John Rippon

Many hymns originally published in Rippon's Selection are preserved in the Sacred Harp.

During these times, the church experienced great growth and became one of the largest congregations in the country.

Rippon's church was later pastored by Charles Haddon Spurgeon before moving to the Metropolitan Tabernacle at Elephant and Castle.

[citation needed] Like John Gill, he looked for a large scale conversion of the Jews at the end of the age.

[3] His younger brother, Thomas Rippon, served as the Chief Cashier of the Bank of England from 1829 to 1835.