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Ridley Haim Herschell

January 01, 1970

Ridley Haim Herschell (7 April 1807 – 14 April 1864) was a Polish-born British minister who converted from Judaism to evangelical Christianity. He was a founder of the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Jews (1842) and of the Evangelical Alliance (1845),[1]

Ridley Haim Herschell

Life edit

Herschell was born in the city of Strzelno in the Duchy of Warsaw, a French client state in Poland that had previously been under Prussian control. His parents were pious Polish Jews, and Haim Herschell decided at a very early age that he wanted to be a rabbi. He left home and studied under various teachers. Later, encouraged by his parents, he moved to Berlin to study literature and lived a decadent life, "like a Christian".[2] He visited England for the first time on vacation but returned to Berlin to finish his studies before moving finally to London via Paris.[3]

In France he experienced a dramatic religious conversion to Christianity and struggled with his Jewish background.[4] He sought help from Roman Catholic clergy, but eventually turned to English evangelical contacts he had discovered in Paris through a mysterious letter of introduction he had been given before his conversion. Reconciled with his Jewish roots, but not his family, he left for England,[5]

He entered an institution for converted Jews in the East End of London[6] and was baptised by Charles Blomfield, the Bishop of London in 1830, sponsored by high-society evangelical Christians,[7] He married Helen Skirving Mowbray,[8] a woman ten years older than himself from Leith whom he met apparently by a chance introduction in London.[9] They had a shared interest in the fashionable Scottish preacher Edward Irving. She had taken a deep interest in Judaism and the restoration of Israel and had already learned Hebrew.[10] They were both ostracised by their families, moved to the poor districts of Woolwich and Camden Town and experienced hard times in spite of their upper class connections.[11] They had the first of five children, two of whom would die young,[12]

 
Funerary monument, Kensal Green Cemetery, London

Having financial problems caused by a wayward brother who left for America, they planned to go to Hamburg where they could live less expensively in a Jewish community[13] but were invited by Lady Olivia Sparrow,[14] a wealthy landowner, to manage her schools in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex and Brampton, Cambridgeshire,[15] But Ridley was more and more used as a preacher and pastor to the local people,[16] He felt called to be an evangelist, which was supported by reports of amazing conversion experiences as a result of his preaching in the violent fishing village.[17] One of the fishermen who heard him preach, Michael Tomlin, would eventually become a full-time Methodist minister in the town and a church bears his name to this day.[18]

From 1846 he was minister of Trinity Chapel, in John Street/Newnham Street,[19] off the Edgware Road in West London, which could accommodate 1,200 people, was built and opened for Herschell by Sir Culling Eardley and other rich supporters. But his faith was to be tested many times, especially after the death of his much loved wife and his second son.[20] In 1855 he remarried to a rich heiress, Esther Fuller-Maitland, who had been in the wings for many years and was a friend of the family. Ridley died 14 April 1864, while resting in the seaside resort of Brighton,[21] After his retirement to Brighton he was succeeded by Carl Schwartz[22] who attempted to unite a Hebrew Christian movement in London from 1865.[23]

He is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in London, on the main path, very close to the main entrance.

Ridley and Helen had five children:

Bibliography edit

  • Herschell, R. H. (1842) Reasons Why I, a Jew, Have Become a Catholic, and not a Roman Catholic. A Letter in Reply to The Rev. R.W. Sibthorp.
  • — (1843a) The National Restoration of the Jews to their Fatherland, and Consequent Fulfilment of the Promise to the Patriachs. A Sermon on Hebrews 11:16 with a Preliminary Address by H.I.D.
  • — (1843b) A Visit to my Father Land, Being Notes of a Journey to Syria and Palestine in 1843
  • — (ed.) (1845–47) ישראל לקו The Voice of Israel. Conducted by Jews who Believe in Jesus of Nathareth as the Messiah 2 vols
  • — (ed.) (1846) Psalms and Hymns for Congregational Worship
  • — (ed.) (1848a) Jewish Witnesses; That Jesus is the Christ
  • — (1848b) The Mystery of the Gentile Dispensation, and the Work of the Messiah
  • — (1856) A Visit to my Father Land, Being Notes of a Journey to Syria and Palestine. With Additional Notes of a Journey in 1854
  • — (1858) The Golden Lamp: An Eexposition of the Tabernacle and its Services
  • R. H. H. [Ridley Haim Herschell] (1834) A Brief Sketch of the Present State and Future Expectations of the Jews: In a Letter Addressed to his Christian Friends
  • — (1860) Strength in Weakness. Meditations on Some of the Psalms

References edit

  1. ^ HERSCHELL, RIDLEY HAIM by Joseph Jacobs, Goodman Lipkind
  2. ^ Herschell, R. (1848) Jewish Witnesses; That Jesus is the Christ
  3. ^ Sanderson. G. B. Memoir of Ridley Haim Herschell. Printed for private circulation 1869
  4. ^ Herschell, R. (1848) Jewish Witnesses; That Jesus is the Christ
  5. ^ Sanderson. G.B., Memoir of Ridley Haim Herschell. Printed for private circulation 1869
  6. ^ Henderson, G. (2007). All Love – A Biography of Ridley Herschell. HTS Media. ISBN 978-0-9555304-0-1
  7. ^ Henderson, G. (2007). All Love – A Biography of Ridley Herschell. HTS Media. ISBN 978-0-9555304-0-1
  8. ^ Sanderson. G. B. Memoir of Ridley Haim Herschell. Printed for private circulation 1869
  9. ^ Henderson, G. (2007). All Love – A Biography of Ridley Herschell. HTS Media. ISBN 978-0-9555304-0-1
  10. ^ Sanderson, G.B.(edited by R.H. Herschell) Far above Rubies, London 1854
  11. ^ Henderson, G. (2007). All Love – A Biography of Ridley Herschell. HTS Media. ISBN 978-0-9555304-0-1
  12. ^ Henderson, G. (2007). All Love – A Biography of Ridley Herschell. HTS Media. ISBN 978-0-9555304-0-1
  13. ^ Sanderson. G. B. Memoir of Ridley Haim Herschell. Printed for private circulation 1869
  14. ^ Lady Olivia Sparrow
  15. ^ Henderson, G. (2007). All Love – A Biography of Ridley Herschell. HTS Media. ISBN 978-0-9555304-0-1
  16. ^ Henderson, G. (2007). All Love – A Biography of Ridley Herschell. HTS Media. ISBN 978-0-9555304-0-1
  17. ^ Johnson, S.F., A Fisher of Men. Printed for private circulation 1945
  18. ^ Whittingham Avenue Methodist Church (Michael Tomlin Memorial), Southend-on-Sea, Essex
  19. ^ Geoffrey Henderson All love: a biography of Ridley Herschell 2006 Page 147 "Once they had moved into the new home in Newnham Street, next to Trinity Chapel, and established the “home for wayfaring Jews” close by, she began what must have been a desperate race against failing health. Her first task at Trinity ."
  20. ^ Henderson, G. (2007). All Love – A Biography of Ridley Herschell. HTS Media. ISBN 978-0-9555304-0-1
  21. ^ Henderson, G. (2007). All Love – A Biography of Ridley Herschell. HTS Media. ISBN 978-0-9555304-0-1
  22. ^ ed. Carl Schwartz The Scattered nation and Jewish Christian magazine Page 48 – 1866 "This chapel was built by the Rev. Ridley Herschell, with the earnest desire of benefiting his ..."
  23. ^ Dan Cohn-Sherbok The image of the Judaeo-Christians in ancient Jewish and Christian ... ed. Peter J. Tomson, Doris Lambers-Petry 2003 Page 287 "In 1865 an attempt was made by Dr. C. Schwartz, minister of Trinity Chapel, Edgware Road, London to unite all Jewish Christians" reprinted/revised from chapter in Messianic Judaism 2000 Page 16

Further reading edit

  • Binfield, C. (1997) "Jews in evangelical dissent: the British society, the Herschell connexion and the pre-millenarian thread", in M. Wilks (ed.) Prophecy and Eschatology Brewer, ISBN 0-631-19051-1
  • Burdon-Sanderson, G. (1891) "Herschell, Ridley Haim (1807–1864), dissenting minister", in S. Lee (ed.) Dictionary of National Biography
  • Burdon-Sanderson, G. (1869). Memoir of Ridley Haim Herschell. London: privately printed.
  • Henderson, G. (2007). All Love – A Biography of Ridley Herschell. ISBN 978-0-9555304-0-1.
  • Jacobs, J. & Lipkind, G. (1906) "Herschell, Ridley Haim", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol.VI, p.363
  • Stunt, T. C. F. (2004) "Herschell, Ridley Haim (1807–1864)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press

January 01, 1970
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Ridley Haim Herschell 7 April 1807 14 April 1864 was a Polish born British minister who converted from Judaism to evangelical Christianity He was a founder of the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Jews 1842 and of the Evangelical Alliance 1845 1 Ridley Haim Herschell Contents 1 Life 2 Bibliography 3 References 4 Further readingLife editHerschell was born in the city of Strzelno in the Duchy of Warsaw a French client state in Poland that had previously been under Prussian control His parents were pious Polish Jews and Haim Herschell decided at a very early age that he wanted to be a rabbi He left home and studied under various teachers Later encouraged by his parents he moved to Berlin to study literature and lived a decadent life like a Christian 2 He visited England for the first time on vacation but returned to Berlin to finish his studies before moving finally to London via Paris 3 In France he experienced a dramatic religious conversion to Christianity and struggled with his Jewish background 4 He sought help from Roman Catholic clergy but eventually turned to English evangelical contacts he had discovered in Paris through a mysterious letter of introduction he had been given before his conversion Reconciled with his Jewish roots but not his family he left for England 5 He entered an institution for converted Jews in the East End of London 6 and was baptised by Charles Blomfield the Bishop of London in 1830 sponsored by high society evangelical Christians 7 He married Helen Skirving Mowbray 8 a woman ten years older than himself from Leith whom he met apparently by a chance introduction in London 9 They had a shared interest in the fashionable Scottish preacher Edward Irving She had taken a deep interest in Judaism and the restoration of Israel and had already learned Hebrew 10 They were both ostracised by their families moved to the poor districts of Woolwich and Camden Town and experienced hard times in spite of their upper class connections 11 They had the first of five children two of whom would die young 12 nbsp Funerary monument Kensal Green Cemetery London Having financial problems caused by a wayward brother who left for America they planned to go to Hamburg where they could live less expensively in a Jewish community 13 but were invited by Lady Olivia Sparrow 14 a wealthy landowner to manage her schools in Leigh on Sea Essex and Brampton Cambridgeshire 15 But Ridley was more and more used as a preacher and pastor to the local people 16 He felt called to be an evangelist which was supported by reports of amazing conversion experiences as a result of his preaching in the violent fishing village 17 One of the fishermen who heard him preach Michael Tomlin would eventually become a full time Methodist minister in the town and a church bears his name to this day 18 From 1846 he was minister of Trinity Chapel in John Street Newnham Street 19 off the Edgware Road in West London which could accommodate 1 200 people was built and opened for Herschell by Sir Culling Eardley and other rich supporters But his faith was to be tested many times especially after the death of his much loved wife and his second son 20 In 1855 he remarried to a rich heiress Esther Fuller Maitland who had been in the wings for many years and was a friend of the family Ridley died 14 April 1864 while resting in the seaside resort of Brighton 21 After his retirement to Brighton he was succeeded by Carl Schwartz 22 who attempted to unite a Hebrew Christian movement in London from 1865 23 He is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in London on the main path very close to the main entrance Ridley and Helen had five children Ghetal 1833 1909 who married John Scott Burdon Sanderson in 1853 Esther 1834 1840 Mary 1836 1899 Farrer Herschell 1st Baron Herschell 1837 1899 Ridley Judah 1839 1862 Bibliography editHerschell R H 1842 Reasons Why I a Jew Have Become a Catholic and not a Roman Catholic A Letter in Reply to The Rev R W Sibthorp 1843a The National Restoration of the Jews to their Fatherland and Consequent Fulfilment of the Promise to the Patriachs A Sermon on Hebrews 11 16 with a Preliminary Address by H I D 1843b A Visit to my Father Land Being Notes of a Journey to Syria and Palestine in 1843 ed 1845 47 ישראל לקו The Voice of Israel Conducted by Jews who Believe in Jesus of Nathareth as the Messiah 2 vols ed 1846 Psalms and Hymns for Congregational Worship ed 1848a Jewish Witnesses That Jesus is the Christ 1848b The Mystery of the Gentile Dispensation and the Work of the Messiah 1856 A Visit to my Father Land Being Notes of a Journey to Syria and Palestine With Additional Notes of a Journey in 1854 1858 The Golden Lamp An Eexposition of the Tabernacle and its Services R H H Ridley Haim Herschell 1834 A Brief Sketch of the Present State and Future Expectations of the Jews In a Letter Addressed to his Christian Friends 1860 Strength in Weakness Meditations on Some of the PsalmsReferences edit HERSCHELL RIDLEY HAIM by Joseph Jacobs Goodman Lipkind Herschell R 1848 Jewish Witnesses That Jesus is the Christ Sanderson G B Memoir of Ridley Haim Herschell Printed for private circulation 1869 Herschell R 1848 Jewish Witnesses That Jesus is the Christ Sanderson G B Memoir of Ridley Haim Herschell Printed for private circulation 1869 Henderson G 2007 All Love A Biography of Ridley Herschell HTS Media ISBN 978 0 9555304 0 1 Henderson G 2007 All Love A Biography of Ridley Herschell HTS Media ISBN 978 0 9555304 0 1 Sanderson G B Memoir of Ridley Haim Herschell Printed for private circulation 1869 Henderson G 2007 All Love A Biography of Ridley Herschell HTS Media ISBN 978 0 9555304 0 1 Sanderson G B edited by R H Herschell Far above Rubies London 1854 Henderson G 2007 All Love A Biography of Ridley Herschell HTS Media ISBN 978 0 9555304 0 1 Henderson G 2007 All Love A Biography of Ridley Herschell HTS Media ISBN 978 0 9555304 0 1 Sanderson G B Memoir of Ridley Haim Herschell Printed for private circulation 1869 Lady Olivia Sparrow Henderson G 2007 All Love A Biography of Ridley Herschell HTS Media ISBN 978 0 9555304 0 1 Henderson G 2007 All Love A Biography of Ridley Herschell HTS Media ISBN 978 0 9555304 0 1 Johnson S F A Fisher of Men Printed for private circulation 1945 Whittingham Avenue Methodist Church Michael Tomlin Memorial Southend on Sea Essex Geoffrey Henderson All love a biography of Ridley Herschell 2006 Page 147 Once they had moved into the new home in Newnham Street next to Trinity Chapel and established the home for wayfaring Jews close by she began what must have been a desperate race against failing health Her first task at Trinity Henderson G 2007 All Love A Biography of Ridley Herschell HTS Media ISBN 978 0 9555304 0 1 Henderson G 2007 All Love A Biography of Ridley Herschell HTS Media ISBN 978 0 9555304 0 1 ed Carl Schwartz The Scattered nation and Jewish Christian magazine Page 48 1866 This chapel was built by the Rev Ridley Herschell with the earnest desire of benefiting his Dan Cohn Sherbok The image of the Judaeo Christians in ancient Jewish and Christian ed Peter J Tomson Doris Lambers Petry 2003 Page 287 In 1865 an attempt was made by Dr C Schwartz minister of Trinity Chapel Edgware Road London to unite all Jewish Christians reprinted revised from chapter in Messianic Judaism 2000 Page 16Further reading editBinfield C 1997 Jews in evangelical dissent the British society the Herschell connexion and the pre millenarian thread in M Wilks ed Prophecy and Eschatology Brewer ISBN 0 631 19051 1 Burdon Sanderson G 1891 Herschell Ridley Haim 1807 1864 dissenting minister in S Lee ed Dictionary of National Biography Burdon Sanderson G 1869 Memoir of Ridley Haim Herschell London privately printed Henderson G 2007 All Love A Biography of Ridley Herschell ISBN 978 0 9555304 0 1 Jacobs J amp Lipkind G 1906 Herschell Ridley Haim Jewish Encyclopedia vol VI p 363 Stunt T C F 2004 Herschell Ridley Haim 1807 1864 Oxford Dictionary of 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