John Dickson (minister)

John Dickson
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Depiction of a conventicle in progress, from H. E. Marshall's Scotland's Story, published in 1906

John Dickson was a 17th-century minister from Rutherglen in Scotland. He was a Covenanting field-preacher and a close associate of John Blackadder.[1] For preaching outdoors without a licence he was imprisoned on the Bass Rock from 1 September 1680 to 8 October 1686.

  1. ^ Porteous, James Moir (1881). The Scottish Patmos. A standing testimony to patriotic Christian devotion. Paisley: J. and R. Parlane. p. 64. Retrieved 3 March 2019.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.