Introduction

Biography

Edward was the son of Ma­jor Da­vid Ne­vin, and hus­band of Ma­ry Peirce.

He was ed­u­cat­ed in Arts at Jef­ferson Col­lege, Can­ons­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia (1833) and in The­ol­o­gy at Prince­ton Se­mi­na­ry (1836).

He held sev­er­al pas­tor­ates as a Pres­by­te­ri­an min­is­ter, 1836–57; then as a Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­ter (1857–68); then, af­ter a rest of six years through ill health, as a min­is­ter of the Re­formed Church, first at Lan­cas­ter, Penn­syl­van­ia, then in Phi­la­del­phia.

Publications

• The Min­is­ter’s Hand­book
• The Man of Faith
• The City of God
• Thoughts About Christ