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<p> a minister of the Free Church of Scotland, was born in Edinburgh, in October 1820. After graduating from [[Edinburgh]] University, he studied at Berlin, Bonn, and Heidelberg. He became pastor at [[Greenock]] in 1851, and exercised there a useful ministry of twenty-six years. In 1855 he visited America, and published, as the result of his observations, an [[Essay]] on National [[Education]] in the United States and Canada. He travelled extensively on the Continent, officiating as pastor of several of the Free churches. He also spent some time in Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, his failing health requiring repeated respite from labor. He was an earnest advocate for the union between the Free and the [[Reformed]] Presbyterian churches in Scotland. He died at Abden House, Edinburgh, January 26, 1878. (W.P.S.) </p>
<p> Nelson, John (2), D.D. </p> <p> an American Congregational minister, was born in Worcester, Mass., in 1785, and graduated at Williams College. In 1813 he was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Leicester, where his whole ministerial life, extending over a period of fifty-eight years, was passed. He died December 6, 1871. From 1844 he had a colleague, and for eighteen years previous to his death was an invalid. See Appleton's Annual Cycloycdia, 1871, page 591. </p>


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<ref name="term_52740"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/nelson,+john,+d.d. John Nelson from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_52746"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/nelson,+john+(2),+d.d. John Nelson from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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John Nelson [1]

Nelson, John (2), D.D.

an American Congregational minister, was born in Worcester, Mass., in 1785, and graduated at Williams College. In 1813 he was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Leicester, where his whole ministerial life, extending over a period of fifty-eight years, was passed. He died December 6, 1871. From 1844 he had a colleague, and for eighteen years previous to his death was an invalid. See Appleton's Annual Cycloycdia, 1871, page 591.

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  1. ↑ John Nelson from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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