Notable South Australians/Rev. E. G. Day
Rev. E. G. Day,
BORN in London, June 30, 1810; received the elementary principles of his education from his father, and was afterwards comparatively self-taught Having early acquired a taste for literature, he read much on a variety of subjects, and especially acquired a great liking for the writings and teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg, of whose views he is at present an advanced and earnest exponent. He arrived in Adelaide by the "Countess of Yarborough" June 20, 1850, and was first engaged as assistant lay preacher to Mr. Jacob Pitman, of the New Jerusalem Church. On Mr. Pitman leaving the colony in 1859, Mr. Day was appointed his successor. He was ordained in February 1878, since which period he has continued his gratuitous services to this church in Adelaide. Mr. Day has been a voluminous contributor to the Press, and has published several interesting theological works. He has also given lectures, and entered into much controversial correspondence with those opposed to his views. As the oldest and only public-teaching representative of the Swedenborgian Church in South Australia, he is certainly entitled to a passing notice in this work.