Ebenezer Henderson

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1784 – 1858

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Who was Ebenezer Henderson?

Ebenezer Henderson, a Scottish divine, was born at the Linn near Dunfermline, and died at Mortlake.

He was the youngest son of an agricultural labourer, and after three years schooling spent some time at watchmaking and as a shoemaker's apprentice. In 1803 he joined Robert Haldane's theological seminary, and in 1805 was selected to accompany the Rev. John Paterson to India; but--as the East India Company would not allow British vessels to convey missionaries to India--Henderson and his colleague went to Denmark to await the chance of a passage to Serampur, then a Danish port.

Being unexpectedly delayed, and having begun to preach in Copenhagen, they ultimately decided to settle in Denmark, and in 1806 Henderson became pastor at Elsinore. From this time till about 1817 he was engaged in encouraging the distribution of Bibles in the Scandinavian countries, and in the course of his labors he visited Sweden and Lapland, Iceland and the mainland of Denmark and part of Germany. During most of this time he was an agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society.

On 6 October 1811 he formed the first Congregational church in Sweden. In 1818, after a visit to England, he travelled in company with Paterson through Russia as far south as Tiflis, but, instead of settling as was proposed at Astrakhan, he retraced his steps, having resigned his connection with the Bible Society owing to his disapproval of a translation of the Scriptures, which had been made in Turkish.

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Born
Nov 17, 1784
Died
May 17, 1858

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on July 23, 2013

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