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| <p> an Independent minister, was born at [[Edinburgh]] in March, 1766, and apprenticed to a goldsmith. About 1789, at which time he was actively engaged in measures for the extension of Sunday-schools, he began to prepare himself for the [[Christian]] ministry. He subsequently visited London to take charge of twenty-four young natives of Africa, who were brought from [[Sierra]] Leone to be instructed in' Christianity, with a view to its introduction into their native land; and in 1804 he became pastor of the Independent [[Church]] in Kingsland, a charge which he retained until his death, April 4th, 1840. Mr. [[Campbell]] took an active part in the formation of the British and Foreign [[Bible]] Society, and several other important religious associations. In 1812 he made a journey to the stations of the London Missionary [[Society]] in South Africa, from which he returned in1814. Of this journey he published an account (1815, 8vo). In 1818-21 he revisited Africa, and found some interesting changes produced by the civilization introduced by the missionaries. The journal of his second visit appeared in 1822 (2 vols. 8vo). Mr. Campbell published numerous works, chiefly for the instruction of youth, and he was the founder, and for eighteen years the editor of the Youth's Magazine, a religious periodical of great utility. — Jamieson, [[Religious]] Biog. p. 100. </p> | | John Campbell <ref name="term_29834" /> |
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| | <p> Campbell, John (2), </p> <p> a Congregational minister, was born in. the north of [[Scotland]] in 1690, and was educated ats the University of Edinburgh. He came to America. about 1717, and in 1720 became the pastor of the Church in Oxford, Mass., the ordination taking place March 11, 1721., He continued in that relation for more than forty years, and died March 25, 1761. Mr. [[Campbell]] was a man of more than ordinary abilities, acting not only as the pastor of his flock, but as their physician, and, when called upon, settling their disputes as a judge. He published A [[Treatise]] on Conversion, Truth,: Justification, etc. See Ammidown, Hist. Collection, i, 242; Allen, Amer. Biog. s.v. (J; C. S.) </p> |
| == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70009" /> ==
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| <p> Lord [[Chancellor]] of England, born at Cupar-Fife; a son of the manse; destined for the Church, but took the study of law; was called to the bar; did journalistic work and law reports; was a Whig in politics; held a succession of offices both on the [[Bench]] and in the Cabinet; wrote the "Lives of the Chancellors" and the "Lives of the [[Chief]] Justices" (1779-1861). </p>
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| <ref name="term_29837"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/campbell,+john John Campbell from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |
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John Campbell [1]
Campbell, John (2),
a Congregational minister, was born in. the north of Scotland in 1690, and was educated ats the University of Edinburgh. He came to America. about 1717, and in 1720 became the pastor of the Church in Oxford, Mass., the ordination taking place March 11, 1721., He continued in that relation for more than forty years, and died March 25, 1761. Mr. Campbell was a man of more than ordinary abilities, acting not only as the pastor of his flock, but as their physician, and, when called upon, settling their disputes as a judge. He published A Treatise on Conversion, Truth,: Justification, etc. See Ammidown, Hist. Collection, i, 242; Allen, Amer. Biog. s.v. (J; C. S.)
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