Ballingall, Thomas

Ballingall, Thomas, a minister of the British Wesleyan Methodist Connection, was born in Edinburgh in 1786. At the age of nineteen he heard Methodist preaching, obtained pardon through faith, and by the study of Wesley's writings was induced to abandon the Calvinistic creed, in which he had been brought up. In 1812 he was aecepted for the Methodist ministry. In 1853 he retired from the itinerancy, and settled at Kentish-Town, London, where he died, March 10, 1868. He was diligent in study, laborious in circuit duty, 1786. At the age of nineteen he heard Methodist preaching, obtained pardon through faith, and by the study of Wesley's writings was induced to abandon the Calvinistic creed, in which he had been brought up. In 1812 he was accepted for the Methodist ministry. In 1853 he retired from the itinerancy, and settled at Kentish-Town, London, where he died, March 10, 1868. He was diligent in study, laborious in circuit duty, strict and faithful in administration. His sermons were exact and orderly in method, and accurate in language. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1868, p. 22.