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Elhanan Winchester<\/a> was born on this day in 1751 in the Muddy River village (later rather wisely renamed Brookline), Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

First a Baptist minister the great awakening opened Elhanan\u2019s heart to the realization a good God would not condemn his children to eternal perdition, and became a Universalist.<\/p>\n

A peripetatic clergyman, he founded the first Universalist church in Philadelphia and gathered a congregation in London and eventually served as moderator of the Massachussetts Universalist Convention.<\/p>\n

A prolific writer his book generally known as Dialogues on the Universal Restoration <\/span>is considered one of the classics of its time, directly responsible for leading many to the new doctrine.<\/p>\n

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Elhanan Winchester was born on this day in 1751 in the Muddy River village (later rather wisely renamed Brookline), Massachusetts. First a Baptist minister the great awakening opened Elhanan\u2019s heart to the realization a good God would not condemn his children to eternal perdition, and became a Universalist. 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