John Atkinson (clergyman)

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

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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

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Works deriving from his pastoral experience:

Histories:

References

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  • "Atkinson, John" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
  •   "Atkinson, John". The Biographical Dictionary of America. Vol. 1. 1906. p. 159.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  • John Alfred Faulkner (1936). "Atkinson, John". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.