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=Burt, Nathaniel Clark.= _N. J._, 1825-1874. A Presbyterian clergyman
of Ohio. Hours among the Gospels; The Far East; The Land and its Story,
the Sacred Geography of Palestine. _Ap._
=Burton, Asa.= _Ct._, 1752-1836. A Congregational clergyman, pastor at
Thetford, Vermont, for more than fifty years. Essays on Some of the
First Principles of Metaphysics, Ethics, and Theology. _See Memoir by
T. Adams._
=Burton, Ernest De Witt.= _O._, 1856- ----. A professor of sacred
literature in the University of Chicago. Records and Letters of the
Apostolic Age; Syntax of Moods and Tenses in New Testament Greek; A
Harmony of the Four Gospels (with W. A. Stevens). _Scr. Sil._
=Burton, Richard [Eugene].= _Ct._, 1859- ----. A littérateur and
journalist of Hartford, Connecticut. Dogs and Dog Literature; Dumb in
June, and Other Poems; Memorial Day and Other Poems; Men of Progress
(edited). _Cop._
=Burton, Warren.= _N. H._, 1800-1866. An educational writer of Boston.
Cheering Views of Man and Providence; My Religious Experience at my
Native Home; The Divine Agency in the Material Universe; Uncle Sam’s
Recommendations of Phrenology; The District School as it Was; Helps to
Education; Culture of the Observing Faculties in the Family and School;
Scenery Showing.
=Burton, William Evans.= _E._, 1804-1860. A popular comedian of New
York city. The Actor’s Alloquy; Waggeries and Vagaries; Cyclopædia of
Wit and Humor. _Ap._
=Bush, George.= _Vt._, 1796-1859. A Swedenborgian clergyman who was
long a professor of Hebrew in the University of New York. Beside
Commentaries on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Joshua, Judges,
the Psalms, his writings include Life of Mohammed; New Church
Miscellanies; Priesthood and Clergy unknown to Christianity; Mesmer and
Swedenborg; Treatise on the Millennium; The Resurrection of Christ.
_Har._
=Bushnell, Charles Ira.= _N. Y._, 1826-1883. An antiquarian writer
of New York city, among whose works are Crumbs for Antiquarians;
Adventures of Sir Christopher Hawkins (edited).
=Bushnell, Horace.= _Ct._, 1802-1876. A Congregational clergyman of
Hartford, who was one of the foremost thinkers in his denomination.
He was a fearless reasoner, and his literary style exhibits both
clearness and beauty. Christian Nurture; God in Christ; Christ in
Theology; The Vicarious Sacrifice; Politics the Law of God; Nature and
the Supernatural; Moral Uses of Dark Things, his ablest work; Sermons
for the New Life; Sermons on Living Subjects; Forgiveness and Law; The
Age of Homespun; Woman Suffrage; Moral Tendencies and Results of Human
History; Building Eras in Religion; The Character of Jesus; Work and
Play; Christ and His Salvation. _See Life and Letters, edited by his
daughter, Mrs. Cheney; Atlantic Monthly, January, 1881._
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