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Brown University in the Civil War (Providence, R. I., 1868); The Act of Baptism in the History of the Christian Church (Philadelphia, 1879); History of the Anabaptists in Switzerland (1882); Rosier' s Relation of Waymouth's Voyage to the Coast of Maine, 1605 (Portland, Me., 1SS7); Baptist Hymn Writers and their Hymns (Boston, 1888); History of the Baptists in New England (1894); History of the Baptists in Maine (Philadelphia, 1904); and Gettysburg and Lincoln (New York, 1906). He has also edited Early English and French Voyages (N. Y., 1907) and a number of works relating chiefly to the history of Maine.
BURRELL, DAVID JAMES : Reformed (Dutch) ; b. at Mount Pleasant, Pa., Aug. 1, 1S44. He was educated at Yale University (B.A., 1867) and Union Theological Seminary (1870), and after serving as a missionary in Chicago for four years, held successive pastorates at the Second Presbyterian Church, Dubuque, la. (1876-87), Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, Minn. (1SS7-91), and the Marble Collegiate Church, Manhattan, New York City (since 1891). Since 1903 he has also been acting professor of homiletics in Princeton Theological Seminary. He has been on the board of regents of the Theological Seminary of the Northwest, Bennett Female Seminary, Elmira Female College, and McCormick Theological Seminary; and is at present a member of the board of managers of the American Tract Society, the Pan-Presbyterian Council, and the American Sabbath Union; president of the New York State Sabbath Association, a vice-president of the National Temperance Society, and of the Evangelical Alliance; and a trustee of the United Society of Christian Endeavor and the Board of Domestic Missions of the Reformed Church. He is also a member ot the New York and Pennsylvania Historical Societies. In theology he is a conservative. He has written: The Religions of the World (Philadelphia, 1888); Hints and Helps (3 vols., New York, 1891-93); Gospel of Gladness (1892); Morning Cometh (1893); Religion of the Future (1894); Spirit of the Age (1895); For Christ's Crown and Covenant (1896); The Golden Passional (1897); The Early Church (1897); The Wondrous Cross (1898); God and the People (1899); The Gospel of Certainty (London, 1899); The Unaccountable Man (Chicago, 1900); The Church in the Fort (1901); The Wonderful Teacher (1902); The Verities of Jesus (New York, 1903); Christ and Progress (1903); Teachings of Je<<us Concerning the Scriptures (1904); Christ and Men (1906); The Wayfarers of the Bible (1906); and The Evolution of a Christian (1906).
BURRITT, ELIHU: American Congregational layman, scholar, and philanthropist; b. at New Britain, Conn., Dec. 8, 1810; d. there Mar. 6, 1879. While earning his living by his trade of blacksmith, he acquired before the age of thirty some acquaintance with most of the languages of Europe, and also with Hebrew, Samaritan, and Ethiopic. So although modest and deprecating notoriety, he became known as "the learned blacksmith." In 1841 he was invited to lecture, and prepared an address
on " Application and Genius," in which he argued that all attainments are the result of persistent will and application alone. His lecturing was successful, and thenceforth he was prominent before the public as orator, editor, and philanthropist. In 1846 he went to England. For thenext twenty-five years he spent most of his time abroad. He organized " The League of Universal Brotherhood " to work for the abolition of war and to promote friendly feelings between different peoples, and was active in connection with the first Peace Congress at Brussels in 1848 and similar gatherings afterward. He developed the idea of an " ocean penny postage," i.e., the reduction of the high rates then charged on international letters to a sum not more than double the domestic rate. After the outbreak of the Crimean War he returned to America and advocated the emancipation of the negro slaves, with compensation to the owners. From 1865 to 1869 he was consular agent of the United States at Birmingham. After 1870 he lived in retirement at New Britain, but was busy with his pen. He was always active in church work and strove to promote Christian fellowship between different creeds and confessions. He published many works, including: Sparks from the Anvil (London, 1847); Thoughts and Things at Home and Abroad (Boston, 1854); Walk from London to John O'Groat's House (London, 1864); Walk from London to Land's End and Back (1865); Walks in the Black Country and its Green Border Lands (1866); Lectures and Speeches (1866); The Mission of Great Suffering (1867); Prayers and Meditations from the Psalms (New York, 1869); Sanskrit Handbook (London, 1874). He founded and edited a number of periodicals for the promotion of his plans, of which the most important were The Christian Citizen, devoted to " peace, freedom, temperance, and every good cause " (Worcester, Mass., 1844-51), and Bonds of Brotherhood (London, 1846-68). Bibliography: C. Northend, Elihu Burritt; Sketch <</ his Life and Labors, New York, 1882.