Jones, Thomas c. 1729-d. 1762



Thomas Jones was sometimes Chaplain of St. Saviour's, Southwark, in the Church of England. This excellent Man was called to stand forth in support of the truths of the gospel at a period, when those truths seemed to have but little impression among the members of the established church, to which he belonged.

An ornamental marble tablet (1762), on the south wall (of Southwark Cathedral) commemorates the Rev. Thomas Jones, who died of a fever contracted during his parochial visitings, and was buried in a vault in the "Little Chapel of Our Lady." He was chaplain at St. Saviour's from 1753 till he died at the early age of thirty-three. A faithful and zealous evangelical pastor at a period of general debility in the Church of England, he was hampered throughout his ministrations by the governing body, who not only had the right of selecting their ministers, but exercised a jealous censorship on their teaching and practice, when they showed any tendency to "unsoundness" or undue enthusiasm. Above the tablet containing the inscription there is a bust of Mr. Jones, in the clerical dress and necktie of his date, with a cherub on each side.

Southwark cathedral formerly the collegiate church of St. Saviour, otherwise St. Mary Overie. A short history and description of the fabric, with some account of the college and the see; (1905) (see page 95)

The History and Antiquities of the Parish of St. Saviour's, Southwark. Illustrated with Plates. By Matthew Concanen, Jun. and Aaron Morgan. - 1795 (see page 92)

Letters of Christian Sympathy to Mourners - 1830 - 142 pages
Letter IV from the Rev. Dr. Trotter, a dissenting minister to Mrs. Jones, widow of the Rev. Thomas Jones, chaplain of St. Saviour's, Southward. (see page 19)

Middleton's "Evangelical Biography, Volume 4" - 1816 (see page 380)

The Monthly review, Volume 28‎ - Page 233 Ralph Griffiths - Biography & Autobiography - 1763
(see page 233 for a review of "The Works of the Reverend Thomas Jones, M.A. late Chaplain of Ts. Saviour, Southwark. To which is prefixed, a Short Account of his Life, in a recommendatory Preface." By the Rev. William Romaine, M.A. Lecturer of St. Dunstan's in the West. 8vo. 4s. sewed. Dilly.)

Works:

The Works of the Rev. Thomas Jones, M.A. Late Chaplain of St. Saviour, Southwark. To which is prefixed, A Short Account of his Life, in a Recommendatory Preface, By the Rev. William Romaine, M.A. Lecturer of St. Dunstan's in the West. - Third Edition - 1764 PDF Download
An Exposition of the Church Catechism (8 sermons)
1. Hebrews 8:10
2. Mark 1:15
3. James 2:24
4. John 14:15
5. 2 Chronicles 7:14
6. 2 Chronicles 7:14
7. John 3:5
8. 1 Corinthians 10:16
Two Sermons preached at St. Saviour's
9. Repentance and Reconciliation with God, recommended and enforced from James 4:9-10
10. Repentance and Reconciliation with God, recommended and enforced from Matthew 5:25-26
11. A sermon preached before the several Associations of the laudable Order of Anti-Gallicans, from Joshua 23:11-13
12. A Sermon, entitled, The Beauties of Spring, Canticles 2:10-13
13. A Funeral Sermon, entitled, The Good of Affliction, John 16:33
14. A Sermpn preached before the Society for promoting Religious Knowledge among the Poor, on 2 Corinthians 5:14
15. A Visitation Sermons, Acts 20:26, latter part
16. A Charity Sermon preached at St. Botolph's, Bishopgate, from Psalm 48:9