- REV. CYRUS HAMLIN is pastor of the First Congregational Church
of the city of Beloit. He
- was born in Boston, Mass., on the 24th day of December, 1843.
He fitted himself for a collegiate course at the Farmington academy,
Farmington, Me., and entered Wabash college with the class of
1866. Before the time of his graduation - after the junior year
- he engaged in teaching in Clinton, N.Y. His immediate preparation
for the Christian ministry was made in Union Theological Seminary,
N.Y., from which institution he graduated in 1868. After leaving
the seminary he became pastor of the Congregational Church in
Bellows Falls, Vt., continuing in this relation from 1868 to
the spring of 1874. His subsequent pastorates have been in Brooklyn,
N.Y., from 1874 to 1877; in Council bluffs, Iowa, form 1877 to
1884, until he came to his present home in Beloit in January,
1885.
- Mr. HAMLIN is a scholar of excellent mental qualities and
an able minister of the gospel. He has a
- large and growing place in the affectionate confidence of
his people. He believes in the fullest application of Christian
truth to all the various interests of individual and social life,
and his generous fidelity in his sacred office entitles him to,
as it commands, universal respect. He is a wise and beloved pastor.
- Mr. HAMLIN was married Oct. 1, 1884, to Miss Lydia S. HARRIS,
daughter of Rev. J. H.
- HARRIS.
-
- Taken from "The Portrait and Biographical Album of
Rock County, Wis." (c)1889, pp. 919.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
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