John Atkinson (clergyman)
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John Atkinson (December 6, 1835, Deerfield, New York - December 8, 1897, Haverstraw, New York) was an American Methodist clergyman and historian. He wrote histories of Methodism, and the hymn "We Shall Meet Beyond the River".
Biography
He became a preacher at 18 years of age and served in the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He filled pulpits in New Jersey (Newark, Jersey City); Chicago; Bay City, Michigan; and finally Haverstraw, New York; after another pass through Newark and Jersey City.[citation needed]
Works
Works deriving from his pastoral experience:
- The Living Way (1856)
- The Garden of Sorrows (1868)
- The Class Leader (1875)
Histories:
- Memorials of Methodism in New Jersey (1860)
- The Centennial History of American Methodism, 1784-1816 (1884)
- The History of the Wesleyan Movement in America and of the Establishment Therein of Methodism (1896)
References
- New International Encyclopedia. 1905. .
- John Alfred Faulkner (1936). "Atkinson, John". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
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- 1835 births
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