Howard B. Grose
American Baptist minister and hymn writer (1851–1939)
Howard Benjamin Grose (September 5, 1851 – May 19, 1939) was an American Baptist minister, journalist, writer of hymns, educator, university president, newspaper editor, and author.
Early life and education
Grose was born September 5, 1981 in Millerton, New York to Reverend Henry Laurence Grose.
He graduated from University of Rochester in 1876. In 1883, he became an ordained Baptist minister.
Career
Grose began his career as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, then became a staff member with the New York Examiner.
From 1883 to 1890, Grose served in Poughkeepsie and Pittsburgh as a Baptist minister.
In 1890, he became the president of the University of South Dakota, a contentious position he held for two years. Grose then began teaching history at Chicago University. During this time, he was also the associate editor of the Watchman, published in Boston.
From 1900 to 1903, Grose was the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, after which he became the editorial secretary of the American Baptist Home Mission Society.
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