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BINNEY, THOMAS (1798-1874)

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BINNEY, See also:THOMAS (1798-1874) , See also:English Congregationalist divine, was See also:born of Presbyterian parents at See also:Newcastle-on-See also:Tyne in 1798, and educated at an See also:ordinary See also:day school. After spending seven years in the employment of a bookseller he entered the theological school at Wymondley, Herts, now incorporated in New See also:College, See also:Hampstead. In 1829, after See also:short pastorates at See also:Bedford (New See also:Meeting) and See also:Newport, Isle of See also:Wight, he accepted a See also:call to the historic Weigh See also:House See also:chapel, See also:London. Here he became very popular, and it was found necessary to build a much larger chapel on See also:Fish See also:Street See also:Hill, to which the See also:congregation removed in 1834. An address delivered on the occasion of the laying of the See also:foundation See also:stone was published, with an appendix containing a strong attack on the See also:influence of the See also:Church of See also:England, which gave rise to a See also:long and See also:bitter controversy. Throughout his whole career Binney was a vigorous opponent of the See also:state church principle, but those who simply classified him as a narrow-minded See also:political See also:dissenter did him injustice. His liberality of view and breadth of ecclesiastical sympathy entitle him to See also:rank on questions of See also:Nonconformity among the most distinguished of the school of See also:Richard See also:Baxter; and he maintained friendly relations with many of the dignitaries of the Established Church. He continued to See also:discharge the duties of the See also:ministry until 1869, when he resigned. In 1845 he paid a visit to See also:Canada and the See also:United States, and in 1857-1859 to the Australian colonies. The university of See also:Aberdeen conferred the LL.D. degree on him in 1852, and he was twice chairman of the Congregational See also:Union of England and See also:Wales. Binney was the See also:pioneer in a much-needed improvement of the forms of service in See also:Nonconformist churches, and gave a See also:special impulse to congregational psalmody by the publication of a See also:book entitled The Service of See also:Song in the House (lithe See also:Lord. Of numerous other See also:works the best-known is his Is it Possible to Make the Best of Both Worlds? an expansion of a lecture delivered to See also:young men in See also:Exeter See also:Hall, which attained a circulation of 30,000 copies within a See also:year of its publication.

He wrote much devotional See also:

verse, including the well-known hymn " Eternal See also:Light! Eternal Light!" His last See also:sermon was preached in See also:November 1873, and after some months of suffering he died on the 24th of See also:February 1874. See also:Dean See also:Stanley assisted at his funeral service in Abney See also:Park See also:cemetery.

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