride within them melt,
-   As, with tenderness and love,
-   In the Saviour’s cause he strove?
-
-   Who shall say how many a mind,
-   Erewhile erring, weak, and blind,
-   Hath, beneath his guiding hand,
-   Sought and found “the better land,”—
-   Seen its darkness flee away
-   In the blaze of gospel-day?
-
-   This we know and this we feel:—
-   Something of his quiet zeal;
-   Something of his holy love,
-   (Likest that which blooms above)
-   Ever quick to soothe and bless
-   With its tones of tenderness;
-
-   Something too we all have known
-   Of that wisdom—all his own,
-   Wherewith in our darkest day
-   He can guide us on our way;
-   Something of his genial heart,
-   Wherein all the world hath part.
-
-   Spare him Lord! and spare him long!
-   In thy strength may he be strong.
-   Spare him still to lead us on
-   To the fight that must be won.
-   But as thou wilt one day, Lord!
-   Take him to his high reward,
-   Unto us and him be given,
-   One eternal home in heaven!
-
-                                                                     R. B.
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