George Washington Bethune

BETHUNE, George Washington. b. New York, 18 March 1805; d. Florence, Italy, 27 April 1862. The son of a merchant who was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, he was educated at Columbia University (1819-22), Dickinson College, Pennsylvania (1822-23), and Princeton. He was ordained in 1827 to the pastorate of Rhinebeck DRC at New York (1827-30). He then served at Utica, New York (1830-34), First and Third Church, Philadelphia (1834-49), Brooklyn Heights, New York (1850-59) and 21st Street Church, New York (1859-62). He died during a journey to Europe (the second of two journeys to try to recover his health); his body was brought back to New York for interment. During the interment his hymn...