Samuel Hanna
minister of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
Samuel Hanna (1772?–1852), was an Irish presbyterian divine.
Early life and education
He was born at Kellswater, near Ballymena, Co. Antrim.
He was educated at the University of Glasgow, graduating M.A. in 1789.
Parish minister
He was ordained as minister of the presbyterian congregation of Drumbo, Co. Down, on 4 August 1795. His reputation as a preacher grew rapidly. On 11 December 1799 he was installed as minister of Rosemary Street, Belfast. He revived the congregation, and his meeting-house was rebuilt twice (completed in 1831). A warm advocate of Sunday schools and of bible distribution, he was also one of the first to interest Irish presbyterians in the subject of missionary enterprise.
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