Introduction

Biography

When Ry­land was born, his fa­ther was a Bap­tist min­is­ter in War­wick. In 1759, the fa­mi­ly moved to North­amp­ton.

In 1781, J. Ry­land, jun­ior, as he signed his name for ma­ny years, was or­dained co-pas­tor with his fa­ther at North­am­pton.

In 1794, he ac­cept­ed the pre­si­den­cy of the Bap­tist Col­lege and the pas­tor­ate of the church in Broad­mead, Bris­tol; he held these po­si­tions un­til his death.

Ryland was a man of con­sid­er­a­ble li­ter­ary cul­ture, and re­ceived a Doc­tor of Di­vi­ni­ty de­gree from Brown Uni­ver­si­ty, Pro­vi­dence, Rhode Is­land.

He was one of the found­ers of the Bap­tist Mis­sion­ary So­cie­ty, and for the three years af­ter the death of Rev. A. Full­er in 1815, Ry­land was act­ing sec­re­ta­ry.

Works

• Serious Es­says, 1771
• Memoirs of Rev. R. Hall, Arns­by, 2nd edi­tion, 1852
• A Can­did State­ment of the Rea­sons Which In­duce Bap­tists to Dif­fer from Their Chris­tian Breth­ren
• Pastoral Me­mo­ri­als, pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly
• Hymns and Vers­es on Sac­red Sub­jects, pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly, 1862