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SPROULL, Thomas (sprowl), clergyman, born near Freeport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, 15 September, 1803. He was graduated at the Western university of Pennsylvania, at Pittsburg, in 1829, studied for the ministry, and was pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian congregation of Alleghany and Pitts-burg from 1834 till 1868. He was a professor in 1838-'40 in the Reformed Presbyterian western theological seminary, and in 1840-'45 in the united Eastern and Western seminaries. In 1856 he was re-elected, and in 1874 was made professor emeritus. In 1847 he was moderator of the synod of the Reformed Presbyterian church. He edited "The Reformed Presbyterian" in 1855-'63 and " The Reformed Presbyterian and Covenanter" in 1863-'74. both in Pittsburg. He received the de-free of D.D. from Westminster college, Pennsylvania, in 1857, and that of LL.D. from the Western university of Pennsylvania in 1886. Besides numerouspamphlets, he has published "Prelections on Theology" (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 1882).
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