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William P. Breed

Short Name: William P. Breed
Full Name: Breed, William Pratt, 1816-1889
Birth Year: 1816
Death Year: 1889

Born: Au­gust 13, 16 or 23, 1816, Green­bush, New York.
Died: Ap­ril 14, 1889, Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Breed served as first pas­tor of the West Spruce Street Pres­by­ter­ian Church in Phil­adel­phia from 1856 un­til his death. His works in­clude:
Presbyterians and the Re­vo­lu­tion, 1876
Presbyterianism Three Hund­red Years Ago

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Texts by William P. Breed (13)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Hear the chief from his pavillionWilliam P. Breed (Author)1
In earth's blighted garden there growethWilliam P. Breed (Author)1
It cannot be, how can it beW. P. B. (Author)1
May I go to the heathenRev. Wm. P. Breed, D. D. (Author)1
Passing, Lord, by vale and mountainRev. Wm. P Breed (Author)3
The hours on eagle pinions flyWilliam P. Breed (Author)1
There's a bright hall of banquetingWilliam P. Breed (Author)1
Thou mansion bright, thou home of lightWilliam P. Breed (Author)6
Thy bark is on the tide, O sinnerWilliam P. Breed (Author)1
Tossing on the billow, Rocking in the blastWilliam P. Breed (Author)English18
We are ready to fight for our God and the rightWilliam P. Breed (Author)English3
When bright all around me life's jewelsRev. Wm. P. Breed (Author)1
When no more horrid warWilliam P. Breed (Author)1
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