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Concerning Reverend John Warham, I had this quote you might find interesting.

From the book Jonathan Edwards, a New Biography by Iain H. Murray,

The Banner of Truth Trust;1987 gives, “Warham had been minister of one of Connecticut’s oldest churches, the extensive parish of Windsor, which lay on both sides of the Connecticut river and adjoining Hartford to the south. Of this first minister of Windsor, Cotton Mather writes, ‘Though our Warham were as pious a man as most that were out of heaven, yet Satan often threw him into those deadly pangs of melancholy, that made him despair of ever getting thither.’”

I have an important issue I’d like to put before the members;

It is vital that we begin adding medical information to our genealogical data; In addition to where and when relatives were born, married, and died, medical conditions  should be included.  Even with current
technology, this will surely mean the difference between life and death in some cases, and will assist the early diagnosis of genetically carried diseases.

This sort of knowledge probably saved my life some years back; Knowing my uncle had all his teeth pulled, one by one, before they realized it was his heart causing the trouble, enabled me to understand what was happening to me and seek treatment early enough to prevent a heart attack when I suddenly at the same age
of forty, woke up with strange pains across the back of my shoulders and in my lower jaw one night.

My wife’s aunt, 83 years old, upon seeing my seven-year-old daughter with a patch over her left eye to treat “lazy eye”, commented “I had that same eye patched at the same age.” Obviously, this is a genetic
predispostion.

Any health data is potentially vital to showing a genetic redisposition.  If enough of the same markers show up in a number of people, it signals a red flag-a place to be especially aware of.

So, I hope you will agree that provisions need to be made for recording health data – what diseases a person has or had, including date of onset and symptoms, and allergic or side effect reactions to
medications. This should be done for members living and deceased, and listed in obituaries as well.

This would have the side benefit of bringing practical relevance to Geneology, making converts out of most of those who view it as strictly an odd hobby with no relevance to the present.

-Anthony Hoffman

Rev. Edward Payson Hammond graduated at Williams College, in 1858; studied theology one year at the Union Theological Seminary in New York, and completed his studies at the Free Church Theological Seminary, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
It was his fixed purpose to become in the end a missionary to Bulgaria, Turkey.  But while pursuing his studies at Edinburgh he supplied the pulpit of the Congregational Church, in Musselburgh, and was so much blessed in his labors that he received numerous invitations to labor as an evangelist at the close of his course of study, and labored in such a way in Scotland for about a year.
In the summer of 1861, he returned to this country on board the Great Eastern with two thousand and more British soldiers on their way to Quebec, and preached to them daily on the way.  From that time until July 28, 1866, he labored almost incessantly — preaching once and twice a day continuously as an evangelist in different parts of the country.
In “the Harvest Work of the Holy Spirit,” by Rev. P. C. Headley, an extended account is given of his labors.
In July 1866, he went with his wife to Palestine — preaching, while on his way thither, on the continenet through an interpreter many times, as also afterwards in the Holy Land.
On his return homewards he preached for a year and a half in London, Glasgow, Dublin and many other places, during which time he wrote and published numerous books which had a large circulation.
His attention has been much directed to efforts for the conversion of chidren, and thousands it is believed have been led by him on both sides of the Atlantic to consecrate themselves in their youth to their Master in Heaven.
He was ordained a minister of the gospel January 1863, by the Third Presbytery of New York.
He spends his summers (1870) at Vernon, Connecticut.  To him the author is indebted for most of the account here furnished of the Strong-Hammond Famiy.
He is the author of “Sketches of Palestine,” “Jesus, The Way,” “Little Ones in the Fold,” “New Praises of Jesus,” “Children and Jesus,” “Jesus’ Lambs,” “Hymns of Salvation,” “Jesus, the Lamb of God,” etc.