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Martin, James

educator, clergyman, journalist, author, was born May 12, 1796, in Albany, N. Y. In 1842 he became professor of didactic theology and Hebrew in the theological seminary at Cannonsburg, Pa. He published A Preface designed to show that the Biblical Psalms only are to be sung in the Worship of God; an Essay on the Imputation of Adam's First Sin to His Posterity; and The Duty of Submission to Church Rulers Explained and Defended. He died June 15, 1846, in Cannonsburg, Pa.

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