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<p> an English Congregational missionary, was born in 1771. He left England, May 5, 1800, and arrived at Tahiti, Polynesia, July 10, 1801, when the island was sunken in barbarism and idolatry. On account of the fierce war that broke out in [[Tahiti]] in 1808, he was obliged to retire to Huaheine, after remaining there a year, went to Port Jackson, which he reached February 17, 1810; returned to Tahiti in September 1811; but in 1818 again removed to Huaheine, and thence to Papara in 1820, where he labored till his death in 1856. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1857, page 175. </p>
<p> a [[Methodist]] Episcopal minister, was born in Liverpool, England, March 5, 1799. He was converted at the age of nine; became a local preacher nine years later; emigrated to New York city in 1827, where for years he did valiant work as a city missionary; and in 1836 entered the New York Conference, wherein he labored until his death, July 2, 1876. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1877, page 42. </p>


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<ref name="term_36873"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/davies,+john+(5) John Davies from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_36891"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/davies,+john+(8) John Davies from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 10:11, 15 October 2021

John Davies [1]

a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Liverpool, England, March 5, 1799. He was converted at the age of nine; became a local preacher nine years later; emigrated to New York city in 1827, where for years he did valiant work as a city missionary; and in 1836 entered the New York Conference, wherein he labored until his death, July 2, 1876. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1877, page 42.

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