Hastings, Holman K
clergyman, state legislator, poet, was born Oct. 15, 1853, in Bristol, N. H. In 1875 he entered the Vermont conference and served pastorates at Guilford, Bondville, Tun- Tunbridge and Hancock, Vt. He was superintendent of schools for two years, and in 1882 was elected a representative to the Vermont legislature.
In 1886 he was transferred from the Vermont conference to northwest Iowa, where he is one of the most noted clergyman of his denomination.
HORACE LORENZO, HASTINGS, evangelist, author, poet, was born Nov. 26, 1833, in Blandford, Mass. He is the great anti -infidel lecturer; has preached since 1849; and since 1866 has published The Christian, which has had a combined issue of three million copies, and published in a dozen languages. He has written hundreds of hymns; compiled a hymn book; and issued a scores of religious books and pamphlets.
He is best known as the author of Shall We Meet Beyond the River. His other works are Signs of the Times; Reasons for My Hope: Thessalonica; and Atheism and Arithmetic.