Commemorated on 2 plaques
In this pulpit Rowland Hill preached the first sermon in Surrey Chapel, June 8, 1783 "We preach Christ crucified" & continued to preach in it until April 2, 1833 nine days before his decease. His successor James Sherman preached in it till 1854 after which Newman Hall occupied it till June 25, 1876 when the congregation & institutions removed to Christ Church. This pulpit was open to faithful preachers of all churches & amongst others was occupied by Venn, Scott & Berridge, amongst Episcopalians & by Chalmers, Robert Hall, Jay, James, Parsons of other churches.
Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars Road, Southwark, London, United Kingdom where they preached
Dr Thomas Chalmers 1780-1847 First Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland was born in the house at the end of the close
Old Post Office Close, Anstruther, United Kingdom where they was born (1780)