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Henry Alline
1748-1784

Henry Alline was born on 14 June 1748 in Newport, Rhode Island.  When he was 11, his family moved to the township of Falmouth in Nova Scotia. With no theological training, he became an itinerant preacher in April 1776. Until his death in 1784, he preached throughout Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, working to establish independent churches, which were the first steps in what led to the Baptist movement in the Maritimes. Between 1780 and his death in January 1784, he produced two theological works (Two Mites (1781) and The Anti-Traditionalist (1783)), three sermons, two volumes of religious verse, and a detailed travel journal. In the 1790s, many of his works were printed and used by the Free Will Baptists in New England. His Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1786) was a collection of over 480 hymns.  He was going to Boston to publish it but died of consumption in New Hampshire in 1784.

Source

Stymiest, Caitlyn. "Henry Alline." New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia, Spring 2010. Accessed 8 May 2023.

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Fredericton

Archival Material

  • Location
    Esther Clark Wrigth Archives, Acadia University
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    Retrieval Number
    900.577-ALN/1a and 1b
    Date Range of Material
    1783, n.d.
    Extent

    2 folders

    Scope and Content Note

    Letter from Henry Alline to the gospel church at Argyle and transcription of 1783 letter from Henry Alline to the gospel church at Argyle.

Imagined painting of Henry Alline on horse

Henry Alline

Credit

"Henry Alline." Revival Library. Accessed 8 May 2023.

See the New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia entry.

Bibliography Items

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Alline, Henry. Two Mites on Some of the Most Important and Much Disputed Points of Divinity: Cast into the Treasury for the Welfare of the Poor and Needy, and Committed to the Perusal of the Unprejudiced and Impartial Reader. Halifax, NS: A. Henry, 1781, 342 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Alline, Henry. Sermon Preached to, and at the Request, of a Religious Society of Young Men United and Engaged for the Maintaining and Enjoying of Religious Worship in Liverpool, on the 19th November, 1782. Halifax, NS: A. Henry, 1782, 36 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Alline, Henry. Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Boston: Edes, 1786, 381 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Alline, Henry. The Life and Journal of the Rev. Henry Alline. Boston: Gilbert & Dean, 1806, 180 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Alline, Henry. Selected Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Edited by Vincent, Thomas B. Kingston, ON: Loyal Colonies Press, 1982, 49 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Alline, Henry. The Life and Journal of the Rev. Mr. Henry Alline. Edited by Beverly, James, and Moody, Barry J. Hansport, NS: Lancelot Press, Ltd., 1982, 268 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Alline, Henry. The Sermons of Henry Alline. Edited by Rawlyk, George A. Hansport, NS: Lancelot Press, Ltd., 1986, 174 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Alline, Henry. Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Edited by Bumsted, J. M. Sackville, NB: Ralph Pickard Bell Library, 1987, 25 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Alline, Henry and Rawlyk, George A. Henry Alline: Selected Writings. New York: Paulist Press, 1987, 343 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion