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Portrait of Daniel Sharp, 19th century

Daniel Sharp, D.D. (December 25, 1783 - June 25, 1853) was pastor of the Charles Street Baptist Church, Boston, Massachusetts, for more than forty years, from 1812 to about 1853. He was one of the founders of the Newton Theological Institution.[1]

He was born December 25, 1783, in Huddersfield in Yorkshire, England. His father was a Baptist pastor. Daniel was a member of the Congregational Church when, after some success in business, he emigrated to the United States in 1806 and soon joined the Baptists. He studied theology with Dr. Stoughton in Philadelphia beginning in March 1807 and was ordained pastor of the First Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, in 1809.[2]

He became pastor of Charles Street Baptist Church in Boston in 1812, having previously been invited to preach there in 1809 and 1811.[3] He was secretary of the Baptist Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in India and Foreign Parts when it was formed in February 1813 and he prayers for the missions a regular practice for his congregation. Throughout his career he held administrative positions in Baptist organizations that supported missionary work.[4] He was a fellow of the corporation of Brown University and a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University.[2]

He service as pastor in Boston ended about 1853. He died on June 23, 1853, in the village of Stoneley outside Baltimore.[3]

References

Sharp's grave in Mount Auburn Cemetery[5]
  1. ^ Services at the fortieth anniversary of the installation of the Rev. Daniel Sharp, D.D.: as pastor of the Charles Street Baptist Church and Society, Boston, April 29, 1852. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852
  2. ^ a b Armitage, Thomas (1890). A history of the Baptists: traced by their vital principles and practices from the time of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to the year 1886. Vol. 1. New York: Bryan, Taylor. pp. 857–58.
  3. ^ a b "Death of Rev. Dr. Sharp". New York Times. June 27, 1853. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  4. ^ Smith, Arthur Warren (September 1909). "Early Baptist Missionary Leaders: Daniel Sharp". Baptist Missionary Magazine. LXXXIX: 336–38.
  5. ^ Moses King. Mount Auburn Cemetery: including also a brief history and description of Cambridge, Harvard University, and the Union Railway Company. Moses King, 1883; pp. 38ff.
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