In 1869 he was selected as president of Andover, a role he served in until 1879 when failing health forced him to resign. In the spring of 1848 he moved his family to Andover, Massachusetts, where he became professor of sacred rhetoric and homiletics at Andover Theological Seminary. His wife Elizabeth Stuart, aside from Jacob Abbott, was one of the earliest writers of books for girls, publishing the four volume Kitty Brown series of books for girls under the pen name H. She was the eldest daughter of Moses Stuart, president of Andover Theological Seminary. In 1842, he was pastor of the Pine Street (Congregational) Church in Boston when he met and married in the autumn of that year Elizabeth Stuart (August 13, 1815 – November 30, 1852). In 1840, he was licensed to preach by the Third Presbytery of Philadelphia. He studied theology at Union Theological Seminary (including six months of Hebrew studies under Isaac Nordheimer), at the Yale Divinity School, and later at Andover. In 1835 he rejoined his family in Philadelphia where he finally obtained a degree in 1837 from the University of Pennsylvania. He was by far the youngest boy in his class and was intensely unhappy. Īfter preparing for college at the age of twelve Austin studied at Hobart College from 1833 to 1835, then at Amherst for six months. Eliakim Phelps was later pastor of a Presbyterian church in Geneva, New York, where he was installed as in 1830, and in 1835 he was elected Secretary of the American Educational Society of Philadelphia. His father, Eliakim Phelps was a clergyman and the principal of a girls’ school in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He was for 10 years President of the Andover Theological Seminary and his writings became standard textbooks for Christian theological education and remain in print today.Īustin Phelps was born in West Brookfield, Massachusetts. Mary Gray, Moses Stuart, Amos Lawrence, Francis Johnson, Edward JohnsonĪustin Phelps (January 7, 1820 – October 13, 1890), was an American Congregational minister and educator. President of Andover Theological Seminary author of Christian books still in printĮlizabeth Stuart, Mary Stuart, Mary Ann Johnson
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