John Clark

Clark, John, born in England in 1843, and educated for the Baptist Ministry at Mr. Spurgeon's college. Proceeding to Canada in 1875 he has held there several pastorates of Baptist Churches, and now (1905) resides at Tryon, Prince Edward Island. His hymn, "With sacred joy, dear Lord, we meet" (For Conferences), is No. 805 in Sursum Corda, Phila., 1898. [Rev. L. F. Benson, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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Clark, John. (Chesham, England, 1843--September 29, 1918, Truro, Nova Scotia). Baptist. After study at Charles Spurgeon's Pastors' College, he served two congregations in England before coming to Bridgetown, Nova Scotia. After three more Nova Scotia pastorates (Dartmouth, Yarmouth, and Micaux), he ministered at Cobourg, Ontario, and Turner's Falls, Massachusetts, before returning to Bass River (1896-1897), Westchester (1897-1899), Antigonish (1904-1905), and Selma (1905-1918), with an interlude at Tryon, Prince Edward Island in 1900-1903. Believing that, if each minister acted as his own evangelist, revivals would seldom be necessary, he became known to his congregations as "Pastor Clark", which was how he wished them all to think of him.

--Hugh McKellar, DNAH Archives