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N. C. (Nathaniel Clark) Burt
1825–1874
A 19th-century Presbyterian minister, hymn compiler, and college president, he wrote practical religious works shaped by years in the pulpit and classroom. His career moved from New Jersey to Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Ohio, leaving behind sermons, hymns, and devotional writing.
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National character : A Thanksgiving discourse Delivered November 15th, 1855, in the Franklin Street Presbyterian Church
by N. C. (Nathaniel Clark) Burt
About the author
Born in Fairton, New Jersey, on April 23, 1825, Nathaniel Clark Burt graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1846 and later studied at Princeton Theological Seminary. He became an American Presbyterian clergyman whose published work included sermons and religious books, among them A Pastor’s Selection of Hymns and Tunes.
Burt served congregations in Baltimore and Cincinnati, and he was also connected with higher education. Sources indicate that he led the Ohio Wesleyan Female College in Delaware, Ohio, during the late 1860s.
He died on March 4, 1874. Though not widely known today, his writing reflects the strong ties between preaching, worship, and education in 19th-century American Protestant life.