Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Barrows, Rev. Comfort Edwin,

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Admin  · 8/20/2022 · Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Barrows, Rev. Comfort Edwin, son of Com- fort and Mela (Blake) Barrows, was born in Attle- borough, Mass., Dec. 11, 1831, and was a graduate of Brown University in the class of 1858, and of the Newton Theological Institution in the class of 1861. He was ordained Dec. 25, 1861, as pastor of the Baptist church in South Danvers (now Pea- body), Mass., where he remained three years and three months, and then accepted a call to the pas- torate of the First Baptist church in Newport, with which he began his ministerial labors March 12, 1865, which position he now (1880) holds. Among is published writings are a memorial sermon commemorating the life and services of the Rey. Erastus Willard, for twenty-one years missionary in France; an historical discourse upon “The Development of Baptist Principles in Rhode Island,’ preached May 12, 1875, the semi-centennial anniversary of the Rhode Island Baptist State Convention. This discourse was first published by the Convention, and subsequently, with slight additions, it was issued by the American Baptist Publication Society as one of its series of short historical and denominational works. Mr. Bar- rows published also a discourse delivered on Thanksgiving-day, Nov. 30, 1876, on the history of the First Baptist church in Newport, R. I., and a discourse commemorative of Benjamin B. How- land, for fifty years clerk of the town and city of Newport. He has also contributed articles for re- views and papers. Mr. Barrows is one of the ablest men in the Baptist denomination. His his- torical works should be read by his brethren every- where. He is a manly Baptist who courageously asserts the truth, and always presents it in a loving spirit.From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William CathcartView insights113 post reach

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