Adams, William (6)
Adams, William
a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Fairfax Co., Va., June 29, 1785. Educated in a pious household, he was converted at an early age, and commenced preaching in 1813, in Kentucky, whither his family had removed. His mind naturally vigorous, was cultivated by assiduous study, and he became one of the most acceptable and useful preachers of the Kentucky Conference, of which he was a member from 1814 to the time of his death. For many years he was secretary of the Conference. He died in 1836. Minutes of Conferences, 2, 406.
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Adams, William (1)
a Congregational minister, was left’ an orphan when nine years old. He probably obtained his preparatory education at Ipswich, Mass., and in 1667 entered Harvard. University, graduating in 1671. Soon after, he was invited to preach at Westfield, Mass., but it does not appear that he accepted the invitation. In February, 1672, he preached at Dedham, when the congregation unanimously invited him to become their pastor, and he was duly ordained Dec. 3,1673. Little is known of his ministry. He died at Dedham, Aug. 17, 1685, at the age of thirty-five. Two of his sermons-one preached in 1678, the other in 1685-were published. A Commentary on 1 Tim-, written by him, is still preserved, and is exceedingly elaborate. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, i, 181.
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Adams, William (3)
an early Methodist preacher, was born in Fairfax County, Va., July 23,1759. In 1775, after a season of distress and powerful conviction, he was converted. He was received on trial by the Conference in 1779, and appointed to the Baltimore Circuit, where he served with great profit for about six months. He died Dec. 3,1779. See Jackson, Lives of Early Methodist Preachers, vi, 275.
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Adams, William (5)
an English clergyman, was born in 1814. He became vicar of St. Peter’s, Oxford; acquired considerable celebrity as a writer of religious works; and died in 1848. Among his published works are, Shadow of the Cross (1842) k-Sacred Allegories (2d ed. 1844).:-The Fall of Cresus (1846):-and Warnings of Holy Week (3d ed. 1849). See Allibone, Diet. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.
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Adams, William (6)
a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Sheerness, England, Jan. 1,1831.. He emigrated to the United States with his widowed mother in 1841, experienced religion. in 1850, and joined the Baptist Church. Later he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church.; studied for the ministry at Cazenovia Seminary; and in 1855 entered the Oneida Conference, in which he served the Church with fidelity, ability, and success until overwork compelled him to retire in 1875. He died at Sioux City, Ia., June 13, 1877. Mr. Adams was an extensive reader, a diligent student, a close and fluent writer, and a ready speaker. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1877, p. 117.