Samuel Walker

Samuel Walker (born December 16, 1714 in Exeter , † July 19, 1761 in Blackheath (London) ) was a British clergyman of the Church of England .

Life

Walker graduated from Oxford in 1736 and was ordained in the Church of England in 1737. In 1746 he took up a position as an assistant priest in Truro , where he worked half of his tenure. In 1749, Walker experienced an evangelical conversion and from then on preached with greater urgency. He denounced the recklessness and the lack of attention to Sunday , which led to the fact that his sermons met with widespread interest in the population. In 1754, Walker founded various small groups modeled on Pietist group lessons and Methodist Sunday Schools to meet for Bible discussion and prayer . Walker was acquainted with the brothers Charles and John Wesley . As a loyal Anglican , he urged especially John Wesley not to secede from the Church of England, and also voiced his concerns about the itinerant preachers who Wesley endorsed. Walker's ministry was marked by his services .

Fonts

The Christian , 1755
Fifty-two sermons , 1763

literature

Edward Irving Carlyle: Walker, Samuel . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 59: Wakeman - Watkins. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1899, pp. 84 - 85 (English).

Individual evidence

^ Randall Herbert Balmer: Walker, Samuel (1714–1761) . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 714 (English).

personal data
SURNAME	Walker, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British clergyman of the Church of England
DATE OF BIRTH	December 16, 1714
PLACE OF BIRTH	Exeter
DATE OF DEATH	July 19, 1761
Place of death	Blackheath (London)

[1] Randall Herbert Balmer: Walker, Samuel (1714–1761) . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 714 (English).