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| (1820-1915) |
(1707- 1788)
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list compiles selected biographical observations. |
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| I. Personal | |
| American | British |
| Female | Male |
| influence
of mother/ relatives/ friends father died when she was infant |
influence of parents and siblings |
| small family growing up (3+) | large family growing up (12+) |
| well educated due to disability | well educated |
| Raised Puritan-Calvinist, later MEC | raised Church of England, father was priest |
| married Alexander Van Alstyne in 1858 and lived separate lives due to conflicting schedules | married Sarah Gwynne in 1749 |
| chose to live in poverty most of her adult life | comfortable lifestyle |
| only child died | 8 children- 3 survive |
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both experience "conversion" and assurance in their thirties. Both were baptized as infants. |
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| This is their understanding/wording for what happened to them. | |
| adult 2nd blessing/sanctification | warming of the heart "conversion" |
II. Ministry |
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| Laity | Anglican priest |
| prolific poet | prolific poet |
| peak hymn writing-1868-1888 | hymn writing- 1738-1788 (death) |
| both wrote hymn texts for almost 50 years!!! | |
| best/most work w/in first 10 years of writing hymns popular in their time & today | hymns popular in their time & today |
| sacred and secular texts published | sacred published, didn't publish his secular texts |
| transdenominational influence of D.L. Moody little regard for denominationalism | fervent Anglican defender/reformer |
| church = the saved that gather together | church = state/mother Church of England, contrasts w/ purer Meth. society gathering |
| public speaking/testimony/exhorting | preaching/examiner of preachers |
| Ministry involved extensive travel age & marital status did not effect her travel | ministry involved extensive travel at the beginning; tapered off after marriage |
| NY City 5 points mission work/ Bowery district | some work with the poor, esp. during Oxford days |
| wrote only texts- few hymn tunes | wrote only texts- no hymn tunes |
| Musician- piano, guitar, harp, singer | singer |
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