Introduction

Biography

Strong gra­du­ated from Yale Col­lege in 1769, and worked as a tu­tor at Yale (1772–73).

He was pas­tor of the First Church in Hart­ford, Con­nec­ti­cut, from 1774 un­til his death.

During the Am­er­ican Re­vo­lu­tion, he served as an ar­my chap­lain.

He found­ed The Con­nec­ti­cut Ev­an­ge­li­cal Ma­ga­zine in 1800, and helped es­tab­lish the Con­nec­ti­cut Home Mis­sion­ary So­cie­ty in 1801.

Works

He pub­lished two vol­umes of ser­mons (1798 & 1800), and:

• The Doc­trine of Eter­nal Mi­se­ry Con­sist­ent with the In­fi­nite Be­ne­vo­lence of God, 1796
• The Hart­ford Se­lec­tion of Hymns from the Most Ap­proved Au­thors, with Ab­el Flint & Jo­seph Steward (Hart­ford, Con­nec­ti­cut: John Bab­cock, 1799)