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{{Short description|Church of England preacher and theologian (1794–1869)}}
'''Charles Bridges'''
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Educated at [[Queens' College, Cambridge
In 1849, he became vicar of [[Weymouth, Dorset
▲Educated at [[Queens' College, Cambridge|Queens' College]], Cambridge,<ref>{{Venn|id=BRGS812C|name=Bridges, Charles}}</ref> he was ordained in 1817 and served from 1823 to 1849 as vicar of [[Old Newton]], Suffolk.<ref name="apuritansmind.com" /><ref name="A commentary on Ecclesiastes" /> [[Thomas Chalmers]] wrote,
▲'My excellent friend, the Rev. Charles Bridges, of Old Newton, Suffolk, finds, I am sure, most ample occupation among those six hundred people whom he may be said to have domesticated into one parochial family; and, were it not for his still more important services to the Christian church at large, would show, by his incessant labours, how possible it were to make out a most beneficial expenditure of all his strength and all his time amongst them.'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newble.co.uk/chalmers/extension1.html |title=On the Right Ecclesiastical Economy of a Large Town |work=Thomas Chalmers: Sermons and Writings |accessdate=1 February 2009}}</ref>
▲In 1849, he became vicar of [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]], Dorset, later serving as vicar of [[Hinton Martell]], Dorset (c. 1857).<ref name="Psalm 119: Product Description" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gracegems.org/26/BRIDGES.htm |title=Exposition of Psalm 119: Preface |work=Grace Gems |accessdate=1 February 2009}}</ref> Bridges participated (with [[John Charles Ryle|J. C. Ryle]]) in the Clerical Conference at [[Weston-super-Mare]] of 1858, and also participated in the consecration of the [[Samuel Waldegrave|Bishop of Carlisle]] in [[York Minster]] in 1860.<ref name="A commentary on Ecclesiastes" />
== Personal life ==▼
Bridges was married to Harriet Torlesse, with whom he had at least two sons, the second of whom was physician John Henry Bridges, [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|BM]] [[University of Oxford|Oxon]] [[Royal College of Physicians|FRCP]] (1832–1906).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/heritage/munksroll/munk_details.asp?ID=539 |title=Bridges, John Henry |work=Royal College of Physicians |accessdate=1 February 2009}}</ref>
==Literary
At least twenty-four editions of Bridges' ''Exposition of Psalm 119'' (1827) were published in his lifetime.<ref name="Psalm 119: Product Description" /> [[Charles Spurgeon|C. H. Spurgeon]] considered the commentary to be
** Exposition of Psalm 119, comment on v.10 ▼
▲At least twenty-four editions of Bridges' ''Exposition of Psalm 119'' (1827) were published in his lifetime.<ref name="Psalm 119: Product Description" /> [[Charles Spurgeon|C. H. Spurgeon]] considered the commentary to be 'worth its weight in gold'.<ref name="Psalm 119: Product Description" /> Spurgeon also pronounced Bridges' ''Exposition of Proverbs'' (1840) 'The best work on the Proverbs'.<ref>Bridges, C [http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/item_detail.php?4400 ''Exposition of Proverbs''], The Banner of Truth Trust, Edinburgh (from biographical information on rear cover).</ref>
== Bibliography ==▼
''Exposition of Psalm 119'' (1827)<br />▼
*''The Christian Ministry'' (1829)
*''Memoir of Mary Jane Graham'' (c. 1834)
*''Forty-eight Scriptural Studies'' (1837)
''Exposition of Proverbs'' (1840)<br />▼
*''A Manual for the Young'' (1849)
*''Correspondence'' (posthumous, 1870)
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