John loughborough biography

John Norton Loofborough was born on Main Street in Victor on January 26, 1832, the second son of Nathan Benson Loofborough (1802-1839), a.
At age 17 he embarked on a ministerial career that would span seven decades and propel him tens of thousands of miles around the globe.
From the age of 17, Loughborough was a lay preacher for the First-day Adventists.

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John Loughborough Pearson

British architect

For other people named John Pearson, see John Pearson (disambiguation).

John Loughborough PearsonRA (5 July 1817 – 11 December 1897) was a British Gothic Revival architect renowned for his work on churches and cathedrals. Pearson revived and practised largely the art of vaulting, and acquired in it a proficiency unrivalled in his generation. He worked on at least 210 ecclesiastical buildings in England alone in a career spanning 54 years.^[1]

Early life and education

Pearson was born in Brussels on 5 July 1817.^[2] He was the son of William Pearson, etcher, of Durham, and was brought up there. At the age of fourteen, he was articled to Ignatius Bonomi, architect, of Durham, whose clergy clientele helped stimulate Pearson's long association with religious architecture, particularly of the Gothic style.

Pearson moved to London, where he became a pupil of Philip Hardwick (1792–1870), architect of the Euston Arch and Lincoln's Inn. He lived in central London at 13 Mansfield Street (where a blue plaque com

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John Norton Loughborough
(1832-1924)

J. N. Loughborough accepted the Sabbath at Rochester, New York, in 1852, as a result of the preaching of J. N. Andrews. It was here that he first met James and Ellen White. He and his family had gone through the 1844 disappointment as believers. From the age of 17, Loughborough was a lay preacher for the First-day Adventists. A month after he was introduced to the Sabbath by J. N. Andrews, he began preaching for the movement that later would become known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church. A vision given to Ellen White helped him to begin, when he doubted whether he could support his family. Relating this vision Ellen White said: "Brother Loughborough is holding back from his duty to preach the message, trying to get means for his support. The Lord told me to say, 'Decide to preach the message and the Lord will open the way for your family's support.'"--Divine Predictions Fulfilled, pp. 25-27. He had been selling sashlocks, but it had not gone well. Down to his last three cents, he gave his wife a penny for thread and a penny for matche

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Loughborough, John Norton, 1832-1924

Dates

Existence: January 26, 1832 – April 7, 1924

Biographical

John Norton Loughborough (1832 to 1924) is considered one of the pioneer leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He and his family had gone through the 1844 disappointment as believers. From the age of 17, Loughborough was a lay preacher for the First-day Adventists. In 1852 he joined the movement that eventually became known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and began preaching. Loughborough joined James and Ellen White in advocating church organization in 1860.

In 1868 he pioneered Seventh-day Adventist work in California along with D. T. Bourdeau. Later he spent five years in England, beginning in 1878, and then served as president of several conferences after returning to the United States. In 1892 Loughborough published the first Seventh-day Adventist history, The Rise and Progress of Seventh-day Adventists, later revised and expanded as The Great Second Advent Movement. He also published The Church, Its Organization, Order, and Di