Henry Harbaugh


Henry Harbaugh was an American clergyman of the German Reformed Church.

Biography

He taught to obtain means to enter college, and studied at Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, but was unable to finish either a classical or theological course. He was ordained in 1843, and installed as pastor of the German Reformed Church at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and in 1850 accepted a call to the church at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he remained until he moved to Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in 1860. In 1863 he was appointed by his synod professor of theology at the Mercersburg Seminary. He occupied this chair until his death, which was occasioned by undue mental exertion.
He was one of the exponents of the "Mercersburg Theology."

Works

He published some poems in Pennsylvania Dutch, and also wrote:
He compiled numerous church almanacs, edited The Child's Treasury, and contributed a great number of sketches to the German Reformed Church "Cyclopaedia." From 1850 to 1866 he was the editor of the Guardian, a monthly magazine which he founded. Later he was editor of the Mercersburg Review and was on the staff of the Reformed Church Messenger.