Blain, Rev. John, was born in Fishkill, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1795; posted by Jim Curran

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  · Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Blain, Rev. John, was born in Fishkill, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1795; converted at the age of fifteen ; united with the First Baptist church in Albany, under Rey. Joshua Bradley; studied for the ministry, and began preaching in 1819; served various churches, and labored as an evangelist in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachu- setts ; was blessed with powerful revivals; a leader in the temperance movement ; baptized about 3000 persons; preached more than 9500 sermons ; as- sisted in nearly 100 revivals; married about 2000 couples ; spoke in about 1000 different places ; gave, while living, to home and foreign missions more than $19,000, and left his property to missions ; had three brothers, who were also preachers. He died in Mansfield, Dec. 26, 1879, in his eighty-fifth year ; a man of great spiritual might.From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart photo from findagrave Kathy G