Oberlin College - Hi-O-Hi Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

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of Springfield, Illinois, was followed by a year in Europe and the Holy Land, when he met and became engaged to her, who in the spring of '75, became Mrs. Barrows. Owing to the failure of J. Cook, he lost his money while abroad, but was able to- finish his tour by preaching for six months in the American chapel in Paris. In the fall of '74 he entered Andover Theological Seminary, and the next spring became the pastor of the Eliot church, Lawrence, Massachusetts. In 1880 he changed for the Maverick church, East Boston, which he left in 1881 for the First Presbyterian church, Chicago. This pastorate he resigned in '95 to go to India under the auspices of the University of Chicago, to give the first series of the Barrows Lectures for edu- cated Hindus. In 1893 Dr. Barrows was President of the Parliament of Religions, an undertaking requiring several years of hard work, patience, courage and optimistic faithg this was a good preparation for his journey to the Orient. Since his return from India in '97 he has been lecturing on missions all over the country, and he holds now, as for the last flve years-, the Haskell Lectureship on Com- parative Religion at the Chicago University. In November, '98, he was offered the Presidency of Oberlin College, and accepted. Among President Barrows' books are: The Gospels Are True Histories, I Be- lieve in God, The Life of Henry Ward Beecher, History of the Parliament of Re- ligions, Christianity the World Religion, A World Pilgrimage and The Christian Conquest of Asia. l - 1 13