The New Student's Reference Work/Storrs, Richard Salter

Storrs, Richard Salter, an American clergyman, was born at Braintree, Mass.,
RICHARD S. STORRS Aug. 21, 1821. He studied at Amherst College and Andover Theological Seminary. He was pastor of the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1846-99, having had one of the longest pastorates in the city. For a number of years he was one of the editors of The New York Independent, and was president of the American Board of Missions. He was noted for his eloquence and beautiful style in the pulpit and his aptness and readiness in occasional addresses, and ranked as one of the first pulpit-orators in America. His more important publications include a work on The Divine Origin of Christianity, The Puritan Spirit, Bernard of Clairvaux and Forty Years of Pastoral Life. He died on June 5, 1900.