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Richard Newton was born on July 26, 1812 in Liverpool, England. His parents, Richard and Elizabeth (Cluett) Newton, with their family of six children, settled in Philadelphia in August 1824.
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“The Birth of Christ” is a 31 page chapter from Richard Newton’s four-volume work, The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young, published in 1880. Newton discusses the time, place, and circumstances of Jesus’ humble arrival upon the earth. This miraculous event in history reveals God’s love for mankind and His divine gift of salvation. We believe the entire family will be blessed while reading this narrative together on the birth of our Savior.
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Richard Newton was born on July 26, 1812 in Liverpool, England. His parents, Richard and Elizabeth (Cluett) Newton, with their family of six children, settled in Philadelphia in August 1824.
After a little schooling, Richard left home rather than work in his father's store on Sunday, and earned his board and tuition at a manual-training school in Wilmington, Delaware. He entered the University of Pennsylvania, was graduated in 1836, and spent three years in study at the General Theological Seminary, New York.
On July 4, 1839, Newton was made deacon by the Reverend H. U. Onderdonk, and on July 26, 1840, was ordained priest by the same bishop. He became rector of Holy Trinity Church, West Chester, Pennsylvania, immediately upon his ordination, but shortly afterward accepted a call to St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, of which he was rector until 1862. This was the most fruitful period of his ministry.
He became a stanch evangelical, and one of the leaders of that party in his church. Notable features of his parish work were his sermons to children and his missionary services.
In 1862 he accepted a call to the Church of the Epiphany, Philadelphia. During the disputes of the early seventies over ritualism, which led to the secession of the Reformed Episcopal Church, it was expected that Newton, as a pronounced "Low Churchman, " would follow Bishop George David Cummins, but he refused to leave his Church and retained his rectorship until 1881 when his health broke down and he resigned. After a year's rest, however, he felt fit for duty again, and accepted the rectorship of the less burdensome Church of the Covenant, where he remained until his death. Newton was a man of deep evangelical piety and the most evident sincerity.
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In many ways Newton anticipated modern methods in church administration. During the Civil War he was a firm supporter of the Union.
Though small of stature, Newton was strongly built. He was always plainly but carefully dressed.
On July 31, 1839, he married Lydia, daughter of Lawrence Greatorex of Wilmington. He left two sons, Richard Heber Newton and William Wilberforce Newton, both clergymen.