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TAYLOR, Oliver Alden, clergyman, born in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, 18 August, 1801; died in Manchester, Massachusetts, 18 December, 1851. He was graduated at Union in 1825, and at Andover theological seminary in 1829, made German translations, and assisted Professor Moses Stuart in teaching Hebrew at Andover for several years, and on 18 September, 1839, was installed as pastor of the Congregational church in Manchester. He published many articles in the " Biblical Repository" and other periodicals, and was a frequent contributor of poetry to magazines between 1820 and 1828. He translated Franz V. Reinhard's " Plan of the Founder of Christianity" (New York, 1831), and his "Memoirs and Confessions" (Boston, 1832), wrote two books for the young, entitled " Brief Views of the Saviour" (Andover, 1835) and "Life of Jesus " (1840), made a catalogue of the library of Andover seminary (1838), and published a memoir of Andrew Lee under the title of " Piety in Humble Life " (Boston, 1844) and a ser-mort on " The Ministerial Office " (Andover, 1848). See a " Memoir" of him by his brother, Reverend Timothy Alden Taylor (Boston, 1853).--His brother, Rufus, clergyman, born in Hawley, Massachusetts, 24 March, 1811, was graduated at Amherst in 1837, and at Princeton theological seminary in 1840. He was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Shrewsbury, New Jersey, till 1852, when he went to Manchester, Massachusetts, as his brother's successor, remaining six years. After a pastorate of four years more at Hightstown, New Jersey, he became district secretary of the American and foreign Christian union. This office he held for a period of ten years, after which he preached in New Jersey and Massachusetts till 1878, and afterward confined himself to literary work, residing at Beverly, New Jersey He received the degree of D. D. from Lafayette college in 1863. Dr. Taylor is the author of" Union to Christ" (New York, 1846) ; " Love to God " (New York, 1848); " Thoughts on Prayer" (Boston, 1854) ; and "Cottage Piety Exemplified" (Philadelphia, 1869); also of a series of interesting letters from northern Europe, and numerous pamphlets.
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