See also:GEORGE See also:DAWSON (1821-1876)
, See also:English See also:nonconformist divine, was See also:born in See also:London on the 24th of See also:February 1821, and was educated at Marischal See also:College, See also:Aberdeen, and at the university of See also:Glasgow
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In 1843 he accepted the pastorate of the Baptist See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church at See also:Rickmansworth, and in 1844 a similar See also:charge at See also:Mount See also:Zion, See also:Birmingham, where he attracted large congregations by his eloquence and his unconventional views
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Desiring freedom from any definite creed, he See also:left the Baptist church and became See also:minister of the " Church of the Saviour," a See also:building erected for him by his supporters
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Here he exercised a stimulating and varied See also:ministry for nearly See also:thirty years, gathering See also:round him a See also:congregation of all types and especially of such as found the dogmas of the See also:age distasteful
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He had much sympathy with the Unitarian position, but was not himself a Unitarian
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Indeed he had no fixed standpoint, and discussed truths and principles from various aspects
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His sermons, though not particularly speculative, were unconventional and quickening
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He was the friend of See also:Carlyle and See also:Emerson, and did much to popularize their teachings, his See also:influence being conspicuous, especially in his demand for a high ethical See also:standard in everyday See also:life and his insistence on the Christianization of citizenship
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He was warmly supported by Dr R
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See also:Dale, and by J
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Bunce, editor of The Birmingham Daily See also:Post
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Both See also:Dawson and Dale were disqualified as ministers from seats on the See also:town See also:council, but both served on the Birmingham school See also:board
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Dawson also lectured on English literature at the Midland See also:Institute and helped to found the See also:Shakespeare Memorial library in Birmingham
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He died suddenly at See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:Norton on the 3oth of See also:November 1876
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Four volumes of Sermons, two of Prayers and two of See also:Biographical Lectures were published after his See also:death
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See Life by H
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See also:Crosskey (1876) and an See also:article by R
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Dale in The Nineteenth See also:Century (See also:August 1897)
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