History Lecture on ‘Samuels Petto & Peto’

Metropolitan Tabernacle taken ...

Gary Brady brought the lecture last evening on: “The Samuels Petto (1624-1711) and Peto (1809-1889)”

It was a pleasure to see Gary again and to hear his lecture.

It was a bit different to what we would normally have, but it made me realise how God moves and orders people for the good of the Church. There was quite an excerpt from the MP Samuel Peto from the opening of ‘The Metropolitan Tabernacle‘ where C H Spurgeon was the minister. He donated the first £5000 to the Tabernacle. [If I can get hold of the speech section I’ll update the post] How things have changed. To find an MP willing to stand publicly for the Gospel in such a profoundly spiritual and exclusive [Jesus is the Only way of Salvation] manner would be quite a task these days!  He had a profound and true understanding of the Gospel – it seemed to me anyway. Samuel Peto was an Engineer, a Builder, an MP, a Businessman, an Entrepreneur, a Philanthropist and much more. He built the Houses of Parliament. He gave away thousands of pounds – millions in our day – to missions and the cause of Christ.

The first Petto made me think of the thousands of ministers that labour in complete obscurity in their own location for the Glory of God. Forgotten or completely unknown by us generally, but not forgotten by God. Quite encouraging. Yet some of those obscure or forgotten ministers were men of great ability. Well known, some of them in their day. This Petto wrote many books, his most well-known(?) and best was on the Mosaic Covenant – recently reprinted. There has also been a recent booklet by Michael Brown on Samuel Petto – Gary quoted from this. [See below for link]

Gary began his lecture by making the point how quickly people, even good and able people, disappear into obscurity.

Good things to think on.

 

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2 thoughts on “History Lecture on ‘Samuels Petto & Peto’

  1. Wow looking forward to the audios! A good reminder how what we do can’t be for other people because we all escape into obscurity. We must do it to please the Lord

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