Clark, James (3)
Clark, James (1)
a Scotch clergyman, took his degree at Edinburgh University in 1680; was licensed to preach in 1687; appointed to the living at Dutml bar in 1688; was a member of the General Assembly 51 in 1690; transferred to Innerwick in 1691; was a member of the assembly of 1692; transferred to Dirleton in 1697; and transferred to Tron Church, Glasgow. in 1702. He zealously opposed the union with England, and, on a fast day appointed by the assembly, he preached a sermon, which so much roused the lower class of people that they arose, threatened the authorities, and took possession of the city of Glasgow; After a life of piety, usefulness, and. popularity, he died in 1724, aged about sixty-four years. He published, Memento Mori: a Word to the healthful, Sick, and Dying (Edinb. 1698) :-Personal Calling, or the Communicant’s Best Token (ibid. 1697) :-Presbyterian Government of the Church of Scotland Methodically Described (ibid. 1701) :-On Ruling Elders (ibid. 1705). Propagating Christianity in Scotland (ibid. 1710) Remarks on the Overtures Concerning Kirk-Sessions (1720). See Fasti Eccles. Scoticance, i, 327, 369, 375; ii, 11.
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Clark, James (2)
a Scotch clergyman, was licensed to preach in 1786; appointed to the living at Elie in 1797, and ordained, having been appointed morning lecturer, assistant at St. Andrew’s Church, Edinburgh, and chaplain to the 3d Battalion of Edinburgh Volunteers; was presented to the living in 1798, and died Aug. 18, 1831. See: Fasti Eccles. Scoticance, ii, 426.
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Clark, James (3)
an English Baptist minister, was born at Fulbourne, Cambridgeshire, in 1792. He united with the Little Wild Street Church, London, and was one of the earliest students of Stepney College. He was pastor in Biggleswade in 1816, and after a short time. removed to Guildsborough, Northamptonshire, where he remained for twenty years. In 1839 he resigned, purposing: not to settle: again; He took up his residence in Edinburgh, and was instrumental in the formation of a Baptist Church, for which he preached for a time. He spent the closing years of his Life in Bristol and Leamington. During this period he published a work entitled Outlines of Theology, in 3 vols. He died Aug. 26, 1862. See’ (Lond.) Baptist Handbook, 1863, p. 113. (J. C. S.)