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<p> Adams, [[Josiah]] (2), </p> <p> a [[Methodist]] Episcopal minister, was born at West Haddon, Northamptonshire, England, in 1821, of pious Wesleyan parents. He experienced religion at the age of sixteen; was soon licensed to preach; emigrated to [[America]] in 1853; and in 1857 was admitted into the Central [[Ohio]] Conference, wherein he labored with great acceptability and usefulness until his death, Oct. 14, 1866. Mr. Adams, as a preacher, was earnest, practical, and pointed; as a Christian,' upright and honorable in all his deportment. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1867, p.. 163. </p>
<p> Adams, [[Josiah]] (1), </p> <p> a [[Methodist]] Episcopal minister, was born at Woodsfield, O., July 25, 1818. He experienced religion in his eighth year; .received license to exhort in his sixteenth year; soon after became a local preacher; and in 1841 was admitted into the Pittsburgh Conference, in which he served the Church faithfully until his death. April 10, 1851. Mr. Adams was a self-made man of refinement, accuracy, and breadth of knowledge. He possessed excellent natural ministerial gifts. His preaching was attended with unusual power, and everywhere he was highly honored. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1851, p. 603. </p>


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<ref name="term_17811"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/adams,+josiah+(2) Josiah Adams from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_17814"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/adams,+josiah+(1) Josiah Adams from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 07:41, 15 October 2021

Josiah Adams [1]

Adams, Josiah (1),

a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Woodsfield, O., July 25, 1818. He experienced religion in his eighth year; .received license to exhort in his sixteenth year; soon after became a local preacher; and in 1841 was admitted into the Pittsburgh Conference, in which he served the Church faithfully until his death. April 10, 1851. Mr. Adams was a self-made man of refinement, accuracy, and breadth of knowledge. He possessed excellent natural ministerial gifts. His preaching was attended with unusual power, and everywhere he was highly honored. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1851, p. 603.

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