NATHAN STRONG
\nˈe͡ɪθən stɹˈɒŋ], \nˈeɪθən stɹˈɒŋ], \n_ˈeɪ_θ_ə_n s_t_ɹ_ˈɒ_ŋ]\
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An American Congregational clergyman and author; born in Coventry, Conn., Oct. 16, 1748; died in Hartford, Conn., Dec. 25, 1816. He was a chaplain in the Revolutionary army; projected and sustained the Connecticut Evangelical Magazine (1800-15); founded and conducted the Connecticut Missionary Society (1798-1806); and compiled the "Hartford Collection of Hymns" (1799). His published works include two volumes of "Sermons" (1798-1800), and a pamphlet, "The Doctrine of Eternal Misery Consistent with the Infinite Benevolence of God" (1796).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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