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<p> a Presbyterian minister, was born at Rock Run, [[Hartford]] Co., Md., Feb. 17, 1805. He received a good academical training; began the study of law, but afterwards studied theology in the Theological Seminary at Princeton, N.J; was licensed to preach by the [[Presbytery]] of [[Baltimore]] in 1829; and was ordained and installed pastor of the Sixth Presbyterian [[Church]] in Philadelphia, Pa., May 4, 1830. In 1837 he resigned his charge and was employed as an agent of the-General; Assembly's [[Board]] of [[Domestic]] Missions; in the autumn of the same year he accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church in Natchez, Miss., where he continued in- the faithful discharge of his duties until his death, Aug. 31,1841. Mr. [[Winchester]] was the author of Companion for the Sick (1833), altered from Willison's Afflicted Man's Companion, with additions: — [[Christian]] [[Counsel]] to the Sick (1836): — A [[Discourse]] at [[Oakland]] [[College]] (1838): — The [[Theatre]] (Phila. 12mo): — Importance of [[Family]] Religion, with Prayers and Hymns (1841, 12mo). See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 4:754; Allibone, Dict. of Brit and Amer. Authors, s.v. (J.L.S.). </p>

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