Clergyman; born in
Newport, R. I., April 7, 1780; graduated at Harvard in 1798 with highest honors; was a teacher in a private family in
Richmond, Va., for a year afterwards; and, returning in feeble health in 1802, studied theology, and became pastor of the Federal Street Church in
Boston, June 1, 1803.
All through his laborious life he suffered from ill-health.
In 1822 he sought physical improvement by a voyage to
Europe, and in 1830 he went to St. Croix,
W. I., for the same purpose.
With a colleague he occasionally officiated in the pulpit until 1840, when he resigned.
In August, 1842, he delivered his last public address at
Lenox, Mass., in commemoration of the abolition of slavery in the
West Indies.
Mr. Channing contributed much towards stimulating anti-slavery feeling.
He died in
Bennington, Vt., Oct. 2, 1842.
