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SKINNER, Otis Ainsworth, author, born in Royalton, Vermont, 3 July, 1807; died in Napierville, Illinois, 18 September, 1861. He taught for some time, and in 1826 became a Universalist minister. He was settled as pastor in Baltimore in 1831, in Hayerhill in 1836, in Boston in 1837, and in New York city in 1846. He returned to his former charge in Boston in 1849, and remained till April, 1857, when he settled in Elgin, 111. In August of the same year he was chosen president of Lombard university, Galesburg, Illinois, and in October, 1858, he became pastor at Joliet, Illinois He edited the "Southeastern Pioneer," a religious paper, at Baltimore, the "Gospel Sun" at Haverhill, and the " Universalist Miscellany," a monthly magazine, at Boston (1844-'9). He was an efficient worker in the cause of temperance, education, and other reforms. He published " Universalism Illustrated and Defended" (Boston, 1839)" "Miller's Theory Exploded" (1840) . "Letters on Revivals "(1842) . "Prayer-Book for Family Worship" (1843); "Letters on Moral Duties of Parents" (1844); "Lessons from the Death of the Young" (1844)" "Reply to Hat-field" (1847)" and "Death of Daniel Webster" (1852). His life was written by Thomas B. Thayer (Boston, 1861).
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