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<p> an English Congregational minister, was born at Wellington, Somersetshire; March 12, 1803. His father was a soldier, a man of vigorous mind, and a "Unitariani;" his mother was a pious "Evangelical." To the latter he attributed his early conversion to God. Although his early schooling was very limited, by diligent and prayerful self-culture he became an intelligent, earnest, and successful village preacher. His earliest formal connection with ministerial life was as a home missionary — sometimes walking more than thirty miles on Sunday. Subsequently he was pastor at Braunton a short time, and twenty-five years at [[Castle]] Hill, Northampton, when he resigned his charge, and, after living a few years at Slough, removed to Dalston, where he died, April 10, 1870. He was a laborious student; this, with his large-heartedness and his fidelity, made him an able minister of the New Testament. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1871, p. 304. </p> | John Bennett <ref name="term_24488" /> | ||
==References == | <p> an English Congregational minister, was born at Wellington, Somersetshire; March 12, 1803. His father was a soldier, a man of vigorous mind, and a "Unitariani;" his mother was a pious "Evangelical." To the latter he attributed his early conversion to God. Although his early schooling was very limited, by diligent and prayerful self-culture he became an intelligent, earnest, and successful village preacher. His earliest formal connection with ministerial life was as a home missionary '''''—''''' sometimes walking more than thirty miles on Sunday. Subsequently he was pastor at Braunton a short time, and twenty-five years at [[Castle]] Hill, Northampton, when he resigned his charge, and, after living a few years at Slough, removed to Dalston, where he died, April 10, 1870. He was a laborious student; this, with his large-heartedness and his fidelity, made him an able minister of the New Testament. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1871, p. 304. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_24488"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bennett,+john John Bennett from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_24488"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bennett,+john John Bennett from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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John Bennett [1]
an English Congregational minister, was born at Wellington, Somersetshire; March 12, 1803. His father was a soldier, a man of vigorous mind, and a "Unitariani;" his mother was a pious "Evangelical." To the latter he attributed his early conversion to God. Although his early schooling was very limited, by diligent and prayerful self-culture he became an intelligent, earnest, and successful village preacher. His earliest formal connection with ministerial life was as a home missionary — sometimes walking more than thirty miles on Sunday. Subsequently he was pastor at Braunton a short time, and twenty-five years at Castle Hill, Northampton, when he resigned his charge, and, after living a few years at Slough, removed to Dalston, where he died, April 10, 1870. He was a laborious student; this, with his large-heartedness and his fidelity, made him an able minister of the New Testament. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1871, p. 304.
