Bell, John (5)
Bell, John (1)
an English Wesleyan minister, of Episcopal parents, was born at Hull, Oct. 19, 1788. He united with the Church at the age of fourteen, and was received as a probationer in 1811; he was sent to Newfoundland in 1816, and labored in St. John’s, island Cove, and Harbor Grace; returned to England in 1823; became a supernumerary in 1851, and died after much affliction, Oct. 26, 1855. He was a faithful pastor. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1856; Wilson, Newfoundland and its Missionaries (Cambridge, Mass, and Halifax, N. S., 1866, 12mo), p. 237.
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Bell, John (2)
a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Accomac County, Va., in 1792 or 1793. He experienced conversion in his twenty-first year; soon was promoted to class-leader, exhorter, and local preacher; and in 1827 entered the travelling ministry. For two years previous to his decease he held a superannuated relation. He died Aug. 14, 1859. Mr. Bell did valiant work for the Church. He was humble, guileless, patient, courteous, and generous. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1860, p. 56.
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Bell, John (3)
an English Wesleyan missionary was born at Stokesley, Yorkshire, Nov. 21, 1812. He was converted when twelve years old, entered the itinierancy in 1836 (Haslingden and Oakham circuits), and sailed for Antigua, W. I., Oct. 31, 1838. After a few months of earnest work, he was stricken with yellow fever, of which he died, Aug. 16, 1839. See Minutes of the British Conference; Wesl. Meth. Mag. 1841, p. 979.
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Bell, John (4)
an English minister of the Society of Friends, was born in Cumberland County in 1681. He took up his residence in London in 1708, was a member of the Savoy meeting, from which he received a certificate approving him as a minister, and commending him to Friends in Holland, among whom he purposed to labor. For a time, he resided in Bradford, York County, and in 1715 removed to London, where he remained during the rest of his life, and died in 1761. He was the compiler of one volume of Piety Promoted. See Piety Promoted, 3, 205-206. (J. C. S.)
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Bell, John (5)
an English minister of the Society of Friends, was born in London in 1774, and became a Christian in early life. Engaging in secular pursuits, he was greatly prospered in his business, and, as a steward of God, generously distributed the good things which came into his hands. He began to speak as a minister in 1797, and subsequently, at different times, in company with other ministers he made religious visits in different parts of England and Scotland. He died Jan. 14, 1849. See Testimonies at Yearly Meeting, 1849, p. 28-31. (J. C. S.)