Background
Hall was born on May 22, 1816 in Maidstone, England. His father was John Vine Hall, proprietor and printer of the Maidstone Journal, and the author of a popular evangelical work called The Sinner's Friend.
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(Rev. Dr. Christopher Newman Hall LLB (May 22, 1816 - Febr...)
Rev. Dr. Christopher Newman Hall LLB (May 22, 1816 - February 18, 1902), born at Maidstone and known in later life as a 'Dissenter's Bishop', was one of the most celebrated nineteenth century English Nonconformist divines. He was active in social causes; supporting Abraham Lincoln and abolition of slavery during the American Civil War, the Chartist cause, and arranging for influential Nonconformists to meet Gladstone. Come to Jesus, first published in 1848 also contributed to his becoming a household name throughout Britain, the USA and further afield - by the end of the century the book had been translated into about forty languages and sold four million copies worldwide.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ... healing power of it--however doubtful of the efficacy of it in their own case--however numerous their wounds--though the poison might have flowed through every vein, into every limb--though swollen, distorted, blackened by the fiery venom--though on the very point of death--yet if they did but look, they lived! Numbers xxi. 5--9. More than fourteen centuries passed away. Then another Prophet, "like unto Moses " but greater than he, arose among the descendants of that same people Israel. From Judsea and Galilee--from every city, town, hamlet, the people crowded to listen to his eloquent words, and to see his wonderful works. Was not this the Christ? One night a Eabbi, a member of the great council of the Sanhedrim, went privately to inquire respecting his doctrines and his claims. Then Jesus said--" As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have eternal life." John iii. 14, 15. THE SINNER HEALED. Of the sin of the Israelites we all have been guilty. To the slavery of Egypt we have clung on account of its carnal indulgences. From the freedom of Canaan we have shrunk, dreading the toil and hardships of its attainment. "We have loved the devil's "house of bondage" more than the holy service of a God of Love. We have murmured and rebelled against Jehovah; and worshipped instead, the idols of our own self-will and evil lusts. But sin is a fiery serpent which bites all who handle it. The poison has entered our heart--our whole nature has become corrupted and depraved. The wound is incurable by any skill of our own, and death, eternal death, stares us in the face. But when there was no eye to pity and no hand to save, God, who is full of...
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Hall was born on May 22, 1816 in Maidstone, England. His father was John Vine Hall, proprietor and printer of the Maidstone Journal, and the author of a popular evangelical work called The Sinner's Friend.
Christopher's first university degree was a London University BA in theology obtained at Highbury College, Middlesex in 1841. His theological training was gained at Highbury College, whence he was called in 1842 to his first pastorate at the Albion Congregational Church, Hull.
During the twelve years of Hall's ministry in Albion Congregational Church, the membership was greatly increased, and a branch chapel and school were opened. At Hull Newman Hall first began his active work in temperance reform, and in defence of his position wrote The Scriptural Claims of Teetotalism. In 1854 he accepted a call to Surrey chapel, London, founded in 1783 by the Rev. Rowland Hill. A considerable sum had been bequeathed by Hill for the perpetuation of his work on the expiration of the lease; but, owing to some legal flaw in the will, the money was not available, and Newman Hall undertook to raise the necessary funds for a new church. By weekly offertories and donations the money for the beautiful building called Christ Church at the junction of the Kennington and Westminster Bridge Roads was collected, and within four years of opening (1876) the total cost (£63, 000) was cleared. In 1892 Newman Hall resigned his charge and devoted himself to general evangelical work. Most of his writings are small booklets or tracts of a distinctly evangelical character. The best known of these is Come to Jesus, of which over four million copies have been circulated in forty different languages. Newman Hall visited the United States during the Civil War, and did much to promote a friendly understanding between England and America. A Liberal in politics, and a keen admirer of JohnBright, few preachers of any denomination have exercised so far-reaching an influence as the "Dissenters' Bishop, " as he came to be termed. He died on the 18th of February 1902.
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(Rev. Dr. Christopher Newman Hall LLB (May 22, 1816 - Febr...)
Chairman of the Congregational Union
In 1846 Christopher Newman Hall married his first wife, Charlotte, only daughter of Dr William Gordon FLS, both of Hull. At a service conducted by Rev Henry Allon at Christ Church, on Easter Monday 1880, Newman Hall married his second wife, Miss Harriet Knipe - daughter of Henry Knipe, barrister-at-law and J. P. His first marriage had ended in a controversial divorce case which had eventually led to a decree nisi in February 1880 - a time when divorce was rare. Neither marriage was followed by children.