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Baron Stow (1801–1869) was a
Early History of Our Missionary Organization, with Biographical Sketches of the Founders
" in ''The Missionary Jubilee: An Account of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the American Baptist Missionary Union, at Philadelphia, May 24, 25, and 26, 1864, with Commemorative Papers and Discourses,'' (New York: Sheldon & Company, 1869): 89–138. *
"The Model Pastor: A Memoir of the Life and Correspondence of Rev. Baron Stow"
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1871. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stow, Baron 1801 births 1869 deaths 19th-century American male writers 19th-century American non-fiction writers 19th-century Baptist ministers from the United States American evangelicals American male non-fiction writers American Christian religious leaders American religious writers Baptist writers Clergy from Boston Columbian College of Arts and Sciences alumni Editors of Christian publications People from Croydon, New Hampshire
Baron Stow (1801–1869) was a Boston
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Baptist
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minister, writer and editor, who in 1843 with Samuel Francis Smith compiled a Baptist hymnal
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entitled: ''The Psalmist'', which for the next thirty years was the most widely used Baptist Hymnal in the United States.Baron StowEarly life and education
Baron Stow was born June 16, 1801, in Croydon, New Hampshire and graduated in 1825 from Columbian College, nowGeorge Washington University
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in Washington, D.C.
Ordained ministry
In 1827 Baron Stow was ordained a minister in a Baptist church inPortsmouth, New Hampshire
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. He left there in 1832 to become pastor of the Baldwin Street Baptist Church in Boston
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. After 16 years, he left to become pastor of the Rowe Street Baptist Church, from which he retired in 1867.
Death
Baron Stow died December 27, 1869, in Boston.Bibliography
* * * * * * * Baron Stow (1864).Early History of Our Missionary Organization, with Biographical Sketches of the Founders
" in ''The Missionary Jubilee: An Account of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the American Baptist Missionary Union, at Philadelphia, May 24, 25, and 26, 1864, with Commemorative Papers and Discourses,'' (New York: Sheldon & Company, 1869): 89–138. *
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*Stockbridge, John Calvin."The Model Pastor: A Memoir of the Life and Correspondence of Rev. Baron Stow"
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1871. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stow, Baron 1801 births 1869 deaths 19th-century American male writers 19th-century American non-fiction writers 19th-century Baptist ministers from the United States American evangelicals American male non-fiction writers American Christian religious leaders American religious writers Baptist writers Clergy from Boston Columbian College of Arts and Sciences alumni Editors of Christian publications People from Croydon, New Hampshire