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Barrows, Elijah Porter, S.T.D., born at Mansfield, Connecticut, Jan. 5, 1805, and graduated at Yale, 1826. Ordained in 1832, he was Pastor of First Free Presbyterian Church, N. Y., 1835-7; Professor of Sacred Literature in Western Reserve College, 1837-52; of Hebrew Language and Literature at Andover, 1853-66; and of the same at Oberlin, Ohio, 1872. His publications include Memoir of E. Judson, 1852; Companion to the Bible, 1869; Sacred Geography and Antiquities, 1872, &c. His hymn:—
Hallelujah, Christ is mine [peace in Christ] was written at Hudson, Ohio, in 1846, in 6 stanzas of 6 lines. It was taken by Mr. Trowbridge (a Missionary of the American Board) to Constantinople, and there translated into two or three languages. Its first p… Go to person page >
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