The Biographical Dictionary of America/Barrows, John Henry

​BARROWS, John Henry, educator, was born in Medina, Mich., July 11, 1847; son of John M. and Catherine (Moore) Barrows. He was graduated at Olivet college, Mich., in 1867; studied theology at Yale, 1867-'68; at Union, 1868-'69; at Göttingen, Germany, 1869-'74; at Andover, 1874-'75; was ordained a Congregational minister, April 23, 1875; was pastor at Lawrence, Mass., 1875-'80; at East Boston, 1880-'81; and of the First Presbyterian church, Chicago, Ill., 1881-'95. He proposed, organized and was president of the World's parliament of religion held at Chicago in 1893. He resigned his pastorate in 1895 and made a prolonged visit to Europe and the East. On Nov. 29, 1898, he accepted the presidency of Oberlin college, Ohio, assuming the office Jan. 4, 1899. Lake Forest university, Ill., conferred on him the degree of D. D. in 1892. He is the author of "Seven Lectures on the Credibility of the Gospel Histories" (1891); "Henry Ward Beecher, the Shakespeare of the Pulpit" (1893); "I believe in God, the Father Almighty" (1893); "The Parliament of Religions" (2 vols., 1894); "Christianity, the World Religion" (1898). He died at Oberlin, Ohio, June 3, 1902.

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