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Joseph Kinghorn - preached in St. Mary's Meeting-house, Norwich, on Sunday afternoon, September 9th, 1832 - - -Author: John Alexander - - - -Release Date: September 27, 2020 [eBook #63323] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - - -***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A FUNERAL SERMON FOR THE REV. -JOSEPH KINGHORN*** - - -Transcribed from the 1832 Wilkin and Fletcher edition by David Price. - - _The Mourning Congregation reminded of the Work of their_ - _Deceased Minister_. - - * * * * * - - - - - - A Funeral Sermon - FOR - THE REV. JOSEPH KINGHORN, - - - PREACHED IN - - ST. MARY’S MEETING-HOUSE, NORWICH, - - ON - - SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 1832. - - BY JOHN ALEXANDER. - - * * * * * - - * * * * * - - “THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED.” - - * * * * * - - * * * * * - - NORWICH: - PUBLISHED BY WILKIN AND FLETCHER, UPPER HAYMARKET; AND - BY SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, AND G. WIGHTMAN, LONDON. - MDCCCXXXII. - - * * * * * - - TO THE BEREAVED AND MOURNING CHURCH - AND CONGREGATION WORSHIPPING IN ST. MARY’S MEETING-HOUSE, NORWICH, - THE FOLLOWING SERMON IS MOST AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY - - THE AUTHOR. - - - - -SERMON - - - II Peter, chap, i, verses 12–15. - - “WHEREFORE I WILL NOT BE NEGLIGENT TO PUT YOU ALWAYS IN REMEMBRANCE - OF THESE THINGS, THOUGH YE KNOW THEM AND BE ESTABLISHED IN THE - PRESENT TRUTH. YEA, I THINK IT MEET, AS LONG AS I AM IN THIS - TABERNACLE, TO STIR YOU UP BY PUTTING YOU IN REMEMBRANCE; KNOWING - THAT SHORTLY I MUST PUT OFF THIS MY TABERNACLE, EVEN AS OUR LORD - JESUS CHRIST HATH SHEWED ME. MOREOVER, I WILL ENDEAVOUR THAT YE MAY - BE ABLE, AFTER MY DECEASE, TO HAVE THESE THINGS ALWAYS IN - REMEMBRANCE.” - -THESE words, my brethren, are impressively suitable to the present -solemnity; especially when you consider that, if the life and health of -your beloved pastor had been prolonged till to-day, he would probably -have made them the subject of his own discourse. Having been engaged, -for some time past, in preaching a course of sermons on some of the -Epistles, he had proceeded in his expositions as far as the eighth verse -of this chapter; and, by this time, perhaps, he would have addressed you -on the following verses, including those of our text. He would, in that -case, have enforced upon you the duty “to give diligence to make your -calling and election sure;” and he would have encouraged you to do so by -the promise, that “if ye do these things ye shall never fall; for so an -entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting -kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” But whatever intentions -or expectations he might have formed respecting future sermons, they have -all been frustrated by the stroke of death. Instead of urging upon you -the performance of this duty by his living voice, he now admonishes you -from the grave. Instead of animating your minds by this “exceeding great -and precious promise,” he now enjoys the fulfilment of it himself, in all -its richness and perpetuity; and instead of attempting, with mortal lips, -to describe to you the glories of that “everlasting kingdom,” he has had -ministered unto himself “an abundant entrance” into its celestial -palaces, where all the inhabitants are made “kings and priests unto God.” - -The duty and the promise, to which I have referred, are immediately -followed by the words of our text, which, on this occasion, we may, -without impropriety, adopt as his own language. They were indeed -practically the language of his life and ministry; and on this, or on -some early sabbath, had his life been spared, they would have been made -the subject of his discourse to you in this place of worship. They were -evidently the motto which he adopted at the commencement of his ministry; -and during the whole course of his labours among you, it was his -endeavour that the doctrines which he preached might be retained in your -remembrance, not only during his lifetime, but also after his decease. -And often has he said to you, verbally in his discourses, and virtually -by the conduct which he pursued in his life and ministry, “I will not be -negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye -know them and be established in the present truth. Yea, I think it meet, -as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in -remembrance; knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even -as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. Moreover, I will endeavour that -ye may be able, after my decease, to have these things always in -remembrance.” His own remarks on this passage would probably have -included the language of _determination_ and _anticipation_; ours alas! -must include principally the language of _reflection_ and _remembrance_. -Let us therefore consider the work in which he was engaged, the decease -by which it has been terminated, and the remembrance of it which it now -becomes you to cherish. Let us consider, - -I. THE WORK IN WHICH, AS A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, HE WAS ENGAGED DURING -HIS LIFE. - -The work of a minister of the gospel, as intimated by the apostle, is to -remind his hearers of the various and important truths which the gospel -of Christ contains; for he determines to put them “always in remembrance -of these things,” and “to stir them up by putting them in remembrance.” - -The “THINGS” to which the apostle here refers are evidently the various -doctrines, and exhortations, and blessings, which he has recorded in the -preceding parts of this chapter; and which, in the third verse, are -emphatically called “_all things that pertain unto life and godliness_.” -They are the “grace and peace,” which is multiplied to all the partakers -of “precious faith”—the “promises,” which are “exceeding great and -precious”—the influences by which we become “partakers of the divine -nature”—the Christian graces, which include “faith, virtue, knowledge, -temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity”—the -admonitions by which we are warned lest we lack any of these things, and -exhorted to give all diligence to secure them—and the motives and -prospects which are presented to us, full of constraining and inspiring -energy, “for if ye do these things ye shall never fall; for so an -entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting -kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” - -Such, my brethren, is the beautiful and comprehensive view, which the -apostle gives us, of the doctrines, and promises, and influences of the -gospel of Christ, and such is the evidence which he affords that it -contains “all things which pertain unto life and godliness, through the -knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue,” and by whose -precious blood and efficacious grace we are redeemed, and sanctified, and -saved. To make these things known, for the conversion and salvation of -the guilty and depraved, is the great work of the Christian _preacher_, -to whom is committed the word of reconciliation, and who beseeches men to -be reconciled to God. And to “stir up” the minds of those who know these -things already, and are established in the present truth, in order that -they may have them always in remembrance, is the peculiar work of the -Christian _pastor_, whose office it is “to feed the church of God which -he has purchased with his own blood.” - -In the verses before us, the apostle directs our attention, however, more -particularly to _the manner_ in which, as a minister of the gospel, he -endeavoured to discharge this work; and the several statements which he -has made are so strikingly descriptive of the ministerial labours of your -own pastor and teacher, that I proceed at once to connect them with the -work in which he was engaged. - -In the first place, he endeavoured to discharge his work DILIGENTLY. “I -will not be negligent,” says the apostle—and the man who undertakes to -watch for the souls of others, and yet neglects them, is of all men the -most criminal in his conduct now, and will be of all men the most -miserable in his condition hereafter, when their blood is required at his -hand. How mercifully clear from this awful charge is the character and -conduct of your lamented pastor. “I will not be negligent,” was his -motto and his determination every day of his life. It is true that he -was endowed with intellectual capacities of a superior order, which -enabled him, with considerable facility, to acquire languages and to -collect stores of general knowledge; but he was always endeavouring to -accumulate and improve; and, distinguished as he was by natural talents, -he was equally distinguished by his aversion to negligence, and by his -laborious and conscientious diligence. His habits, in this respect, had -become so matured and confirmed, that he was as diligent in the fortieth -year of his ministry, as he was in the first; and was pursuing, with all -his heart, his inquiries into the great subjects connected with the -gospel ministry, till he was smitten by the stroke of death. “In common -life,” says he, in one of his printed sermons, “we consider it a shame to -a man not to understand his business, and surely it is a shame to a man, -who appears as a minister of Christ, not to be well versed in that -knowledge which is intimately connected with the whole of his ministerial -labour.” Influenced by these considerations, _as a Christian_ he “gave -diligence to make his calling and election sure;” living by faith on the -Son of God, adding to his faith every Christian grace, wrestling with God -in prayer, and crucifying the flesh with its affections and lusts, lest, -having professed and preached the gospel to others, he himself should be -cast away. _As a student_, he meditated on these things, and gave -himself wholly to them; daily searching the Scriptures in their original -languages, and always having before him some object of inquiry and -pursuit, which he investigated with a degree of devotedness and curiosity -which remained as diligent and as prying in his age, as it had ever been -in his youth. And, _as a minister_, he was diligent to know the state of -his flock, and in making such studious preparations for the pulpit as -enabled him always to feed you with knowledge and understanding. It was -this diligence, which gave to all his social conversations, and -especially to all his public discourses, a peculiarly instructive -character; so that you might “know these things, and become established -in the present truth.” You, my beloved friends, have not been accustomed -to receive from your minister that which cost him nothing to procure. -His sermons on the Lord’s day, were not the extemporaneous effusions of -the moment, nor the hasty accumulations of the Saturday evening, which -when delivered were “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” They -were fraught with instruction, because they had been previously prepared -with diligence and prayer: and you have listened to many of his -expositions on the epistles, and to many of his courses of sermons on -particular subjects, which shewed that he was “a scribe well instructed -in the kingdom of heaven, who brought forth from his treasure things new -and old.” These discourses had been previously written with great -neatness and care, most of them too at considerable length: and he once -acknowledged to a friend that, to the constant practice of writing his -sermons, he owed what degree of accuracy they might possess when -delivered. And it was this diligence that doubled his life: for if life -is to be measured, not merely by years, but by labours and acquirements, -it will appear that he lived twice the sixty-six years of some persons, -and thereby enjoyed the fulfilment of the promise, “it shall be well with -thee, and thou shalt live long upon the earth.” - -Secondly, he endeavoured to discharge his work IMPRESSIVELY. The apostle -says that he repeated the things which pertained to life and godliness, -in order to “stir up” the minds of those whom he addressed, and thus to -excite and to persuade them to cherish every christian grace, and to -perform every christian duty. It is of essential importance that the -doctrines which a minister addresses to his hearers, should be “the truth -as it is in Jesus”—the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. -But even truth itself may be presented to the mind in such a way as make -no “stir” in its energies or emotions. The matter may be good, but the -manner may be so destitute of spirit and life, as to render every sermon -an illustration of the scripture maxim, “the body without the spirit is -dead, being alone.” This, you are aware, my brethren, was not the -character of Mr. Kinghorn’s preaching. It was deeply impressive. It was -full of “thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.” It exhibited all -the force of his intellect, combined with all the fervour of his heart, -so that every sermon which he preached resembled “the sea of glass which -was mingled with fire.” The impressive and spirit-stirring influence -which his preaching was calculated to produce, may however be traced to a -variety of circumstances. For instance, he endeavoured to stir up your -minds, _by the plain and practical character of his discourses_. Persons -who live at a distance, and who judge of Mr. Kinghorn merely by his -literary fame, or by his controversial writings, may perhaps suppose that -his sermons were learned disquisitions and doubtful disputations. This -was by no means the case—and though he could appear, and on suitable -occasions did appear, as the profound scholar, and the skilful -reasoner,—yet, however he may be estimated elsewhere, by those who knew -him not, those who have been accustomed to associate with him in this -city, and to sit under his ministry, knew him as the plain and practical -preacher of the gospel, whose dress, and domestic economy, and manners in -the parlour and in the pulpit, were simple and unostentatious, and whose -one object it was to win souls to Jesus Christ. “It is the duty of the -Christian minister,” and I am quoting his own words, “to exert himself, -as far as he is able, that what he says may be intelligible and plain; -and that, from the manner in which he delivers it, it may be impressive.” -{9} He endeavoured to stir up your minds also, _by the point and force -with which he directed his appeals to your consciences and hearts_; so -that he met you at every turn, he compassed your path at every step, he -pursued you into every avenue, and it seemed impossible to escape from -his close and searching admonitions. His object was, not to polish his -style so as to gain your admiration and applause, (he had no taste for -that), but to point every sentence till it became like a two-edged sword, -quick and powerful, which pierced to the dividing asunder of soul and -body, and discerned the very thoughts and intents of your hearts. He -endeavoured also to stir up your minds, _by the earnestness and -impressiveness of his manner_. Though he was with you during a longer -time than Moses was with the Israelites in the wilderness, yet “his eye -was not dim, nor was his natural force abated.” He retained even to old -age, much of the vigour and vivacity of his youth; and those who have had -the opportunity of comparing together the earlier and the later periods -of his ministry, are of opinion that the sermons of the last few years -were more earnestly and impressively delivered, even than those which -preceded. He no doubt felt increasingly the value of the gospel, as a -source of holiness and happiness on earth, and as revealing and bestowing -a life of eternal blessedness in heaven; and therefore, in proclaiming -that gospel to you, he became increasingly earnest and fervent both in -his feelings and in his manner. His heart was anointed with a holy -unction which diffused its fragrance over all his feelings and his words, -and his eyes often became “fountains of tears” when he spoke of the hopes -which the gospel inspires, and when he told the enemies of the cross that -their end was destruction. And when, on such occasions, his voice broke, -(and it sometimes did with tremulous impressiveness,) a burst of holy -eloquence was sure to follow, which thrilled, and subdued, and -overwhelmed. But we must not omit to notice, that he endeavoured to stir -up your minds, _by the simplicity and piety of his life_. And without -this, his talents, his literature, and his eloquence, would have been of -but little avail, for all his public labours would have been neutralized -by his practical inconsistencies. But we all knew him and venerated him -as a man of God. The doctrines which he preached in the pulpit were -written in his life; and he was not only a preacher of Christ to his own -congregation, but also “an epistle of Christ known and read of all men.” -In the course of his religious experience, he had indeed passed through -paths of darkness, and had contended with doubts and difficulties, such -as but few Christians are called to endure. But, through the mercy of -God, they served ultimately only to strengthen his faith and to confirm -his hope—they gave him “the tongue of the learned, so that he knew how to -speak a word in season to him that was weary”—and they chastened and -humbled his mind under a deep conviction of human ignorance and -imperfection, and of the necessity and value of that grace without which -we are nothing, and can do nothing. Under the influence of that -all-sufficient grace, his own character was formed and his own mind was -excited, so that he was enabled to stir you up by his holy example, as -well as by the simplicity, and point, and impressiveness of his -preaching, that you might have these things always in your remembrance. - -Thirdly, He endeavoured to discharge his work PERSEVERINGLY. The apostle -determined to put them “_always_ in remembrance of these things”—he -thought it meet to stir up their minds _as long as he was in this -tabernacle_,—“yea!” says he, “I will endeavour that ye may be able, after -my decease, to have these things always in remembrance.” And this part -of the apostle’s language is equally descriptive as the former of the -determination and the conduct of our departed friend. Though his mind -was highly speculative, though his curiosity was as young and prying at -sixty as at twenty, and though, “through desire, he sought and -intermeddled with all wisdom,” yet how steady, and straight forward, and -persevering, was the course which he pursued. Whilst many by whom he was -surrounded have diverged, some to the right hand, and others to the left, -he kept on the even tenor of his way—professing neither to be a dreamer -nor an interpreter of dreams, neither a prophet nor a prophet’s son, but -a disciple and a minister of Jesus Christ, whose duty it was to give -himself wholly to the great things of the gospel, and to endeavour to -pluck sinners as brands from the burning. - -This, my brethren, is not to be considered as a full delineation of your -beloved pastor’s general character. I have not attempted that, but -merely to give you a brief sketch of the work in which he was engaged, -and of the manner in which he endeavoured to discharge it. Still it may -be sufficient to remind you of the _diligence_, the _impressiveness_, and -the _perseverance_ by which you knew him to be distinguished, and of your -obligations to that power and grace which endowed him with these mental -and moral qualities, and which induced and enabled him to consecrate them -all to your service in the gospel of Jesus Christ. He was from first to -last, a sinner saved by grace. It was Christ alone who inspired his -intellect, and formed his character, and redeemed his soul—and I honour -the servant for the sake of the Master who made him what he was. For if -such was the character of the minister, what must be the character of the -Master! If such was the workmanship, what must be the skill and power of -the architect himself! “Not unto us, O Lord, but unto thy name be the -glory for what thy servants are. They have no glory in this respect by -reason of the glory that excelleth in thee—for of thee, and through thee, -and to thee are all things, and unto thee be glory for ever.” - -Having thus considered the work in which, as a minister of the gospel, he -was engaged during his life, let us now proceed to the second part of our -subject, and consider, - -II. THE DECEASE BY WHICH HIS WORK HAS BEEN TERMINATED. - -The apostle Peter, whilst engaged in his labours, and whilst declaring -the manner in which he would endeavour to pursue them, says, “Knowing -that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus -Christ hath showed me”—and by so saying, he probably refers to the -prediction which had been addressed to him by Christ, and which John has -recorded in the last chapter of his gospel. “Verily, verily, I say unto -thee, when thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself and walkedst whither -thou wouldest; but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thine -hands and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest -not. This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God.” -The decease which was thus foretold, and which the apostle anticipated in -our text, was soon afterwards realized. The earthly house of his -tabernacle was dissolved amidst the pains of martyrdom, and he entered a -building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. A -similar event has now befallen your beloved pastor. The putting off his -tabernacle had long been the subject of his anticipation; it is now -become the subject of his experience. His body has returned to the dust -whence it was taken, and his spirit is gone to God who gave it. - -His decease had been mercifully preceded by a long life of health and -labour, and more than sixty-six years had elapsed from his birth to his -departure. Some of the former of those years were connected with -occasional attacks of sickness, which sometimes led him to expect an -early grave; so that at the time of his ordination, upwards of forty -years ago, he said to his father, “you are come to ordain a dying -man”—and subsequently to that period, he was once visited with a severe -and alarming illness. Nor is it improbable that these occasional -admonitions of his mortality were the means, under the blessing of God, -of producing much of that seriousness of spirit by which his mind was -pervaded. Still, his was a life of comparative health, and when I -visited him during the week in which he died, he told me that, till then, -he had not been kept out of his pulpit by illness for a single sabbath, -during a period of twenty-eight years. His last illness, as you are -aware, was confined to one short week. It commenced on the evening of -Saturday, August 25th, and concluded in his death, on the evening of the -Saturday following—yet it is probable that the fever which at last -consumed him, had, for some time previously, been accumulating its -exhausting fires. His illness was so short, and of such a nature, as to -afford scarcely any opportunities of conversation with him in order to -ascertain the state of his mind—indeed those around him little expected -that death was so near at hand. This, however, is a circumstance on -which we reflect with no feelings of anxiety. His soul, and all its -eternal interests, had long been committed to the Saviour. For him to -live had been Christ; for him to die was gain. During nearly twelve -hours before his departure, he was apparently inattentive to every -surrounding object. His body and his mind seemed to be in a state of -perfect peace. Not a word was spoken—not a limb stirred—not a symptom of -pain appeared. The tide of life gently and silently ebbed away, till at -length his breathing ceased, and his countenance faded into the paleness -of death, - - Calm and unruffled as a summer’s sea, - When not a breath of wind flies o’er its surface. - -To himself—“thanks be to God who gave him the victory”—death was preceded -by no terrors, and accompanied by no sting. Its bitterness was past -before it was tasted, and he felt “the bliss” without “the pain of -dying.” It has indeed terminated his labours, which he pursued with deep -and increasing interest and delight. It has terminated his accustomed -intercourse with earthly scenes and earthly friends. It has terminated a -life to which he naturally and instinctively clung. But it has not -terminated the existence of his spirit, nor its communion with God, nor -its conformity to his image, nor its joy in the light of his countenance. -Oh, no! He is absent from the body, but he is present with the Lord. He -is gone to the spirits of the just made perfect. He has renewed his -communion with many of the members of his church, which death had for a -while suspended. He is with Watts, and Doddridge, and Fuller, and Ward, -and Hall, and “the general assembly and church of the first born” in -those celestial mansions, where all is perfection, and harmony, and love. -He is in the pursuit of knowledge with ampler capacities and ampler means -than any he possessed on earth. And, above all, he is with -Christ—surrounded by the light and glory of his presence—sitting at his -feet to receive knowledge and joy from his instructions, and deriving, -from the fountain of his mercy, degrees of happiness as large as his -desires, and as lasting as his immortality. - -But whilst his decease has thus been productive of perfect and eternal -blessedness to himself, it has been productive of mourning and bitterness -to you. The voice which has often instructed, and admonished, and -comforted you, is now silent in the dust. The heart which was so full of -kindness, and which yearned over you with such paternal anxiety and love, -has ceased its beatings. The eyes which beamed upon you, and wept over -you with unutterable tenderness, are extinguished in the grave—and you -are “sorrowing most of all that you shall see his face no more.” Some of -you have lost the companion of your youth, with whom, for more than forty -years, you have taken sweet counsel, and walked to the house of God in -company. Some of you have lost a father in Christ, whose instrumentality -first awakened you to a conviction of your guilt and danger, and then -calmed your fears and soothed your agitations, by directing you to the -Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. All of you have -lost a wise and affectionate friend, who was able to advise you in -difficulty, to sympathize with you in sorrow, and to comfort you with the -consolations with which he was comforted of God. And, by this sad -stroke, I too have lost a father and a brother, with whom, for more than -fifteen years, I have associated in this city, and to whose example and -kindness I owe much as a minister of Jesus Christ. We have often -conversed together freely on many subjects, even on those in which we -differed in opinion—and all my intercourse with him has only served to -increase my admiration of his talents, my veneration of his piety, and my -desire to be like him in diligence, and impressiveness, and perseverance. -MAY I DIE THE DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS! MAY MY LAST END BE LIKE HIS! - -As it is probably expected that I should give you a brief history of the -deceased, I present you with the following sketch before I proceed to the -concluding part of the discourse:— - -The Rev. Joseph Kinghorn, the youngest child of David and Elizabeth -Kinghorn, appears to have been born in Newcastle, Northumberland, on the -17th January, 1766. His father was, from about four years after the -birth of his son, pastor of a small congregation of baptists in Bishop -Burton, in Yorkshire, where he remained till he and his venerable partner -came to reside with him in this city. Their son was in early life -engaged in the employ of Messrs. Walker, Fishwick, and Co., of Newcastle, -manufacturers of white lead; and whilst there he became a member of the -baptist church. His qualifications for public usefulness were soon -recognized by his brethren, with whose concurrence he was sent, at the -joint expense of Mr. Ward and Mr. Fishwick, to enter on a course of study -in the Bristol Academy, under the care of Dr. Caleb Evans, the divinity -tutor, and of the Rev. Mr. Newton, the classical tutor, who was succeeded -in that office by the Rev. Robert Hall, a short time before Mr. Kinghorn -left the academy. - -At the close of his studies Mr. Kinghorn visited Fairford, in -Gloucestershire, and preached there for some time as a candidate for the -pastoral office, but was prevented from settling among them by an -unwarrantable suspicion, entertained by some of the people, respecting -his orthodoxy, which appears to have harassed his mind and injured his -health. At that time his friend, Mr. Fishwick, happened to be in Norwich -on business; and, having been informed that the church here was destitute -of a pastor, he warmly recommended his young friend as a candidate; in -consequence of which, an invitation was sent from the church to Mr. -Kinghorn, requesting his services for a few weeks; and he arrived in -Norwich on the 28th March, 1789, and preached his first sermon here on -the following Lord’s day, March 29th, from Romans v. 10.—“For if when we -were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much -more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.” - -Mr. Kinghorn’s immediate predecessor in this church, was the Rev. Rees -David, who served it with fidelity and usefulness for eleven years, when -he was cut off by a fever, in the February of 1788. The high degree of -regard which Mr. David enjoyed, from the integrity of his character, his -zeal for the cause of religion and of civil and religious liberty, and -from the energy and power of his preaching, rendered it no small -difficulty to obtain a successor acceptable to the destitute church; and -though a minister of considerable talents had been supplying the vacant -pulpit for some months after Mr. David’s death, yet opinions respecting -him were so much divided, as to bring the congregation into a very -uncomfortable state. It was at this crisis that Mr. Kinghorn arrived; -and though much enfeebled and distressed when he came, yet in the society -of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Wilkin, he found the consolations of a -sincere and delicate friendship, and by frequent visits to their country -residence, he soon regained the tone both of his body and mind. In after -life he testified his sense of obligation to their kindness, by accepting -the charge of their young and orphan children, over whom, as you well -know, he watched with affectionate and parental care. - -After having preached in Norwich for several sabbaths, he received an -invitation from the church to become its pastor, which he accepted in -January, 1790. On the 20th of the following May, he was ordained to the -pastoral office; on which occasion the Rev. Zenas Trivett commenced the -service; his father, the Rev. David Kinghorn, gave the charge, from 1 -Timothy, iv, 13.—“Give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to -doctrine;” and the Rev. Mr. Richards, of Lynn, preached the sermon to the -church and congregation. - -Under his ministry, the congregation having increased in numbers and -respectability, it was determined to pull down the old meeting house; and -sums of money, sufficient for the erection of a new place, having been -liberally subscribed by the people, the present place of worship was -erected, and opened for divine worship, on Thursday, June the 25th, 1812; -on which interesting occasion, Mr. Kinghorn preached in the morning from -Psalm xc. 17; and the Rev. William Hull, in the evening, from Psalm xcv, -1, 2, 3. - -In the later period of his life, he had the happiness of being again -united to his aged parents, and of comforting their declining years; for -when circumstances rendered it necessary for his father to resign his -pastoral charge, the venerable pilgrims came to this city, as Jacob -journeyed to Egypt, to see the prosperity of that son from whom they had -been separated for so many years. You know how tenderly he fulfilled -towards them every filial duty, how anxiously he watched over them, and -how carefully he supplied their necessities. And when he had closed -their eyes, and had given directions concerning their remains, you well -remember how he addressed to you the affecting declaration, “_I am now -loosened from every earthly tie_, _and have no other care but you_. -_Henceforth __you_, _the members of this church_, _shall be my brother -and my sister_, _my father and my mother_.” - -Having given you this brief detail, we now proceed to consider, - -III. THE REMEMBRANCE OF HIS WORK WHICH IT NOW BEHOVES YOU TO CHERISH. - -Your own minister’s anxiety and endeavour during his life, like that of -the apostle’s, was, that after his decease, you might have these things -always in your remembrance. Still, it is not merely an intellectual -remembrance of these things which it becomes you to cherish. You may -remember every text from which he preached, and every sermon he has -delivered, and yet neither be sanctified nor saved by their influence. -Nor can you be saved by keeping in memory the things which you have -heard, unless you remember them with faith, and experience, and practice; -“for if ye know these things happy are ye if ye do them.” Permit me, -therefore, earnestly and affectionately to address to you the following -exhortations. - -In the first place, you should cherish the remembrance of these things by -BELIEVING the gospel which he preached. There are some of you, my -beloved friends, whose minds I fear still need to be stirred up to the -remembrance of the things that belong to your peace. The endeavours of -your departed minister, diligent, and impressive, and persevering, as -they were, have failed to awaken in your hearts the feelings of penitence -and faith. Some of you have, perhaps, for many years, sat under the -sound of that gospel which during every year has been to you “the savour -of death unto death.” Throughout the whole course of his ministry you -are the persons who occasioned his keenest anxieties and his bitterest -disappointments; for so far as you were concerned he seemed to labour in -vain, and to spend his strength for nought. Yet he warned, and exhorted, -and admonished you to the last; and it should be to you, day and night, -an awful and awakening remembrance, that the very last text from which he -preached, {21} was the subject of a sermon emphatically addressed to you; -for its language was, “NOTWITHSTANDING I HAVE SPOKEN UNTO YOU, RISING -EARLY AND SPEAKING, YET YE WOULD NOT HEARKEN UNTO ME.” And these words, -the last which he addressed to you on earth, were, perhaps, the first -which he repeated concerning you at the bar of God. Ah! my brethren, -were it possible for any thought to disturb his peaceful breast in -heaven, it would be the recollection of the state of guilt and -impenitence in which he has left you on earth—it would be the thought -that now perhaps you and he are separated for ever. And shall this be -the case? Can any of you—can you, my dear young friends, bear the -thought that you may have bidden an eternal farewell to your faithful and -paternal minister? Will you, who have procrastinated till his death, not -have these things in your remembrance now, after his decease? When there -is joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, shall he never be told -that angels are rejoicing over you? And will you not from this time, and -from the grave of your deceased instructor cry unto God, “My Father, thou -art the guide of my youth?” My dear brethren, whether you be young or -old, “behold now is the accepted time, behold now is the day of -salvation.” To-morrow may be too late for ever; and if you delay, the -remembrance of these things may be stirred up in your minds by the worm -that dieth not, and by the fire that never shall be quenched. But if you -wish to have these things in your remembrance now, go, by faith and -prayer, to that Redeemer, whose gospel and whose minister you have -hitherto neglected. Go to him with all the guilt and condemnation which -that neglect has contracted. Go, as the prodigal went, with the feeling -of penitence in your heart, and the confession of penitence on your -lip—and whilst you are yet afar off, he will behold you with compassion, -and run, and fall on your neck, and embrace you, and exclaim, “This my -son was dead and is alive again, he was lost and is found!” - -Secondly, You should cherish the remembrance of these things by ADHERING -to the gospel which he preached. For as it respects you who have, -through grace, believed the gospel which he preached, his endeavour was -that, after his decease, you might have these things ALWAYS in -remembrance—and the Lord grant that his joy concerning you may be -fulfilled. There are, I doubt not, many persons, once blessed with the -ministry of our beloved friend on earth, who are now his companions in -the skies; and of whom he has said already, “Behold here am I, and the -children thou hast given me.” And there are, I trust, many now present -who will be “his hope, and his joy, and his crown of rejoicing in the -presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming.” You, my dear brethren -in the Lord, can no longer enjoy the living instructions of your revered -pastor, but it becomes you, as members of his church, to have the things -which he once taught you always in remembrance. Adhere steadfastly and -perseveringly to the doctrines, and to the spirit, and to the practice of -the gospel of Jesus Christ, “by pureness, by knowledge, by -long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned.” -Imitate your deceased minister’s excellencies, and avoid his -imperfections. Endeavour to equal him—endeavour to surpass him in all -that is holy, and just, and good. Above all, let the same mind be in you -which was in Christ Jesus; and repose, with unshaken confidence, on that -grace which is sufficient for you, and on that strength which is made -perfect in your weakness. You are now in circumstances such as require -all the sympathy and consolation that the gospel can supply. Your -minister is a corpse—the house of God in which he has been accustomed to -meet you is become his sepulchre—and all your future meetings will be -held around his grave. May the God of mercy be your comforter. May all -the grace and tenderness which fills and flows from HIS heart who wept at -the grave of Lazarus, flow into your own. And when you begin to look out -for a successor to your deceased pastor, may you be directed to one who -shall appear among you clothed with his mantle, and blessed with a double -portion of his spirit. In all your future intercourse with each other, -and in all your social meetings for devotion or for the business of the -church, I beseech you, by the mercies of God, to adhere always to the -gospel of Christ. Never lose the praise which you have in other churches -of the saints, by destroying peace among yourselves. LET BROTHERLY LOVE -CONTINUE. Let each individual among you determine, for the sake of -Christ and of his people, to cherish it in his own heart and to exhibit -it in his own conduct, and then its fragrance will perfume and bless the -church. “It will be like the precious ointment on the head of Aaron, -which went down to the skirts of his garments; and like the dew which -descended on the mountains of Zion, where the Lord commanded the -blessing, even life for evermore.” “Jehovah bless you and keep you. -Jehovah cause his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. -Jehovah lift upon you the light of his countenance, and give you peace.” - -Finally, You should cherish the remembrance of these things by -CIRCULATING the gospel which he preached. This also, my brethren, was -one of the things which your minister endeavoured that you should have in -your remembrance after his decease—for the ready and efficient assistance -which he gave to many of the religious institutions in this city—the -efforts which he made to extend the gospel in the county—and the -laborious zeal with which he endeavoured to promote the interests of the -Baptist Missionary Society—all shew how desirous he was to advance the -kingdom of Christ in the world. Go you, my brethren, and do likewise. -Never become weary of labouring in the cause of Christ. And remember, -for your encouragement, that though the priests are not suffered to -continue by reason of death, though ministers of the gospel are as mortal -as their hearers, and though all flesh is grass, there is, nevertheless, -one thing stable and eternal in the midst of this moving and this dying -world—and this one thing is, “the word of the Lord, that endureth for -ever.” The church lives, though the pastor dies. The church must -increase, though he has decreased. One generation shall pass away and -another generation shall succeed, “till time and nature dies.” But -during all this mortality and change, “Jesus Christ is the same -yesterday, to-day, and for ever,” and his word shall have free course and -be glorified, till it cover and crown the world, and till the kingdoms of -this world shall become the kingdoms of our God and of his Christ, and he -shall reign for ever and ever. “Then cometh the end, when he shall -deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put -down all rule, and authority, and power. For he must reign till he has -put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed -is death. Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord -Jesus Christ! THEREFORE, MY BELOVED BRETHREN, BE YE STEADFAST, -UNMOVEABLE, ALWAYS ABOUNDING IN THE WORK OF THE LORD, FORASMUCH AS YE -KNOW THAT YOUR LABOUR IS NOT IN VAIN IN THE LORD.” - - * * * * * - - THE END. - - * * * * * - - _Preparing for the Press_, _by the same Author_, - - A COURSE OF - - SHORT SERMONS FOR FAMILIES, - - TO BE PUBLISHED IN - - WEEKLY NUMBERS, AT A PENNY EACH. - - * * * * * - - * * * * * - - PRINTED BY WILKIN AND FLETCHER, UPPER HAYMARKET, NORWICH. - _October_ 5_th_, 1832. - - - - -FOOTNOTES. - - -{9} See “Two Sermons addressed principally to the students of the two -Baptist Academies at Stepney and Bristol,” entitled “Advice and -Encouragement to young Ministers;” and “The substance of a Sermon -preached at Bradford,” entitled, “Practical Cautions to Students and -young Ministers.” All of which are well worthy the attentive perusal of -students and of young ministers of every denomination. - -{21} Jeremiah, xxxv, 14. - - - - -***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A FUNERAL SERMON FOR THE REV. 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