Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Bates, Rev. John, was born in Bugbrook, Northamptonshire, England
Admin · 08/26/2022 · Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Bates, Rev. John, was born in Bugbrook, Northamptonshire, England, Jan. 26, 1805. He was baptized Dec. 25, 1829, and became a member of the Hagle Street church, where Rey. Joseph Irving labored. Encouraged by his pastor and brethren, he turned his thoughts towards the Chris- tian ministry, intending to go out as a missionary among the colored people of the West Indies. his purpose was not put into execution. , He decided to enter the service of the Baptist Irish Society, in order to work among the Roman Catholics of Ire- land, and accepted an appointment from that body in January, 1833. While in Ireland he labored at Ballina and Sligo, and in other localities, and again took up his abode in Ballina, where he con- tinued for nine years, during which time he bap- tized 60 persons, the fruits of missionary toil. The next five years were devoted to similar work in other places in Ireland, making the whole period of his service in the employ of the Baptist Irish Society seventeen years. Mr. Bates came to America in the spring of 1850, and established himself in Cascade, Iowa, becoming the pastor of the Baptist church. In the State of Towa he came to be recognized as a power, and his counsels in the Association and Convention were carefully weighed. He went to Canada in 1864, and became pastor of the church in Dundas. In April, 1867, he took charge of the church in Wood- stock, and identified himself with the interests of the Canadian Literary Institute. While living here he consecrated two of his daughters, Mrs. A. V. Timpany and Mrs. John McLaurin, to the for- eigh mission work. The labors of Mr. Bates were so onerous that he felt obliged to resign his pastorate at the end of June, 1873. Ie has received into the fellowship of the church during his six years’ ministry in Woodstock by baptism and letter 211 persons. For nearly a year he remained without a regular pas- toral charge. He died May 8, 1875. A memoir of Mr. Bates, with selections from his sermons, essays, and addresses, compiled by Rev. Dr. J. A. Smith, of Chicago, a large volume of nearly 500 pages, was published in Toronto in 1877. Mr. Bates was a man of great power and of ardent piety.From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart photo from finda
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