Midland Churches: A History of the Congregations on - General ...

Kentish, in his funeral sermon, described <strong>the</strong> result <strong>of</strong> Scott's labours
at Lye as-
a moral creation.
His successors at Cradley-Bowen and Cochrane-regularly conducted
services here. About 1859 neighbouring friends <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> society determined
to erect a new place <strong>of</strong> worship. A subscription was privately made, a
plot <strong>of</strong> land immediately adjoining <strong>the</strong> original chapel was bought and
given by a friend, and a-
small but beautiful and carefully arranged early English church commenced,
from <strong>the</strong> designs <strong>of</strong> F. Smalman Smith. While it was in <strong>the</strong> course <strong>of</strong>
erection, <strong>the</strong> villagers, reverencing <strong>the</strong> memory <strong>of</strong> Mr. Scott, who had been
termed <strong>the</strong> Apostle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lye Waste, determined to add a clock to <strong>the</strong>
building, and as <strong>the</strong> funds collected did not allow <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> extra expense, <strong>the</strong>y
subscribed, in sums varying from a penny upwards,*
to <strong>the</strong> amount <strong>of</strong> A40, which sum was more than doubled by friends. A
clock tower four stories in height, crowned with a bell spire <strong>of</strong> wood and
slate, was, in consequence, added at one corner <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> building. A
stained glass window, by Heaton and Butler, was given by one friend ; it
represents-
<strong>the</strong> crucified Saviour, with <strong>the</strong> three Marys at <strong>the</strong> foot <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Cross.+
Ano<strong>the</strong>r friend contributed a carved chair, by Cox and Son, for <strong>the</strong> com-
munion table, whilst ano<strong>the</strong>r friend gave <strong>the</strong> font, composed <strong>of</strong> one solid
carved block <strong>of</strong> Caen stone, inscribed round <strong>the</strong> margin with <strong>the</strong> words :-
I indeed have baptised you with water, but He shall baptise you with <strong>the</strong>
Holy Ghost.
The opening service was held on Tuesday, 10 December, 1861, Cochrane
conducting <strong>the</strong> first portion and S. Bache preaching from Psalm xxvi., 8 :-
Lord, I have loved <strong>the</strong> habitation <strong>of</strong> Thy house, and <strong>the</strong> place where Thy
honour dwelleth.
In 1866 Mr. Kedwards became <strong>the</strong> first minister solely in charge <strong>of</strong>
<strong>the</strong> society, and under him and his successors it has grown to its present
flourishing and healthy state.
The first occasion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> iMonthly Meeting being held here was on 5
August, 1806, when it met for relzgious services nt ye disse~ltifzg chapel at <strong>the</strong>
Waste. Ten ministers were present, and Benjamin Carpenter preached from
Jeremiah vi., 16 :-
Stand ye in <strong>the</strong> ways, and see, and ask for <strong>the</strong> old paths, &c.
JAMES SCOTT, see Cradley.
WILLIAM BOWEN, see Cradley.
WILLIAM COCHRANE, see Cradley.
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JAMES KEDWARDS, b. [I~ZO] at Cradley ; min. Lye, 1866-1877 ; Raloo, 1877-1885 ; m. (31
August, 1866) Ann, 3rd daughter <strong>of</strong> Amos Taylor, <strong>of</strong> Birmingham.
d. 2 January, 1891, zt. 71 ; bur. Cradley, Park Lane Yard.
c$ personal knowledge.
THOMAS BENNETT BROADRICK, b. 18 October, 1846, at Dukinfield ; ed. U.H.M.B., January,
1869-December, 1872 ; min. Burnley, 1872-1874 ; Nantwich, 1875-1877 ; Lye, April,
1877-November, 1879 ; Ipswich, 1879-1 891 ; ~ ewsbur~, 1891-1893 ; District Minister
for Western Union, 1893- ; m. (26 March, 1873) Annie Ashton, daughter <strong>of</strong> Joseph
Moores, <strong>of</strong> Manchester; Issue, Harold Ashton, (b. 1874)) Theodora Julie (b. 1876),
Mabel Annie (b. 1879).
cf; Record, p. 26.
THOMAS PIPE, ed. Metropolitan Baptist Coll. ; min. Lye, 1880-1891 ; Birmingham, Fazeley
Street Mission, 5 July, 1891- ; Tate Lecturer, Manchester Coll., Oxford, 1899-1900.
ISAAC WRIGLEY, ed. Rawdon Coll. ; Yorkshire Coll., Leeds ; B.A. Lond. ; min. Ports-
mouth, High Street, 1889-1891 ; Lye, 1891-
TOPOGRAPHY.
James Scott's MSS. at Cradley (q.v,) and Stourbridge (q.v.)
M.R., 1806, p. 52.
C.R., 1828, p. 102.
C.R., 1830, p. 405.
Inq., 1861, p. 912.
U.H., 1861, p. 162.
Vestiges, p. 160.