Stuart, Moses

Stuart, Moses, American divine and author, was born at Wilton, Connecticut, in 1780, and educated at Yale, where he remained for some time as a tutor. He began the study of law, but abandoned it for theology, was ordained as pastor of a Congregational church at New Haven in 1806, and in 1810 was appointed professor of Sacred Literature at Andover, a position he filled till 1848. During this period he published Hebrew grammars without (1813) and with points (1821), a translation of Winer's Greek grammar, commentaries on Hebrews, Romans, the Apocalypse, Daniel, Ecclesiastes, and Proverbs; Hebrew Chrestomathy (1829-30); Essays on Future Punishment (1830) and on Christian Baptism (1833); Hints on the Interpretation of Prophecy (1842); Conscience and the Constitution (1850); and numerous translations and letters. He died January 4, 1852.