Background
Howard Hinton was born in Oxford in 1791. His father was called James Hinton and he ran a school.
Howard Hinton was born in Oxford in 1791. His father was called James Hinton and he ran a school.
In 1840 he attended the World"s Anti-Slavery Convention where he was captured in a group painting just in front of Isaac Crewdson. In 1865 he published the sixth and last volume of his sermons. Hinton died in 1873 in Bristol.
Hinton first preached in Reading, afterwards became pastor of a Baptist church in London, and was distinguished as an independent and original preacher, and a zealous advocate for liberty in religion and politics, for example arguing that it was the church"s responsibility to punish "violations of morality", such as lying, whereas the state should limit itself to enforcing "offences against society" (which might encompass the former, such as theft).