BARROWS, JOHN HENRY

(18471902), American clergyman and educator; 6. Medina, Mich. He graduated at Olivet College in 1867; later studied at Yale College, Union and And over Germany. He held pastorates at Lawrence and East Boston, Ma ., and from 1881 to 1896 was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. He was the organizer and first President of the World’s Parliament of Religions, held at Chicago, in 1893. Following a lecture tour of two years through India, he was called to the presidency of Oberlin College in 1898. He was an eloquent preacher and a prolific writer. Among his publications are: The Gospels Are True Histories (1890), I Believe in God (1891), Life of Henry Ward Beecher (1893), The Christian Conquest of Asta (Morse Lectures, 1899). 1° 9’ W.), village, Leicestershire, EngjJand; industries, stone and cement works, stocking manufacture.