Knight, James (2)

a Congregational minister, was born at Halifax, Yorkshire, England, July 19,1769, and was educated for the ministry at Homerton College, where he is said to have made rapid attainments in Biblical science. Upon his graduation he was called to the Church in Collierskents, Southwark, where he was ordained in 1791. In 1833 he resigned his pastorate there, after a faithful and successful service. He was one of the founders of the London Missionary Society. Mr. Knight's sermons, some of which have been published, were celebrated for their sacred unction, and their thorough and searching appeals to the conscience. His eminent piety was both the strength and ornament of his character. He knew how not only to discuss a subject with logical precision, but also to infuse into it the spirit of vital evangelical piety. See Morison, Missionary Fathers.