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English: A monument known as the “Dr. Livingstone Memorial” was erected to commemorate the meeting between David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley. There is also a modest museum. There is a former slave route near the market. Image Credit: Peter Levey, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons See more pictures of the museum Read more...

Discovered by the adoptive son of Horatio Spafford The Siloam inscription or Shiloah inscription (Hebrew: כתובת השילוח, or Silwan inscription,) known as KAI 189, is a Hebrew inscription found in the Siloam tunnel which brings water from the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam, located in the City of David in East Jerusalem neighborhood of Shiloah or Silwan. The inscription records the construction of the tunnel, which has been dated to the 8th century BCE on the basis of the writing style.[1] It Read more...

From Wikipedia: In 2011, Italian archaeologist Francesco D’Andria claimed to have discovered the tomb of Philip during excavations in ancient Hierapolis, close to the modern Turkish city of Denizli.[15] The 1st-century tomb, found to be empty of relics, stood at the centre of a 4th- or 5th-century[15] three-naved basilica, the Church of the Sepulchre, which was one of the focal points of an ancient pilgrimage hill Read more...

John Newton was the pastor here from 1780-1807. William Wilberforce was part of the congregation during that time. Even though he was originally buried here, around 1900 the City & South London Railroad was going to demolish the church for an Underground (subway) stop. The church remained due to public outcry, but the vault/crypt/cemetery was removed, and Newton’s body was Read more...

From Wikipedia: The Cowper and Newton Museum is a museum in Olney, north Buckinghamshire, England, around 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Central Milton Keynes. Celebrating the work and lives of two famous local residents: William Cowper (1731–1800), a celebrated 18th-century poet; and John Newton (1725–1807), a slave trader and subsequently a prominent abolitionist, who was curate in the local church.[1] Together, Cowper and Newton wrote the Olney Hymns, including one of the world’s Read more...

From Broadbent Studio: The aim was to create a memorial sculpture, inspired by the life of the former slave ship captain and Liverpool Harbour Master – John Newton, for the new Mersey Ferry Terminal building, at Liverpool’s Pier Head…. John Newton, following a religious conversion in 1748, an event which is believed to have inspired the writing of ‘Amazing Grace’, Read more...

The Doxology is a simple but beautiful hymn of praise, fitting because Doxa (glory), logo (saying) is literally “saying glory.” It calls for universal praise – from those below, and those above, to Him “from Whom all blessings flow.” And finally – it recognizes the Triune nature of Him Who is worthy of Praise. Praise God, from Whom all blessings Read more...

The author of “Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne” – commonly considered a Christmas carol, and yet it follows the whole life of Jesus from His birth thru the Second Coming (albeit in a much less upbeat tune than J. Wilbur Chapman’s “One Day.”) 1 Thou didst leave Thy throne and Thy kingly crown, When Thou camest to earth for me; Read more...

A past vicar, Rev. E.B. Elliott, was the father of Emily Elizabeth Steele Elliott. Emily wrote the popular Christmas hymn “Thou didst leave Thy throne” for the use of the church. Wikipedia: Among Christmas hymns designed for children, two popular ones were written by Elliott. One begins with the line, “There came a little child to earth,” which was popular Read more...

From Wikipedia: Watts was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England, in 1674 and was brought up in the home of a committed religious nonconformist; his father, also Isaac Watts, had been incarcerated twice for his views. Watts had a classical education at King Edward VI School, Southampton, learning Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. BBC: A statue has been given new fingers to mark the 350th birthday of one of Read more...

Abney Park: Dr Watts is a famous nonconformist English Christian minister, theologian and wit. He was prolific hymn writer, poet, and notable man of logic with many quotes attributed to him. He is credited with writing some 750 psalms alone, the most famous still in use today, which has earned him the title “The Father of English Hymnody”. His hymns Read more...

Southampton: Isaac Watts is one of Southampton’s most famous sons. He was famous as an author, educator, philosopher and hymn writer. Born in 1674, he lived at 41 French Street and was educated at the nearby King Edward VI grammar school. Isaac Watts was one of the leading nonconformists in the town and is mainly remembered for his hymns which Read more...

DailyEcho: The family lived at 41 French Street where Isaac’s father ran a boarding school but the persecution of his father for his religious views forced its closure. Isaac was taught by his father until he was six then he attended the “Free School”, later known as King Edward VI Grammar School. His teacher there, John Pinhorne, recognised Isaac’s ability and saw Read more...

From UlsterScotsAgency: Reverend William Tennent, a Presbyterian minister with links to Portadown, and whose inspirational work in education in Pennsylvania helped create Princeton University, has been commemorated with an Ulster History Circle Blue Plaque. William Tennent worshipped at Vinecash Presbyterian Church. Some of his family were baptised there. He emigrated to America in 1718. His cousin James Logan, born in Read more...

Wikipedia: Horatius Bonar (/həˈreɪʃəs ˈbɒnˌɑːr, ˈbɒnər/; 19 December 1808 – 31 July 1889) was a Scottish churchman and poet who was a contemporary and acquaintance of Robert Murray M’cheyne. He is principally remembered as a prodigious hymnodist. Friends knew him as Horace Bonar. Licensed as a preacher, he did mission work in Leith for a time, and in November 1837 he settled at Kelso as minister of the new North Church founded in Read more...

Wikipedia: Attached to the church is a small graveyard, particularly noted for including the grave of C. S. Lewis,[5] who died on 22 November 1963. The epitaph on his tombstone, chosen by his brother Warren Hamilton Lewis (buried in the same grave after his own death on 9 April 1973) and taken from Shakespeare‘s King Lear, reads “Men must endure their going hence.” This quotation Read more...

Location of the jailing of Nicholas Ridley, Hugh Latimer, and Thomas Cranmer. Wikipedia: The Oxford Martyrs were imprisoned in the Bocardo Prison by the church before they were burnt at the stake in what is now Broad Street nearby, then immediately outside the city walls, in 1555 and 1556. Their cell door can be seen on display in the church’s tower. Read more...

“Be of good cheer, Master Ridley, and play the man, for we shall this day light such a candle in England as I trust by God’s grace shall never be put out!” Martyrdom of Bishop Ridley and Latimer Wikipedia: The three were tried at University Church of St Mary the Virgin, the official church of the University of Oxford on the High Street, Oxford. Read more...

Wikipedia: St Mary’s was the site of the 1555 trial of the Oxford Martyrs, when the bishops Latimer and Ridley and Archbishop Cranmer were tried for heresy. The martyrs were imprisoned at the former Bocardo Prison near St Michael at the Northgate in Cornmarket Street and subsequently burnt at the stake just outside the city walls to the north. A cross set into the road marks that location on what is now Broad Street; the nearby Martyrs’ Read more...

Wikipedia: The Kilns, also known as C. S. Lewis House, is the house in Risinghurst, Oxford, England, where the author C. S. Lewis wrote all of his Narnia books and other classics.[1][2] The house itself was featured in the Narnia books.[3] Lewis’s gardener at The Kilns, Fred Paxford, is said to have inspired the character of Puddleglum the Marsh-wiggle in The Silver Chair.[4] The Kilns was built in 1922 on the site of Read more...