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[ 0 => '{{Orphan|date=February 2013}}', 1 => ''''Gordon Forlong''' (14 February 1819 &ndash; 30 August 1908) was a Scottish-born New Zealand [[evangelism|evangelist]]. He was also a [[lawyer]], [[businessman]], and [[farmer]]. He was born in [[Pollok Castle]], [[Renfrewshire]], Scotland on 14 February 1819.<ref name="DNZB Forlong">{{DNZB|title=Gordon Forlong|first= Peter J.|last= Lineham|id=2f14|accessdate=December 2011}}</ref>', 2 => '== Early life==', 3 => 'The son of William Forlong, a merchant, Forlong was educated at [[Glasgow Grammar School]]. He went on to study at the [[University of Glasgow]] and the [[University of Edinburgh]], where he graduated in Law. He was admitted to the Bar around 1842 and practiced as an advocate in [[Aberdeen]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography - 32 - Gordon Forlong|url=http://www.gospelhall.org/index.php/bible-teaching/138-history/brethren-biographies/3113-biography-32-gordon-forlong|website=www.gospelhall.org|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref>', 4 => 'Forlong’s education had made him a believer in [[Deism]], and he had earlier resisted the wishes of his great-uncle, [[Sir Robert Pollock]], to become a minister in the [[Episcopal Church of Scotland]], the Scottish branch of the [[Anglican Communion]]. While in London, however, he was converted to [[Evangelical Christianity]] by a fellow-businessman. He began itinerating as a [[lay preacher]] and evangelist. He returned to [[Scotland]] around 1859-1860 and played a prominent role in the [[Second Great Awakening]] which broke out in Scotland around that time.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Story: Forlong, Gordon|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2f14/forlong-gordon|website=Te Ara, the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Death of Mr Gordon Forlong|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=MT19080831.2.28|website=Past Papers — Manawatu Times — 31 August 1908|publisher=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref>', 5 => 'Forlong moved back to London around 1863,<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography - 32 - Gordon Forlong|url=http://www.gospelhall.org/index.php/bible-teaching/138-history/brethren-biographies/3113-biography-32-gordon-forlong|website=www.gospelhall.org|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref> and around 1868 he founded [[Talbot Tabernacle]] in [[Notting Hill]], where he remained until emigrating to New Zealand in 1876.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Story: Forlong, Gordon|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2f14/forlong-gordon|website=Te Ara, the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref> A noted member of the congregation was [[Lord Congleton]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography - 32 - Gordon Forlong|url=http://www.gospelhall.org/index.php/bible-teaching/138-history/brethren-biographies/3113-biography-32-gordon-forlong|website=www.gospelhall.org|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref>', 6 => '==New Zealand evangelist==', 7 => 'With his second wife and their children, he departed for New Zealand in May 1876 and arrived in [[Wellington]] on 4 August.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Story: Forlong, Gordon|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2f14/forlong-gordon|website=Te Ara, the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref> Forlong acquired a farm near [[Bulls, New Zealand|Bulls]] in the [[Rangitikei, New Zealand|Rangitikei]] district and began preaching in the Bulls Town Hall. From 1880 to 1883, he moved to [[Dunedin]] and held [[revival meeting]]s at the Great King Street [[Congregational Church]] and in the [[Queen’s Theatre, Dunedin|Queen’s Theatre]]. Returning to Rangitikei, he held meetings in collaboration with the [[Salvation Army]]. In 1887, he moved to nearby [[Whanganui]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Story: Forlong, Gordon|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2f14/forlong-gordon|website=Te Ara, the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref>', 8 => 'Forlong was a religious [[Christian fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] who lived by the motto of “No compromise, no quarter, and no surrender.” Mourners at his funeral eulogised him as “the last of the Puritans.” In his associations, however, he was not denominationally partial. Although he played a pivotal role in founding what became the [[Open Brethren]] movement in New Zealand, and the [[Christian Brethren Church of New Zealand]] today remembers him as a pioneer, he disagreed with the insularity and isolationism of some of his fellow-Brethren and never committed himself exclusively to the Brethren movement. He preached in churches of different denominations, and was particularly supportive of the Salvation Army.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Story: Forlong, Gordon|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2f14/forlong-gordon|website=Te Ara, the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref>', 9 => '==Personal life and legacy==', 10 => 'Forlong was married twice. His first marriage, on 15 January 1852 was to Laura Isabella Ansley of [[Bath, Somerset]], in [[Margate, Kent]]. They had two daughters, Clara and Amy. Laura died in 1854, and Forlong remarried, on 9 June 1857, to Elizabeth Anna Houlton, in [[Paddington]], London. They had eleven children.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Story: Forlong, Gordon|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2f14/forlong-gordon|website=Te Ara, the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref>', 11 => 'Elizabeth died in Whanganui in November 1894.', 12 => false, 13 => 'Around 1905, Forlong relocated to [[Rongotea]], where he died on 30 August 1908.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Story: Forlong, Gordon|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2f14/forlong-gordon|website=Te Ara, the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Death of Mr Gordon Forlong|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=MT19080831.2.28|website=Past Papers — Manawatu Times — 31 August 1908|publisher=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref>', 14 => false, 15 => '==References==', 16 => false, 17 => '{{Reflist}}', 18 => false, 19 => '{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> ', 20 => '| NAME = Forlong, Gordon', 21 => '| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = ', 22 => '| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Evangelist, Lawyer, Businessman, Farmer', 23 => '| DATE OF BIRTH = 14 February 1819', 24 => '| PLACE OF BIRTH = Pollok Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland', 25 => '| DATE OF DEATH = 30 August 1908', 26 => '| PLACE OF DEATH = Rongotea, New Zealand', 27 => '}}', 28 => '{{DEFAULTSORT:Forlong, Gordon}}', 29 => '[[Category:1819 births]]', 30 => '[[Category:1908 deaths]]', 31 => '[[Category:New Zealand evangelists]]', 32 => '[[Category:New Zealand Plymouth Brethren]]', 33 => false, 34 => '[[Category:Scottish evangelists]]', 35 => '[[Category:Scottish lawyers]]', 36 => '[[Category:Scottish Plymouth Brethren]]' ]