The Living Poem. By Eusebius Hershey, Rebersburg, Centre County, Pa. First, Second, Third & Fourth Editions Price, 10 Cents.

A preacher among the Ojibwe population?

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Eusebius Hershey was an itinerant 19th-century preacher with a poetic streak. Born in 1823 near Manheim, Pennsylvania, Hershey began preaching in 1842 with the United Brethren Church after his conversion at 18. He later joined the Evangelical Mennonites, later part of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ. Over four decades, he preached mainly to non-Mennonite communities across the eastern U.S. and Canada, making thirteen trips north.

The present title is Hershey’s scarce collection of autobiographical and religious poems. The final page is noteworthy: a hymn printed phonetically in Ojibwe—“Aindoduhmahgangin Keohe Peenezewin” (“Receiving the Great Blessing” or “Concerning the Gift of Salvation”)—under the heading “Nuhguhmowin 53. C.M.” (“Hymn 53. Common Meter”), suggesting Hershey at some point preached among Ojibwe communities.

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