Pastor James Smith, born in Middlesex, a county in southeast England, in 1802. He was born again around eighteen years of age and his autobiography published is well worth reading. James Smith served as pastor of New Park Street Church in London from 1841 until 1850. He was a prolific writer, and his writings were very popular in his day. His successor at New Park Street was Charles Haddon Spurgeon, who is much more widely known in Christian circles. Pastor Smith went to be with the Lord he loved in 1862.