Quote of theDay

“The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”

― George Washington Burnap

His father was a Congregational minister in New Hampshire. He graduated from Harvard College in 1824 and then studied for three years at Harvard Divinity School. His studies of the Bible in college convinced him to become a Unitarian. In 1828 he was ordained pastor of the First Independent Church in Baltimore, and which position he retained till his death in 1859. He married Nancy Williams in 1831. Without neglecting his pastoral duties, Burnap devoted much of his career toward explaining Unitarianism to the public and justifying its doctrines in the face of its critics.