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<p> a [[Methodist]] minister, was born about the year 1815, was converted at the age of 16, and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1845 he joined the Southern Church. He was licensed to preach about 1858, and upon the reorganization of the Methodist Episcopal Church in [[Georgia]] after the war, he was among the first to return to the Northern Church. He was ordained deacon by bishop Clark at Murfreesborough, Tenn., and continued to labor as a missionary among his people until the organization of this Conference, when he was received on trial and appointed to Clayton Circuit. In 1868 he was appointed to Clark Chapel, Atlanta, and in 1869 and 1870 to White [[Water]] Circuit. He died there April 12,1871. His dying words, "The gates are open and I must go," give assurance that he passed away as one of the fathers, after a useful and happy life, to the rest that remaineth to the people of God.-Minutes of Conferences, 1871, p. 278. </p>
<p> Kendall, [[George]] (1), D.D., </p> <p> an English Calvinistic divine, who flourished about the middle of the 17th century, was prebend of [[Exeter]] and rector of Blisland; Cornwall, at the Restoration, when, on account of nonconformity, he was ejected. He died in 1663. He is noted as the author of an able treatise on the Calvinistic faith, entitled Vindication of the [[Doctrine]] of [[Predestination]] (Lond. 1653, fol.). Another noted work is his reply to John Goodwin, [[Defence]] of the Doctrine of the [[Perseverance]] of the [[Saints]] (1654, fol.). See. Aliibone, Dict. of Amer. and Engl. Authors, ii, s.v. </p>


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<ref name="term_46888"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/kendall,+george+(2) George Kendall from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_46893"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/kendall,+george+(1),+d.d. George Kendall from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 09:57, 15 October 2021

George Kendall [1]

Kendall, George (1), D.D.,

an English Calvinistic divine, who flourished about the middle of the 17th century, was prebend of Exeter and rector of Blisland; Cornwall, at the Restoration, when, on account of nonconformity, he was ejected. He died in 1663. He is noted as the author of an able treatise on the Calvinistic faith, entitled Vindication of the Doctrine of Predestination (Lond. 1653, fol.). Another noted work is his reply to John Goodwin, Defence of the Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints (1654, fol.). See. Aliibone, Dict. of Amer. and Engl. Authors, ii, s.v.

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