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Bartol, Cyrus Augustus

clergyman, author, poet, was born April 30, 1813, in Freeport, Maine. His first and only settlement in the ministry was as colleague with Rev.

Dr. Charles Lowell, at West church, Boston, in 1837. In 1861 he became and still remains sole pastor, having rendered distinguished service of more than half a century over one of the oldest and most influential societies of Boston. This noted unitarian clergyman is prominent as a leader of radical religious thought; and has always been active in philanthropic movements. He is the author of Pictures of Europe; Christian Spirit and Life; Radical Problems; The Rising Faith; Principles and Portraits; Church and Congregation; and Christian Body and Form.