David Riddle Breed was an American

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 Presbyterian

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 clergyman and educator, born in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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, Pennsylvania

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He graduated at Hamilton College in 1867 and at Auburn Theological Seminary

Auburn Theological Seminary

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 (Presbyterian) in 1870. He held pastorates in St. Paul and Chicago until 1894, when he was called to the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh.

In 1898 he became Professor

Professor

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 of Practical Theology

Theology

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 in Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa.

Allegheny, Pennsylvania

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. He identified himself prominently with his denomination's Board of Missions for Freedmen.

Among his publications are many tract

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s, notably More Light, which has a wide circulation; works on hymnody

Hymn

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, especially the frequently reprinted History and Use of Hymns and Hymn Tunes; Abraham

Abraham

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, the Typical Life of Faith (1886); History of the Preparation of the World for Christ

Christ

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(1891); Preparing to Preach (1911).

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