Bacon, Leonard Woolsey

M.D. (Yale, 1856), D.D. (Yale, 1879), Congregationalist; b. at New Haven, Conn., Jan. 1, 1830; graduated at Yale College, 1850, and at Yale Theological Seminary, 1854; was minister of St. Peter's (Presbyterian) Church, Rochester, N.Y., 1856; of Litchfield (Congregational) Church, Connecticut, 1857-60; mi ionary at large for Connecticut, 1861-62 minister at Stamford, Conn., 1863-65; Brooklyn, N.Y., 1865-70; Baltimore, Md., 1871; in Europe, 1872-77; minister at Norwich, Conn., 1878-82; stated supply to Woodland Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Penn., 1883; chosen pastor of the same, 1885. He has contributed largely in prose and poetry to the pre , i ued pamphlets and musical compositions, edited Congregational Hymn and Tune Book, New Haven, 1857; The Book of Worship, New York, 1865; The Life, Speeches, and Discourses of Father Hyacinthe, 1872; The Hymns of Martin Luther set to their Original Melodies, ivith an English Version, 1883; The Church Book: Hymns and Tunes, 1883; and original books, Vatican Council, New York, 1872; Church Papers: E ays on Subjects Ecclesiastical and Social, Geneva, London, and New York, 1876; A Ufe worth living: Life of Mrs. Emily Bli Gould, New York, 1878; Sunday Observance and Sunday Law (with six sermons on the sabbath question, by G. B. Bacon), 1882; The Simplicity thai is in Christ (sermons), 1886.