James Waddel Alexander

Born: March 13, 1804, Hopewell, Virginia.

Died:  July 31, 1859, Sweetsprings, Virginia.

Buried:  Princeton, New Jersey.

    Alexander graduated from Princeton University in 1820. Ordained in 1827, he served as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Trenton, New Jersey (1829-1832). He became Professor of Rhetoric at Princeton in 1833; pastor of Duane Street Presbyterian Church, New York, 1844; Professor of Church History at Princeton, 1849; and pastor of the 5th Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, 1851. His works include:

• Gifts to the Afflicted
• Thoughts on Family Worship
• Sacramental Discourses (New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1860)
• Breaking the Crucible and Other Translations (posthumous) (New York: 1861)

Translations:

1. Jesus, How Sweet Thy Memory Is
2. O Sacred Head, Now Wounded