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Howard B. (Howard Benjamin) Grose
1851–1939
A Baptist minister, editor, and writer, he spent decades shaping religious journalism and public discussion in the United States. His work ranged from hymn writing to books on immigration, missions, and church life, giving his writing both conviction and breadth.
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Aliens or Americans?
by Howard B. (Howard Benjamin) Grose
About the author
Born in Millerton, New York, in 1851, Howard B. Grose built a varied career as a minister, educator, editor, and author. He studied at the University of Chicago and the University of Rochester, was ordained as a Baptist minister, and served churches in New York and Pennsylvania before moving into wider leadership roles.
Grose became especially well known through religious publishing. He edited Baptist periodicals and later led influential missionary publications, helping shape how Protestant readers thought about faith, society, and public responsibility in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He also served as president of the University of South Dakota for a time, adding education to an already unusually wide-ranging career.
As a writer, he published books on subjects including immigration, missions, preaching, and religious life, and he also wrote hymns. That mix of pastoral experience, editorial skill, and social concern gives his work a clear sense of purpose: it was written not only to inform, but to encourage readers to think seriously about the world around them.