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<p> a Presbyterian minister, studied theology at Philadelphia, and was licensed by the Fairfield West Association in 1796. In the autumn of that year he became tutor in Yale College, and held that office until 1799. He was elected a trustee of [[Princeton]] Seminary in 1812. For six years he acted as corresponding secretary of the [[Religious]] [[Tract]] Society, afterwards the American Tract Society. Having resigned that position in 1820, he was elected one of the secretaries of the United Foreign Missionary Society. He died in 1862. Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1863, s.v. </p> | <p> a Presbyterian minister, studied theology at Philadelphia, and was licensed by the Fairfield West Association in 1796. In the autumn of that year he became tutor in Yale College, and held that office until 1799. He was elected a trustee of [[Princeton]] Seminary in 1812. For six years he acted as corresponding secretary of the [[Religious]] [[Tract]] Society, afterwards the American Tract Society. Having resigned that position in 1820, he was elected one of the secretaries of the United Foreign Missionary Society. He died in 1862. Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1863, s.v. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_48573"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/lewis,+zechariah Zechariah Lewis from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_48573"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/lewis,+zechariah Zechariah Lewis from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 10:05, 15 October 2021
Zechariah Lewis [1]
a Presbyterian minister, studied theology at Philadelphia, and was licensed by the Fairfield West Association in 1796. In the autumn of that year he became tutor in Yale College, and held that office until 1799. He was elected a trustee of Princeton Seminary in 1812. For six years he acted as corresponding secretary of the Religious Tract Society, afterwards the American Tract Society. Having resigned that position in 1820, he was elected one of the secretaries of the United Foreign Missionary Society. He died in 1862. Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1863, s.v.
