SPRING, Samuel, clergyman, born in North-bridge, Massachusetts, 10 March, 1746; died in Newburyport, Massachusetts, 4 March, 1819. After graduation at Princeton in 1771 he studied theology there and under Dr. Joseph Bellamy, Samuel Hopkins, and Stephen West in New England, and was licensed to preach in 1774. In 1775 he joined the volunteer corps of 1,100 men under Colonel Benedict Arnold as chaplain, marched with them to Canada, participated in the attack on Quebec, and carried Aaron Burr from the field when he was wounded. At the close of 1776 he left the army, and in February, 1777, he preached to the congregation in New-buryport, of which he became pastor, serving from 1777 until his death. He possessed great influence and weight of character, was a leader of the Hop-kinsian party (see HOPKINS, SAMUEL), and was active in promoting the union of the two parties in the Congregational churches by the establish-meat of the Andover theological seminary, of which he was a founder. He was also an originator of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions. Dartmouth gave him the degree of A. M. in 1789, and Williams that of S. T. D. in 1806. He published several controversial works and about twenty-five miscellaneous discourses, including one on the death of Washington and one on the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton.--His son, Gardiner, clergyman, born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, 24 February, 1785 ; died in New York city, 18 August, 1873, was graduated at Yale in 1805, taught in Bermuda for two years, and on his return studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1808, but abandoned his profession, studied at An-dover theological seminary, and on 10 August, 1810, was ordained pastor of the Brick Presbvte-rian church in New York city, where he continued until his death, although he was offered thepresidency of I]am-ilton and Dart: mouth colleges. In 1856 he removed with his congregation to the new church on Murray hill. During the last years of his life Dr. Spring seldom preached, his pulpit being filled by an assistant. Hamilton gave him the degree of S. T. D. in 1819, and Lafayette that of D.D. in 1853. In addition to many pamphlets he published "Essays on the Distinguishing Traits of Christian Character" (New York, 1813);" Fragments from the Study of a Pastor" (1838); "Obligations of the World to the Bible" (1841); "The Attraction of the Cross" (1845); "The Bible not of Man" (1847); "Discourses to Seamen" (1847); "The Power of the Pulpit" (1848) ; "The Mercy-Seat " (1849); " First Things" (2 vols., 1851);" The Glory of Christ" (2 vols., 1852); " Memoirs of the Reverend Samuel J. Mills" (1854); " Contrast between Good and Bad Men " (2 vols., 1855); "Pulpit Ministrations ; or Sabbath Readings, a Series of Discourses" (2 vols., 1864); and "Personal Reminiscences of the Life and Times of Gardiner Spring" (2 vols., 1866). He also published several occasional sermons, the last of which are contained in the "Brick Church Memorial" (New York, 1861). Many of his books were translated into French and other languages, and republished in Great Britain. A collective edition of his earlier works was published (9 vols., New York, 1855).