Baptist History, Heritage & Distinctives – Dr. John Clarke, Americas First Baptist Pastor – Prominent Baptist Figure in His Era – Part Nine

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Baptist History, Heritage & Distinctives – Dr. John Clarke, Americas First Baptist Pastor – Prominent Baptist Figure in His Era – Part Nine

Dr. John Clarke, Prominent Baptist Figure in His Era – Part NineT

Baptist History, Heritage & Distinctives – Dr. John Clarke, Americas First Baptist Pastor – Prominent Baptist Figure in His Era – Part Nine

The later services of John Clarke must be passed over. His life was one of singular disinterestedness and self-devotion. Few men have been so prominently engaged in public affairs without arousing antagonisms among those with whom they have been associated. But so well balanced was his mind, so just were his judgments, so thorough was his understanding of human nature and of the problems of his time, so evident was it to all that he was seeking no private ends at the expense of others, that he seems to have been universally honored, trusted, and beloved. If enemies he had they were the enemies of his religion and of his colony.But the aspect of his life which justifies his introduction into the present work has as yet been barely touched upon. John Clarke was a Baptist of the completest and purest type, the most important American Baptist of the century in which he lived.After his return in 1664 Clarke resumed the leadership of the congregation and was ably assisted by Holmes, Torrey, Lukar, and Weeden, who for so many years had been among the chief burden-bearers in the church. Next to Clarke, Torrey was the most prominent man among the Baptists of the island in civil affairs, having been at one time attorney-general and for years general recorder.Thomas E. Kresal from: John Clarke and the Baptists of Rhode Island by Albert H. Newman, 1894 and and Clarke, “Ill News;” ” Records of the Colony of R. I.,” i.; Arnold, i.; Backus; Winthrop; Hubbard; Lechford; Barrows, “History Sketch,” “Dev. of Bapt. Pr. in R. I.,” “Baptist Quarterly,” 1872, pp. 483 seq.; J. C. C. Clarke, in “Baptist Quarterly,” 1876, pp. 180 seq.; Adlam; Callender; Comer.

later services of John Clarke must be passed over. His life was one of singular disinterestedness and self-devotion. Few men have been so prominently engaged in public affairs without arousing antagonisms among those with whom they have been associated. But so well balanced was his mind, so just were his judgments, so thorough was his understanding of human nature and of the problems of his time, so evident was it to all that he was seeking no private ends at the expense of others, that he seems to have been universally honored, trusted, and beloved. If enemies he had they were the enemies of his religion and of his colony.But the aspect of his life which justifies his introduction into the present work has as yet been barely touched upon. John Clarke was a Baptist of the completest and purest type, the most important American Baptist of the century in which he lived.After his return in 1664 Clarke resumed the leadership of the congregation and was ably assisted by Holmes, Torrey, Lukar, and Weeden, who for so many years had been among the chief burden-bearers in the church. Next to Clarke, Torrey was the most prominent man among the Baptists of the island in civil affairs, having been at one time attorney-general and for years general recorder.Thomas E. Kresal from: John Clarke and the Baptists of Rhode Island by Albert H. Newman, 1894 and and Clarke, “Ill News;” ” Records of the Colony of R. I.,” i.; Arnold, i.; Backus; Winthrop; Hubbard; Lechford; Barrows, “History Sketch,” “Dev. of Bapt. Pr. in R. I.,” “Baptist Quarterly,” 1872, pp. 483 seq.; J. C. C. Clarke, in “Baptist Quarterly,” 1876, pp. 180 seq.; Adlam; Callender; Comer.

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