Sylvanus Dryden Phelps
Baptist Pastor & Hymn WriterSylvanus Dryden Phelps was born in Suffield, Connecticut, 15 May, 1816. He was graduated at Brown in 1844, and at the Yale Theological Seminary in 1847.
In 1846 he became pastor of the First Baptist church in New Haven, Connecticut, in which relation he remained for twenty-eight years. Since 1876 he has been editor of the "Christian Secretary" at Hartford, Connecticut. In 1854 he received from Madison University the honorary degree of D.D.
He has published several works : "Eloquence of Nature, and other Poems" (Hartford, 1842); "Sunlight and Hearthlight," poems (New York, 1855); " The Holy Land" (1863; republished as " Bible Lands," Chicago, 1869) ; " The Poet's Song for the Heart and House " (1869) ; and "Sermons in the Four Quarters of the Globe" (1886).
He was generally known as S. Dryden Phelps. He died at the age of 79 on 23 November 1895. He is buried in Grove Street Cemetery at New Haven, Connecticut.
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