Ebenezer Henderson

Ebenezer Henderson (17 November 1784 – 17 May 1858) was a

Life

Born at the Linn near

In 1822 he was invited by Prince Alexander (Galitzin) to assist the Russian Bible Society in translating the Scriptures into various languages spoken in the Russian empire. After twenty years of foreign labour Henderson returned to England, and in 1825 was appointed tutor of the Mission College, Gosport.[3]

In 1830 he succeeded Dr William Harrison as theological lecturer and professor of Oriental languages in Highbury Congregational College. In 1850, on the amalgamation of the colleges of Homerton, Coward and Highbury, he retired on a pension. From 1852 to 1853 he was pastor of Sheen Vale chapel at Mortlake.^[3]

Henderson was acquainted with Scandinavian languages, Hebrew, Syriac, Ethiopic, Russian, Arabic, Tatar, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Manchu, Mongolian and Coptic. He organized the first Bible Society in Denmark (1814), and paved the way for several others. In 1817 he was nominated by the Scandinavian Literary Society a corresponding member; and in 1840 he was made DD by the university of Copenhagen. He was honorary secretary for life of the Religious Tract Society, and one of the first promoters of the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Jews.^[3]

Death

Henderson died at Mortlake. He is buried at Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington, London, where his memorial records some of his achievements.^{[citation needed]}

Works

Henderson's main works are:

• Iceland, or the Journal of a Residence in that Island (2 vols, 1818)^[5]
• Biblical Researches and Travels in Russia (1826)^[6]
• Elements of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation (1830)^[7]
• The Great Mystery of Godliness Incontrovertible; Or, Sir Isaac Newton and the Socinians Foiled in the Attempt to Prove a Corruption in the Text, 1 Tim. III. 16 (1830)
• Divine Inspiration: Or, The Supernatural Influence Exerted in the Communication of Divine Truth and its Special Bearing Upon the Composition of the Sacred Scriptures (1836)
• The Vaudoir, a Tour of the Valleys of Piedmont (1845)^[8]

His last work was a translation of the Book of Isaiah (1857).^[9]

See also

• Ebenezer Henderson (1809–1879), his nephew

References

• Memoirs of Ebenezer Henderson, by Thulia S Henderson (his daughter) (London, 1859)
• Congregational Year Book (1859).
• Electrical Scotland website Henderson, Ebenezer biography

Attribution:

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Henderson, Ebenezer". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 267.

External links

• Electric Scotland website John Paterson, Bible Society Pioneer, 1776-1855: The Earlier Years - 1776-1813, by The Rev. James M. Alexander
• Electric Scotland website John Paterson, Bible Society Pioneer 1776-1855: The Later Years - 1813-1855, by The Rev. James M. Alexander
• Internet Archive website, Extracts of letters from the Rev. John Paterson and the Rev. Ebenezer Henderson during their Respective Tours through the East Sea Provinces of Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Jutland, Holstein, Swedish Pomerania, &c. to Promote the Object of the British and Foreign Bible Society, by John Paterson, published in London 1817 (online copy)
• "John+PATERSON+(D.D.)"&printsec=frontcover Google Books website ’The Book in Every Land, by John Paterson (online copy)