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HENRY CLAY, an American historian; born in De Ruyter, N. Y., , N. Y. , Feb. 26, 1853; was graduated at the University of Rochester in 1873 and at the Rochester Theological Seminary in 1876; was on the editorial staff of "The Examiner," a Baptist weekly, in 1876- 1892; and was its editor in 1892-1894.
In the latter year he became Professor of Church History at Crozer Theological Seminary. His publications include: "Baptists and Liberty of Conscience" (1885); "The Decline of Infant Bapsaptism" (1890) "A Short History of the Baptists" (1891) "The Higher Criticism" (1892) ; "Talks with Baptist Young People" (1895) ; "The Decline of the Apostolic Succession in the Church of England" (1894) "A History of the Baptists of the Middle States"; "The Gospel of Jesus and the Problems of Democracy" (1914) ; etc. " (1914); etc.