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STOUGHTON, JOHN: Congregationalist; b. in Norwich, England, Nov. 18, 1807; d. at Ealing (8 m. w. of Charing Cross), London, Oct. 24, 1897. He studied at the Norwich grammar-school; was engaged in law till 1828, when he entered Highbury College, Islington; was pastor at Windsor 1833-43, and at Kensington 1843-74; professor of historical theology and homiletics in New College, St. John's Wood, London, 1872-84; and Congregational Union lecturer 1855. He edited The Evangelical Magazine for many years, and was author of the following works, many of which have passed through several editions: Lectures on Tractarian Theology (London, 1843); Spiritual Heroes; or Sketches of the Puritans, their Character and Times (1848); P. Doddridge, his Rife and Labours: a centenary Memorial (1851); Stars of the East: or Prophets and Apostles (1854); Ages of Christendom before the Reformation (1857; the Congregational Union lectures for 1855); The Pen, the Palm, and the Pulpit (1858); Church and State Two Hundred Years ago. A History of ecclesiastical Affairs in England from 16603 (1862); Ecclesiastical History of England (5 vols., 1867-74; from the Revolution to the Restoration); Homes and Haunts of Luther . . . With . . . Illustrations (1875); Our English Bible: its Translations and Translators (1878); The Progress of Divine Revelation, or the Unfolding Purpose of Scripture (1878); Religion in England under Queen Anne and the Georges. 170Q-1800 (2 vole., 1878; new ed., 6 vols., 1881); Worthies of Science (1879); An Introduction to Historical Theology: Being a Sketch of doctrinal Progress from the Apostolic Era to the Reformation (1880); William Wilberforce (1880); Footprints of Italian Reformers (1881); William Penn, the Founder of Pennsylvania (1882); Congregationalism in the Court Suburb (1883); The Spanish Reformers, their Memories and Dwelling Places (1883); Howard the Philanthropist and Iris Freends (1884); Religion in England from 1800 to 1850 (1884); Golden Legends of the Olden Time (1885); The Revolution of 1688 in its Bearings on Protestant Nonconformity (1888); Shades and Echoes of Old London (1889); and Lights and Shadows of Primitive Christendom (1891; new ed., with title Lights and Shadows of Church Life, 1895).

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Besides the autobiographic Recollections of a Long Life, 2d ed., London, 1894, consult G. K. Lewis, John Stoughton, D.D. A Short Record of a long Life, ib. 1898.

STOW, BARON: Baptist; b. at Croydon, N. H., June 16, 1801; d. at Boston, Mass., Dec. 27, 1869. He was graduated from Colombian College, Georgetown, D. C., 1825; became pastor of the Baptist church in Portsmouth, N. H., 1827; of the Baldwin Place Baptist Church, Boston, 1832, and of the Rows Street Church in the same city, 1848, retaining this connection till his retirement from active work in 1867. He was active and influential as a member of the executive committee of the American Missionary Union, and was noted as a pulpit orator. He assisted in compiling the Psalmist (Boston, 1849; a hymnal); and edited Daily Manna for Christian Pilgrims (1846; new ed., London, 1821), and Miss2onary Enterprise (1846; a volume of sermons on missions); and was besides the author of Memoir

of Harriet Dow (1832); History of the Baptist Mission to India (1835); History of the Danish Mission to the Coast of Coromandel (1837); The Whole Family in Heaven and Earth (1845); Christian Brotherhood (1859); and First Things (1859).

BIBLIOGRAPHY: J. C. Stockbridge, Memoir of Rev. Baron Stow, Providence, R. L, 1895; R. H. Neale, The Pastor and Preacher: a Memorial of . . . B. Stow, Boston, 1870.

STOVE, CALVIN ELLIS: Congregationalist; b. at Natick, Mass., Apr. 26, .1802; d. at Hartford, Corm., Aug. 22, 1886. He studied at the academy in Gorham, Me.; was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me., 1824, where he was librarian and instructor, 1824-25; was graduated from Andover Theological Seminary, Mass., 1828; was assistant teacher of sacred literature in Andover Seminary, as well as editor of the Boston Recorder, 1828-30; started his career as a university preacher, 1830; was professor of Latin and Greek in Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H., 1831-33; of Biblical literature, Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, O., 1833-50; of natural and revealed religion, Bowdoin College, 1850-52; and of sacred literature, Andover Theological .Seminary, 1852-64. He made a tour of Europe in 1837, investigating the various systems of elementary instruction, the results of which were embodied in his Report on Elementary Public Instruction in Europe (Harrisburg, 1838). His wife was Harriet Beecher Stows, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. He translated Jahn's History of the Hebrew Commonwealth (Andover, 1828), and from the Latin Lowth's Lectures on Hebrew Poetry (1829), both with additions; and wrote Introduction to the Criticism and Interpretation of the Bible (vol. i., Cincinnati, 1835; vol. ii. not published); and Origin and History of the Books of the Bible. Pt. 1. New Testament (Hartford, 1867).

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Illustrative matter will be found in the life of Harriet Beecher Stows by her eon, C. E. Stows, Boston, 1899; The Life and Letters of Harriet Beecher Stows by her Son and Grandson, New York, 1911.

STOWELL, HUGH: Church of England, hymnist; b. at Douglas, Isle of Man, Dec. 3, 1799; d. . at Pendleton (3 m. n.w. of Manchester), England, Oct. 5, 1865. He entered, in 1819, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford (B.A., 1822; M.A., 1826); became curate of Shepscombe, Gloucestershire, 1823, and a few months later of Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Yorkshire; in 1828, vicar of St. Stephen's, Salford, Lancashire, where he became first incumbent of Christ Church, Action Square, 1831; honorary canon of Chester Cathedral, 1845; chaplain to Lee, bishop of Manchester, 1851; and later rural dean of Eccles. He was popular and effective as a preacher. He edited A Selection of Psalms and Hymns Suited to the Services of the Church of England (Manchester, 1831); and wrote The Pleasures of Religion, with other Poems (London, 1832); The Duty of England in Regard to the Traffic in Intoxicating Drinks (Leeds, 1840?); Traetarianism Tested by Holy Scripture and the Church of England, . . Sermons (2 vole., London, 1845), and other collections of sermons; and A Model for Men of Business; or, Lectures on the Character of Nehemiah (1854). He was also noted as the author of the hymn " From every stormy wind that blows," and numerous others published