The Works of John Angell James, Vol. 12: The Family Monitor; The Widow Directed to the Widow's God, and Minor Pieces
by John Angell James
Excerpt from The Works of John Angell James, Vol. 12: The Family Monitor; The Widow Directed to the Widow's God, and Minor Pieces
The Author does not deny that much of worldly comfort may be, and often is, enjoyed in some families, which neither profess nor possess a serious regard to the claims of religion; while it must be acknowledged on the other hand, that there are to be found professors of religion, whose households are any thing but happy ones. In reference to the former, it may be affirmed that piety, while it would raise their enjoyment to a sublimer kind, and a higher degree of happiness in this world, would also perpetuate it through eternity 3 and in reference to the latter, it may be remarked, that their disquietude is produced not by religion, but by the want of it. A mere profession of the christian faith is rather a hindrance to felicity than a help 3 nothing Short of real religion can be expected to yield its joys.
The Author does not deny that much of worldly comfort may be, and often is, enjoyed in some families, which neither profess nor possess a serious regard to the claims of religion; while it must be acknowledged on the other hand, that there are to be found professors of religion, whose households are any thing but happy ones. In reference to the former, it may be affirmed that piety, while it would raise their enjoyment to a sublimer kind, and a higher degree of happiness in this world, would also perpetuate it through eternity 3 and in reference to the latter, it may be remarked, that their disquietude is produced not by religion, but by the want of it. A mere profession of the christian faith is rather a hindrance to felicity than a help 3 nothing Short of real religion can be expected to yield its joys.
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John Angell James was an English Nonconformist clergyman and writer, born at Blandford Forum. After seven years apprenticeship to a linen-draper in Poole, Dorset, he decided to become a preacher, and in 1802 he went to David Bogue's training institution at Gosport in Hampshire. A year and a half later, on a visit to Birmingham, his preaching was so highly esteemed by the congregation of Carrs Lane Independent chapel that they invited him to exercise his ministry amongst them; he settled there in 1805, and was ordained in May 1806. For several years his success as a preacher was comparatively small; but he became suddenly popular in about 1814, and began to attract large crowds. At the same time his religious writings, the best known of which are The Anxious Inquirer and An Earnest Ministry, acquired a wide circulation.
He was one of the founders of the Evangelical Alliance and of the Congregational Union of England and Wales. Municipal interests appealed strongly to him, and he was also for many years chairman of Spring Hill (afterwards Mansfield) College. He was also an ardent slavery abolitionist.
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