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Thomas Chalmers
1780 – 1847 · Scotland
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
Matthew 6:33 (KJV)
In the Life of the Saints
After reading William Wilberforce's writings on faith, Chalmers abandoned his earlier ambitions in mathematics and academia to become a leading evangelical voice within the Church of Scotland. In 1843, when the government refused to grant the church spiritual independence from state interference, Chalmers led roughly 470 ministers out of the General Assembly in what became known as the Disruption, founding the Free Church of Scotland and becoming its first moderator.
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