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<p> a [[Baptist]] minister, was born in Oldham, Lancastershire, England, Dec. 18, 1805. He was educated at [[Chester]] and Oldham, joined the Methodist New Connection early in life, and in 1830 became minister of the United [[Christian]] [[Church]] at Perth. In 1835 he went to London and took charge of the General Baptist congregation in New Church Street. He was one of the earliest members of the [[Evangelical]] Alliance, taking his place in the first conferences held in [[Liverpool]] London, Edinburgh, and Birmingham. In 1847 he was appointed by the Annual Association of General [[Baptists]] one of the deputation to the Triennial [[Conference]] of the Free-will Baptists in the United States. He died in London, Jan. 28,1876. Mr. Burns was the author of Marriage Gift Book:-Life of Mrs. Fletcher:-Tracts and Small Treatises on Baptism:-The [[Pulpit]] Cyclopcedia:-Hints to Church- members:-and A Few Words to [[Religious]] Inquirers. Also, for some time previous to his death, he had been editor of the [[Temperance]] Journal and the Preacher's Magazine. See Appleton's Annual Cyclopcedia, 1876, p. 630. </p>

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