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(1817–67). B. Washington Township, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania; of Swiss descent; educ. Marshall Coll., Mercersburg, Pennsylvania; Ger. Ref. pastor Lewisburg, Lancaster, and Lebanon, Pennsylvania; prof. Mercersburg Sem.; defended “Mercersburg theology”; hymnist. Hymns include “Christ, by Heavenly Hosts Adored” and “Jesus, I Live to Thee”; ed. Guardian and Mercersburg Review; other works include The Sainted Dead; The Heavenly Home; The True Glory of Woman; Christological Theology.