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Joseph Wild
b. 1834
A 19th-century preacher and writer, he moved from England to North America and became known for energetic sermons and books on religion, prophecy, and British Israelism. His work reflects the lively religious debates of Victorian Canada and the United States.
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The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882
by Joseph Wild
About the author
Born on November 16, 1834, near Littleborough in Lancashire, England, Joseph Wild later emigrated to the United States and then to Upper Canada. He served as a Methodist and Congregational minister, preaching in places including Hamilton, Goderich, and Brooklyn, and built a reputation as a forceful public speaker.
Alongside his ministry, he wrote extensively. His books and sermons explored prophecy, biblical interpretation, freemasonry, Jesuitism, and especially British Israelite ideas, showing the wide range of controversies and religious questions that drew readers in the late 1800s.
Wild died in Brooklyn on August 18, 1908. Today he is remembered both as a preacher and as a prolific religious author whose writings offer a vivid window into the spiritual and intellectual currents of his time.