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Rand, William

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

an American divine of colonial times, flourished in the first half of the 18th century. He was a student at Harvard University, class of 1721, then took holy orders, and became pastor at Sunderland, Mass., of a Congregational Church. In 1746 he removed, in the same capacity, to Kingston, N. Y., and died there in 1779. He published five separate sermons (1739-1757). See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, i, 386.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Rand, William'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​r/rand-william.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.