The ''Gospel Magazine'' is a

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Christian magazine from the

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, and is one of the longest running of such periodicals, having been founded in 1766. Most of the editors have been

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. It is currently published bi-monthly. A number of well-known hymns, including Augustus Montague Toplady's ''

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'', first appeared in the ''Gospel Magazine''. Toplady, sponsored by

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, used the magazine to attack John Wesley. Other contributors included

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, the organist William Shrubsole (1760–1806), the hymn writer Daniel Turner (1710–98) and (at a later date) the particular Baptist minister John Andrew Jones (1779–1868). The Gospel Magazine Trust is currently working to scan their extant copies—going back 240 years—and upload them onto the website.

List of editors

* 1766–74: Joseph Gurney (died 1815) * 1774–75 & 1776: William Mason (1719–91) * December 1775–June 1776: Augustus Montague Toplady * 1776–1805:

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(1739–1805) Some time between 1783 and 1796 the Gospel Magazine was suspended for a period, and a magazine called the ''New Spiritual Magazine'' was produced. * 1796–1838: Walter Row, a personal friend of Toplady * 1839–40: Bagnall Baker, a High Anglican (but not

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) * June 1840–93: David Alfred Doudney (1811–93) * 1893–94: George Cowell * 1895–1916: James Ormiston, rector of St Mary le Port Church, Bristol * 1916–51: Thomas Houghton * 1951–64:

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* 1964–75: Herbert M. Carson (died 2004) * 1976–81: John Tallach, then Free Presbyterian minister in

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, later

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minister in

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until 2011 * 1981–2000: Maurice Handford * 2000–13 :

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* 2014– : Edward J. Malcolm

References

External links

Gospel Magazine official website

Gospel Magazine page on GraceNet
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