Added Articles Of The Gospel Standard

From a letter written by J C Philpot in 1847 it is clear that others, not connected with the Stamford church, wished to adopt his selection of Articles. interest spread more widely a few years later when J Gadsby advertised the set of Articles on the front cover of his magazine “The Gospel Standard. Minor changes to the Articles were followed by major changes as the promotion was maintained in the 1850s and 1860s. J C Philpot died in the last month of the 1860s and the final few Articles were written during the controversies of the 1870s.

The first 31 GS Articles were compiled in the mid- 19th century based upon the Stamford Articles 694 of 1843 and various amendments and additions to those 15 Stamford Articles. The “Added Articles” of the late 1870s were put at the end of the 31 Articles to give the final set of 35 GS Articles. These 35 GS Articles are the Articles of Faith written into the Trust Deeds of the GS charitable societies which subscribers and beneficiaries. Septimus Sears

Some years after his death these articles were collated and published in a book. The title of the book (a title not used by J H Gosden) suggests that adherents to the GS Articles are satisfied with the deficiencies in them. A later book of articles on Articles stated that the GS Articles were “enshrined in Chancery”, which to some indicated the Popish progress of veneration for fallible dogma.