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H. Clay (Henry Clay) Trumbull
1830–1903
Remembered as a Civil War chaplain, influential editor, and energetic religious writer, he helped shape Sunday-school work in the United States. His books ranged from practical faith to travel and biblical history, reflecting a life spent teaching, organizing, and writing.
6 Audiobooks
The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on Scripture
by H. Clay (Henry Clay) Trumbull
The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites
by H. Clay (Henry Clay) Trumbull
The Covenant of Salt As Based on the Significance and Symbolism of Salt in Primitive Thought
by H. Clay (Henry Clay) Trumbull
Hints on Child-training
by H. Clay (Henry Clay) Trumbull
A Lie Never Justifiable: A Study in Ethics
by H. Clay (Henry Clay) Trumbull
The Captured Scout of the Army of the James A Sketch of the Life of Sergeant Henry H. Manning, of the Twenty-fourth Mass. Regiment
by H. Clay (Henry Clay) Trumbull
About the author
Born in Stonington, Connecticut, on June 8, 1830, Henry Clay Trumbull became an American clergyman, editor, and author whose work reached a wide readership. Accounts of his life describe him as a major figure in the Sunday-school movement, and he is especially associated with long years of editorial work on The Sunday School Times.
Before becoming widely known as an editor and writer, he worked in business and then in Sunday-school missionary service. During the American Civil War he served as a chaplain in the Union Army, an experience that remained an important part of how later biographers remembered him.
Trumbull wrote extensively, with sources crediting him with dozens of books. Among the titles most often noted are Kadesh-Barnea and The Blood Covenant, works that show his interest in biblical lands, history, and religious practice. He died in Philadelphia on December 8, 1903.