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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_25717" /> ==
 
William Black <ref name="term_25740" />
<p> a [[Methodist]] missionary, was born in Huddersfield, Eng., in 1760, and removed with his parents to Nova [[Scotia]] 1775. In 1786 he entered the ministry. He made up by industry for the lack of early education, and acquired the [[Hebrew]] and Greek languages after commencing his ministry. After several years' faithful and successful ministry, he was appointed general superintendent of the Wesleyan [[Missions]] in British America. He continued in this service through life, and is justly regarded as the father of [[Methodism]] in that region. He died in peace, Sept. 8, 1834. - Wesleyan Minutes (Lond. 1835); Lives of Early Methodist Ministers, v, 242. </p>
<p> a [[Methodist]] missionary, was born in Huddersfield, Eng., in 1760, and removed with his parents to Nova [[Scotia]] 1775. In 1786 he entered the ministry. He made up by industry for the lack of early education, and acquired the [[Hebrew]] and Greek languages after commencing his ministry. After several years' faithful and successful ministry, he was appointed general superintendent of the Wesleyan [[Missions]] in British America. He continued in this service through life, and is justly regarded as the father of [[Methodism]] in that region. He died in peace, Sept. 8, 1834. - Wesleyan Minutes (Lond. 1835); Lives of Early Methodist Ministers, v, 242. </p>
       
 
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69368" /> ==
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<p> Novelist, born in Glasgow; started life as a journalist in connection with the <i> [[Morning]] [[Star]] </i> ; has written several novels, over 30 in number, about the West Highlands of Scotland, rich in picturesque description; the best known and most admired, "A Daughter of Heth," the "Madcap Violet," "Macleod of Dare," "The Strange Adventures of a Phæton," and "A [[Princess]] of Thule." "But when are you going to write a book, Mr. Black?" said Carlyle to him one day (1841-1898). </p>
       
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<ref name="term_25740"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/black,+william+(2) William Black from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_25717"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/black,+william William Black from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_69368"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/black,+william William Black from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
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William Black [1]

a Methodist missionary, was born in Huddersfield, Eng., in 1760, and removed with his parents to Nova Scotia 1775. In 1786 he entered the ministry. He made up by industry for the lack of early education, and acquired the Hebrew and Greek languages after commencing his ministry. After several years' faithful and successful ministry, he was appointed general superintendent of the Wesleyan Missions in British America. He continued in this service through life, and is justly regarded as the father of Methodism in that region. He died in peace, Sept. 8, 1834. - Wesleyan Minutes (Lond. 1835); Lives of Early Methodist Ministers, v, 242.

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  1. ↑ William Black from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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