“It may not be generally known, that a Mr. JOSEPH TAYLOR, having
experienced a merciful preservation, during the ‘Great Storm,’ in 1703;
and, being at that period, a member of the (Baptist) church, meeting in
Little Wild-street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, instituted an annual sermon,
to perpetuate the recollection of that affecting occurrence; leaving, in
trust, a small sum to be thus annually expended.”
The above announcement is prefixed to a sermon preached in the
before-mentioned chapel, in the year 1821, by the rev. George Pritchard.
The annual sermon at that place has been regularly preached, but Mr.
Pritchard’s is the last printed one. It has an appendix of “remarkable
facts, which could not so conveniently be introduced into the
discourse.” The rev. Robert Winter, A. M. (now D.D.) preached the
sermon of 1798, which was the last published one preceding Mr.
Pritchard’s.
Mr. Joseph Taylor was a bookseller in Paternoster-row. He left 40_l._
for the purpose mentioned, to which the church added 5_l._, and
purchased 50_l._ three per cent. consols, which is now standing in the
name of three trustees, who pay the minister.
£. _s._ _d._
For the sermon 1 0 0
Distributing of Notices 0 2 6
Clerk 0 2 6
Two Pew-openers 2_s._ 6_d._ each 0 5 0
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£1 10 0
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The following is a copy of the notice, printed and distributed in the
year 1825.
“GREAT STORM.
_On Sunday Evening, November 27, 1825_,