WHITMAN, Bernard, clergyman, born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 8 June, 1796; died in Waltham, Massachusetts, 5 November, 1834. He earn decided to enter the ministry, and earned money to defray his expenses by working in factories. He entered Harvard in 1818, but was rusticated for a breach of discipline in 1819, and, on joining a lower class at the expiration of a year, asked and received an honorable dismissal, he then taught and studied theology till 1824, when he was licensed to preach, and on 15 February, 1826, he was ordained pastor of the 2d church in Waltham, Massachusetts, where he remained till his early death from consumption. This church had just dismissed an orthodox clergyman, who had carried with him a large part of the congregation, and thus Mr. Whitman was led to a bold exposition of Unitarian views which he had adopted some time before. His published sermon on "Denying the Lord Jesus" (Boston, 1827) went through several editions, was widely circulated, and placed him in the front rank of the defenders of his faith, he was also successful as a lecturer on temperance. His works include " Two Letters to the Reverend Moses Stuart on the Subject of Religious Liberty" (1831); "Village Sermons" (1832) ; and " Friendly Letters to a Universalist on Divine Rewards and Punishments" (1833).--His brother, Jason, born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 30 April, 1799; died in Lexington, Massachusetts, 25 January 1848 was graduated at Harvard in 1825, studied theology, and was pastor of Unitarian churches at Saco, Maine, in 1880-'4, at Portland in 1835-'45, and at Lexington from 1845 till his death. For one year, in 1834-'5, he was general secretary of the American Unitarian association. Besides numerous sermons, he published memoirs of his brother, Bernard (Boston, 1837), and their father, Deacon John Whitman, who lived to the age of 107 years (184'2); "The Young Man's Assistant in Efforts at Self-Cultivation" (1838) ; "Young Lady's Aid to Usefulness" (3d ed., 1845): " Discourses on the Lord's Prayer" (1847); and, with William E. Greely, "A Brief Statement of the Unitarian Belief" (1847). See a sketch of his life contained in a volume of his sermons (1849).