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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_23153" /> ==
 
<p> founder of the "Bereans" (q. v ), was born at Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland. in 1734, and studied at St. Andrews, where he graduated A.M. In 1759 he was licensed by the presbytery of Auchterarder, and became assistant minister of Errol, and in 1763 assistant minister of Fettercairn in Forfarshire. Here he began to act the religious leader, and attracted crowds of hearers by his novelties of doctrine. In 1766 he published a [[Paraphrase]] of the Book of Psalms, with a dissertation on interpretation, which was censured by the presbytery. On the death of the clergyman to whom he was assistant in 1772, the presbytery refused him the necessary testimonials for accepting a benefice elsewhere, and he then left the Church of Scotland, and became the leader of the sect called Bereans, of which a few congregations still exist. He preached for some time in Edinburgh, and subsequently in London and Bristol. In London he kept open a debating society, where he supported his doctrines against all impugners. He. died on the 29th of July, 1798. (See [[Bereans]]). </p>
John Barclay <ref name="term_23154" />
       
<p> Barclay, John (2) </p> <p> an English minister of the Society of Friends, was born in [[Clapham]] in 1797, became a [[Christian]] before reaching his majority, and began his ministerial labors in the autumn of 1823, and was "recognized" as such by Friends in [[Cornwall]] in 1825. After residing in Alton, and in Crovdon for a time, he took up his abode in Stoke Newington. "His engagements in thae liie of ministry were not frequent, but he was at times led to address his friends in a weighty and feeling manner, endeavoring to turn their attention from a dependence on man, and from all that is superficial in religion, to a single reliance on the great Head of the Church." For the purpose of promoting the spiritual welfare of the members of the Society, he edited and published a series of selections from the writings of Friends eminent for their piety. In family visitation he was especially blessed. He died May 11, 1838. See [[Testimony]] of [[Deceased]] Ministers at the [[Yearly]] Meeting, 1839, pp. 3-9. (J. C. S) </p>
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68392" /> ==
 
<p> Leader of the sect of the Bereans (1734-1798). </p>
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<ref name="term_23154"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/barclay,+john+(2)+(3) John Barclay from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_23153"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/barclay,+john+(2) John Barclay from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_68392"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/barclay,+john+(2) John Barclay from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
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John Barclay [1]

Barclay, John (2)

an English minister of the Society of Friends, was born in Clapham in 1797, became a Christian before reaching his majority, and began his ministerial labors in the autumn of 1823, and was "recognized" as such by Friends in Cornwall in 1825. After residing in Alton, and in Crovdon for a time, he took up his abode in Stoke Newington. "His engagements in thae liie of ministry were not frequent, but he was at times led to address his friends in a weighty and feeling manner, endeavoring to turn their attention from a dependence on man, and from all that is superficial in religion, to a single reliance on the great Head of the Church." For the purpose of promoting the spiritual welfare of the members of the Society, he edited and published a series of selections from the writings of Friends eminent for their piety. In family visitation he was especially blessed. He died May 11, 1838. See Testimony of Deceased Ministers at the Yearly Meeting, 1839, pp. 3-9. (J. C. S)

References

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