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THE

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METROPOLITAN PULPIT;

OR

SKETCHES OF

THE MOST POPULAR PREACHERS

IN LONDON.

BY THE AUTHOR OF

"RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS," "THE GREAT
METROPOLIS," ""TRAVELS IN TOWN,"

&c. &c.

(James Grant)

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

GEORGE VIRTUE, 26, IVY LANE.

MDCCCXXXIX.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY STEWART AND MURRAY,

OLD BAILEY.

gift
Tappan Presb. Ass.

2-13-1932

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUM E.

CHAPTER VI.

THE EPISCOPAL CLERGY-MINISTERS OF CHAPELS.

The Rev. Henry Melvill―The Rev. T. J. Judkin―The Hon.

and Rev. Baptist W. Noel-The Rev. Thomas Mortimer—

The Rev. James Hambleton.

page 1

CHAPTER VII.

MINISTERS OF THE SCOTCH CHURCH.

The Rev. Dr. Brown-The Rev. John Cumming-The Rev.

Dr. Crombie.

page 88

CHAPTER VIII.

MINISTERS OF THE SCOTCH SECESSION CHURCH.

The Rev. Robert Redpath-The Rev. Thomas Archer-The

Rev. John Young-The Rev. Alexander Fletcher. page 114

CHAPTER IX.

INDEPENDENT MINISTERS.

The Rev. Dr. Morison - The Rev. Dr. Leifchild-The Rev.

Dr. Collyer The Rev. Caleb Morris-

Sherman.

-

-

The Rev. James

page 152

CHAPTER X.

INDEPENDENT MINISTERS (continued.)

The Rev. John Burnet-The Rev. John Blackburn-The

Rev. Dr. Bennett-The Rev. John Clayton-The Rev.

Thomas Binney-The Rev. Dr. Andrew Reed-The Rev.

Dr. J. Fletcher.

page 221

CHAPTER XI.

BAPTIST MINISTERS.

The Rev. John Stevens-The Rev. George Coomb-The Rev.

William Overbury-The Rev. James Harington Evans-

The Rev. Edward Steane-The Rev. John Howard Hinton

-The Rev. C. Stovel-The Rev. Dr. F. A. Cox. page 291

CHAPTER XII.

MINISTERS OF VARIOUS DENOMINATIONS.

The Rev. Dr. Jabez Bunting-The Rev. Thomas Jackson-

The Rev. J. Dorman-The Rev. George Abrahams-The

Rev. Robert Aitken-Concluding Remarks.

page 371

THE

METROPOLITAN PULPIT.

CHAPTER VI.

THE EPISCOPAL CLERGY-MINISTERS OF CHAPELS

(continued).

The Rev. Henry Melvill―The Rev. T. J. Judkin―The Hon. and Rev. Baptist W. Noel-The Rev. Thomas MortimerThe Rev. James Hambleton.

THE REV. HENRY MELVILL, of Camden Chapel, Camberwell, is the most popular preacher in London. I am doing no injustice to other ministers, whether in the Church or out of it, in saying this. The fact is not only susceptible of proof, but is often proved in a manner which all must admit to be conclusive. When a sermon is advertised to be preached by Mr. Melvill in any church or chapel in the metropolis, the number of strangers attracted to the