Samuel James Andrews (July 31, 1817 in

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– October 11, 1906 in

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) was an

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Life

He graduated from

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in 1839 and practiced law for some years, but turned his attention to

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, and was a Congregational

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man from 1848 to 1855. In 1856 he became

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of the Catholic and Apostolic Church (Irvingite) at

Works

Andrews's publications include: * ''Sufferings of Union Soldiers in Southern Prisons: Transcript of Andersonville Trial'' (1870) * ''God's Revelations of Himself to Men'' (1885) *
Life of our Lord upon the Earth, Considered in its Historical, Chronological, and Geographical Relations
' (New York, 1863; new and wholly revised edition, 1891) * ''Christianity and Anti-Christianity in their Final Conflict'' (1898) * ''The Church and its Organic Ministry'' (1899) * ''God's Revelations of Himself to Men'' (1901)

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