Introduction

Biography

Long be­gan his col­lege ca­reer in 1843 at La­fay­ette Col­lege, Eas­ton, Penn­syl­van­ia, then en­tered the jun­ior class of Mar­shall Col­lege in 1847, gra­du­at­ing in 1848.

He al­so gra­du­at­ed from the Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry at Mer­cers­burg. He re­ceived the de­gree of A. M. in 1851 from his al­ma ma­ter.

He served in both the Pres­by­ter­ian and Re­formed de­no­mi­nations. He was the agent for the Am­er­ican Tract So­cie­ty (1852–58), and su­per­in­ten­dent of the Un­ion Ta­ber­na­cle in Phi­la­del­phia (1858.)

Works

• Union Ta­ber­na­cle, or, Mov­a­ble Tent-Church, 1859
• Precious Hymns of Je­sus
• Talks to Child­ren
• Good News Ma­ga­zine, 1862
• Illustrated Ser­mon Month­ly
• Gospel in the Pen­ta­teuch
• Old Tes­ta­ment Bio­gra­phy
• Life of Christ
• Parables
• Great Ques­tions of the Bi­ble
• Lives of the Apos­tles
• Typical Char­ac­ters
• Sermons for Child­ren
• Sacred Sites
• Illustrated His­to­ry of Hymns and Their Au­thors (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: P. W. Zieg­ler, 1876)