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in The Sermons of Henry Smith, the Silver-Tongued Preacher, a selection edited by John Brown, London, 1909. He wrote also Latin poetry, and some has been translated.

BIBrcooaeraY: There is a Memoir by Thomas Fuller in an edition of Sermons, London, 1675, new ed., 2 vols., 1866. Consult further DNB, liii. 48-49, where references are given to scattering notices.

SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON: American theologian; b. in Portland, Me., Nov. 21, 1815; d. in New York Feb. 7, 1877. He was graduated from Bowdoin College in 1834; studied theology at Andover and Bangor, and then spent a year as tutor in Greek and as librarian at Bowdoin. Late in 1837 he went abroad on account of ill-health, and passed the winter in Paris, hearing lectures at the Sorbonne, at the Institute, and at the Royal Academy. The next two years were spent chiefly at Halle and Berlin. After a short visit to England, he returned home in the summer of 1840, and was at once licensed to preach. But his health again gave way, delaying his settlement until the close of 1842, when he was ordained as pastor of the Congregational Church at West Amesbury, Mass. Here he labored four years, supplying also during two winters the chair of Hebrew at Andover. In 1847 he became professor of mental and moral philosophy in Amherst College, and in 1850 of church history in Union Theological Seminary, New York City. Three years later he was transferred to the chair of systematic theology. In both departments he wrought with the hand of a master, and, alike by his teaching and his writings, won a commanding position as one of the foremost scholars and divines of the country. His influence was soon felt throughout the Presbyterian Church and was especially powerful in shaping opinion in the New School branch of it, to which he belonged. He was sole editor of The New-York Evangelist, and joint editor of The American Theological Review, The American Presbyterian and Theological Review, and, later, The Presbyterian Quarterly and Princeton Review. In 1859 he published Tables of Church History, a work embodying the results of vast labor. He took a leading part in the memorable Union Convention at Philadelphia in 1867. During the war he wrote very ably in support of the national cause. In 1859 he revisited Europe, also in 1866, and again in 1869; the latter visit, lasting a year and a half, included a journey to the East. After his return he resumed his labors in the seminary, but with health so greatly enfeebled that early in 1874 he resigned his chair and was made professor emeritus.

Whether regarded as a theologian, as a philosophical thinker, or as a general scholar and critic, Smith was one of the most accomplished men of his time. He was specially gifted as a theological teacher, arousing enthusiasm in his students, inspiring them with reverence for the Holy Scriptures, fostering in them a devout, earnest, catholic spirit, dealing gently and wisely with their doubts, and impressing upon them continually, alike by example and instruction, the sovereign claims of their Redeemer, the glory of his kingdom, and the blessedness of a life consecrated to him. His services to the Union Theological Seminary were varied and inestimable. The Presbyterian Church in the United

States also owes him a lasting debt of gratitude. He has been called " the hero of re-union," and no man better merited the praise. Most of his essays and reviews are embraced in his Faith and Philosophy (ed. G. L. Prentiss, New York, 1877); his Lectures on Apologetics (ed. W. S. Karr) appeared in 1882, New York. He was also the author of Introduction to Christian Theology: 1: A general Introduction; S: The special Introduction; or, the Prolegomena of systematic Theology (ed. W. S. Karr, 1883); and System of Christian Theology (ed. W. S. Karr, 1884).

BIHwOGRAmT: Mrs. H. B. Smith, Henry Boynton Smith, his Life and his Work, New York, 1880; L. F. Stearns, Henry Boynton Smith, Boston, 1892; G. L. Prentiss, Union Theological Seminary in . . . New York; historical and biographical Sketches, New York, 1889; idem, Union Theological Seminary, . . . Another Decade of its History, As bury Park, 1899.

SMITH, HENRY GOODWIN: Presbyterian, son of the preceding; b. in New York City Jan. 8, 1860. He was educated at Amherst College (A.B., 1881) and at Union Theological Seminary, New York (1884). He was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Freehold, N. J. (1886-96), and, after studying in Europe in 1896-97, was appointed professor of systematic theology in Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, O., a position which he retained until 1903, when he retired from active life.

SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED: Congregationalist; b. at Troy, O., Oct. 23, 1847. He was educated at Marietta College, Amherst College (A.B., 1869), Lane Theological Seminary (1872), and the universities of Berlin (1872-74) and Leipsic (18761877). He was instructor in church history at Lane Theological Seminary (1874-75), and in Hebrew (1875-76); professor of Hebrew and Old-Testament exegesis in the same institution (1877-93). From 1898 to 1906 he was professor of Biblical literature at Amherst College (1898-1906); and professor of Hebrew language and literature at Meadville

Theological School, Meadville, Pa., since 1907. In theology he affirms his " belief in religion as the life of God in the human soul, and in the Christian religion as the fullest measure of that life, mediated through Jesus Christ." In 1875 he was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry, but was suspended for

alleged " heretical " teaching by the Presbytery of Cincinnati in 1893. Six years later he was received into the Congregational ministry by the Hampshire Association. He has written Biblical Scholarship aced Inspi<rration (in collaboration with L. J. Evans; Cincinnati, 1891); Inspiration and Inerrancy (1893); The Bible and Islam (New York, 1896); Critical Commentary on the Books of Samuel (1899); and Old-Testament History (1904).

SMITH, ISAAC GREGORY: Church of England; b. at Manchester Nov. 21, 1826. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford (B.A., 1849), and was fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, from 1850 to 1855. He was ordered deacon in 1853 and ordained

priest in the following year. He was rector of Ted_ stone-Delamere (1854-72); vicar of Great Malvern (1872-96), and rector of Great Shefford (1896-1904), when he retired from active life. He was prebendary

of Pratum Minus in Hereford Cathedral (187"7), rural dean of Powick (1882-96), examining chaplain