Elijah Porter Barrows (5 January 1807 – 14 September 1888) was an American clergyman and writer. He was born in Mansfield, Connecticut.

Background

Barrows graduated from Yale in 1826, and, after teaching school for five years at Hartford, was ordained in 1832. In 1835, he declined a position at Oberlin College, choosing instead to become pastor of the first free Presbyterian Church in New York City. Here Barrows remained until 1837, when he accepted the professorship of sacred literature in Case Western Reserve University, Western Reserve College (1837–52). In 1853, he was appointed professor of Hebrew language and literature in Andover Theological Seminary, retaining the office until 1866. In 1858, Barrows' D.D. was awarded by Dartmouth College. In 1872, he accepted a like appointment at the Oberlin Theological Seminary. Besides twenty-five articles in the ''Bibliotheca Sacra'', Barrows has published ''A Memoir of Evertin Judson'' (1852); ''Companion to the Bible'' (1869); and ''Sacred Geography and Antiquities'' (1872). He has also been one of the editors of the American Tract Society's ''Bible with Notes''. Barrows wrote the hymn "Hallelujah, Christ is mine", which has been translated into several languages. Barrows' will left some 70 volumes of his private library to Oberlin College.

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''Sacred Geography and Antiquities''
(1872), the full text, University of Michigan Library. 1807 births 1888 deaths People from Mansfield, Connecticut American Presbyterian ministers Yale University alumni Andover Newton Theological School faculty Case Western Reserve University faculty Oberlin College faculty American religious writers American male non-fiction writers 19th-century American clergy {{Calvinism-stub