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communion, and was a member of the congregation of James Ramsay, whom he joined about 1800, and subsequently assisted to form an independent church, occasionally preaching for him. In April 1804 he was regularly ordained Ramsay's co-pastor. He withdrew from the pastorate in 1807. He then joined the
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