Memorial to the Honourable and Reverend Richard Bruce Stopford

You should not overlook the wording on the Memorial to the Honourable and Reverend Richard Bruce Stopford, Rector here for forty-six years, "He faithfully preached Christ crucified, and sought to win souls for God" -words that surely have again and again been a challenge to all. Indeed, could they but speak, what stories the walls of our Parish Church here at Barton Seagrave could tell us, as they must, throughout the centuries, have looked down on squire, people and parson ; as they were the silent spectators of the fight for reformed faith, and witnessed the advent of vital religion and Bible Christianity. But - make no mistake - our Church is no museum. It is God's House of prayer and praise, in which His word is preached, and the two Sacraments are duly administered.

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