Nevin, Edwin Henry

D.D. (Franklin College, New Athens, O., 1870), Presbyterian; b. at Shippens burg, Cumber land County, Penn., May 9, 1814; graduated at Jefferson College, Canons burg, Penn., 1833, and at Princeton Theological Seminary, N.J., 1836; became pastor at Portsmouth, O., 1837; president of Franklin College, New Athens, O., 1841; pastor at Mount Vernon, O., 1845; at Cleveland, O., 1851; Lancaster, Penn., 1865; in Philadelphia (First Reformed), 1870; retired from the pastorate 1875, and joined the Central Presbytery of Philadelphia. He is the author of numerous hymns, which are found in nearly all the evangelical hynm-books in the United States; of several pamphlets; and of Man of Faith, Boston, 1858; The City of God, Lancaster, Penn., 1868; The Minister's Handbook, Philadelphia, 1872; Thoughts about Christ, 1882; one of the editors of History of all Religious Denominations, Philadelphia, 1872.