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<p> was an orphan ward of a wealthy and childless uncle, who disowned him on Vasey's becoming a Methodist. He began his ministry in 1776; traveled in the Dales in 1782, [[Liverpool]] in 1783; and in 1784 he was ordained a presbyter of the Church of [[England]] by Wesley, and sailed with Dr. [[Coke]] to America, where he shared the toils and perils of Francis Asbury. He was here ordained by bishop White, and afterwards returned to England, and, with Wesley's consent, accepted a curacy. In 1789 he resumed the itinerant work, and continued therein until 1811, when he was appointed to perform the liturgical services in the City [[Road]] Chapel. In 1826, with a pension from the trustees, he retired to Leeds, where he died very suddenly, Dec. 27, 1826, in his eighty-first year. See Stevenson, Hist. of City Road [[Chapel]] (Lond. 1872, 8vo), p. 152; City Road Magazine, 1871; Wesl. Meth. Mag. 1827, p. 142; May, 1830 (portrait); Stevens, Hist. of Methodism, 3, 467; Hist. of Meth. Episc. Church, 2, 155, 166; Smith, Hist. of Wesl. [[Methodism]] (see Index, vol. 3). </p>
<p> an English Wesleyan minister, was born in 1779. He was converted in 1794; commenced to preach in 1801 at [[Barrow]] and Epworth; was ordained in 1804; labored, among others, on the Sunderland, Whitby, Darlington, and Colne (1815) circuits. He died of inflammatory fever, May 5, 1818. Many were converted through his earnest and godly ministry. See Wesl. Meth. Mag. 1820, p. 401, 481. </p>


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<ref name="term_64708"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/vasey,+thomas+(1) Thomas Vasey from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_64713"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/vasey,+thomas+(2) Thomas Vasey from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 16:30, 15 October 2021

Thomas Vasey [1]

an English Wesleyan minister, was born in 1779. He was converted in 1794; commenced to preach in 1801 at Barrow and Epworth; was ordained in 1804; labored, among others, on the Sunderland, Whitby, Darlington, and Colne (1815) circuits. He died of inflammatory fever, May 5, 1818. Many were converted through his earnest and godly ministry. See Wesl. Meth. Mag. 1820, p. 401, 481.

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  1. ↑ Thomas Vasey from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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