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<p> an English Congregational minister was born at Great Grimsby, July 7, 1782. At thirteen years of age he was apprenticed to a linen draper at Pontefract; when sixteen years old he wrote A [[Meditation]] on Death, published in the [[Evangelical]] Magazine; and when about eighteen he entered Homerton College. On leaving college he was ordained, and became assistant minister at Newington Chapel, Liverpool. In 1807 he accepted a call to Newport, Isle of Wight, and eventually removed to Liverpool, where he died in January 1874. Mr. [[Bruce]] published, [[Twenty]] Sermons to Aid in | John Bruce <ref name="term_28322" /> | ||
==References == | <p> an English Congregational minister was born at Great Grimsby, July 7, 1782. At thirteen years of age he was apprenticed to a linen draper at Pontefract; when sixteen years old he wrote A [[Meditation]] on Death, published in the [[Evangelical]] Magazine; and when about eighteen he entered Homerton College. On leaving college he was ordained, and became assistant minister at Newington Chapel, Liverpool. In 1807 he accepted a call to Newport, [[Isle]] of Wight, and eventually removed to Liverpool, where he died in January 1874. Mr. [[Bruce]] published, [[Twenty]] Sermons to [[Aid]] in [[Private]] and Family Devotions: '''''—''''' Dorcas; or, [[Female]] [[Christian]] [[Benevolence]] Exemplified: '''''—''''' The Abrahamic Covenant: '''''—''''' and various other minor treatises. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1876, page 319. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_28322"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bruce,+john John Bruce from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_28322"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bruce,+john John Bruce from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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John Bruce [1]
an English Congregational minister was born at Great Grimsby, July 7, 1782. At thirteen years of age he was apprenticed to a linen draper at Pontefract; when sixteen years old he wrote A Meditation on Death, published in the Evangelical Magazine; and when about eighteen he entered Homerton College. On leaving college he was ordained, and became assistant minister at Newington Chapel, Liverpool. In 1807 he accepted a call to Newport, Isle of Wight, and eventually removed to Liverpool, where he died in January 1874. Mr. Bruce published, Twenty Sermons to Aid in Private and Family Devotions: — Dorcas; or, Female Christian Benevolence Exemplified: — The Abrahamic Covenant: — and various other minor treatises. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1876, page 319.
