Jesse Lyman Hurlbut (1843–1930) was an American

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man of the

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. He was born in

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, graduated at

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Epis ...

in 1864, and held

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ates at

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, Montclair, Paterson, Plainfield,

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, Morristown,

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, and Bloomfield, all in

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. After 1879 he was connected with the Sunday-school and

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work of his denomination. He was secretary of the

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in 1889–1892 and for some time was associated with J. H. Vincent in the direction of the

Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle Chautauqua ( ) was an adult education and social movement in the United States, highly popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout rural America until the mid-1920s. The Chautauqua bro ...

. From 1909 until his retirement in 1914 he was District Superintendent of the Newark District. Among his works are: *''Manual of Biblical Geography'' (1882) *''Outlines in Old Testament History'' (1890) *''Our Church'' (1902) *''Story of the Bible'' (1905) *''Outline Studies in the New Testament'' (1906) *''Teacher Training Lessons'' (1908) *''Organizing and Building up the Sunday School'' (1909) *''Traveling in the Holy Land through the Stereoscope'' (1913) *''The Superintendent's Helper'' (1915) *''Life of Christ for Young and Old'' (1915) *''The Story of Chautauqua'' (1921) *An Introduction to the John C. Winston Company's 1909 edition of John Bunyan's ''

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'' - a version revised for younger readers.

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* * * Chautauqua Institution Wesleyan University alumni Religious leaders from New York City Clergy from Newark, New Jersey American Methodist clergy 19th-century Methodist ministers 20th-century Methodist ministers American theologians Methodist theologians 1843 births 1930 deaths {{US-reli-bio-stub