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FLETCHER, JOHN WILLIAM (1729-1785) , English divine, was 'born at Nyon in Switzerland on the r2th of September 1729, his original
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regiment to Brazil, and after a visit to Flanders, where an uncle offered' to secure a commission for him, he went to England, picked up the language, and in 1752 became tutor in a Shropshire family. Here he came under the influence of the new Methodist preachers, and in 1757 took orders, being ordained by the bishop
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Hunting -don's college at Trevecca left no unpleasantness. The outstanding feature of his life was a transparent simplicity and saintliness of spirit, and the testimony of his contemporaries to his godliness is unanimous. Wesley preached his funeral sermon from the words " Mark the perfect man." Southey said that " no age ever provided a man of more fervent piety or more perfect charity, and no church
Complete editions of his works were published in 1803 and 1836. The chief
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