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Henry Tompkins Anderson was born on January 27, 1812 in Caroline County, Virginia, United States, where his ancestors had been extensive land owners since the days of Richard Anderson, who came there from England in 1635. His father was John Burbage Anderson. His mother, Martha Tompkins, was a woman of unusual attainments.
Anderson was educated in Latin and Greek by his mother. At the age of twenty-one he was ordained by his brother, Doctor Benjamin Anderson, a physician, and elder in the Church of the Disciples.
From his earliest years Anderson had little interest in anything but the study of the Bible. A minister of the Disciples of Christ, he was for comparatively short periods pastor of churches in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Louisville, and Washington, District of Columbia, but it was for his exposition of the Scriptures that he was commended as a preacher, while for parish details he had no great relish. He taught in several schools in Kentucky, because his extensive knowledge of the classics created a demand for his services, and more particularly because he needed money to support a rather large family, but he found teaching irksome. Even more important offices did not appeal to him. The visible fruits of thirty years of Bible study, carried on, not under ideal conditions, but in spite of many distractions, was his New Testament, translated from the original Greek, and published in 1864.
It was not until 1861, when the war had closed the schools, that he had opportunity to begin his long-anticipated translation. The war also swept away what little property he had, but he was a man of childlike simplicity and implicit faith in the providence of God. Believing that his wants would be supplied, he went on with the work, and he was not disappointed.
His translation was completed about the time of Tischendorf's discovery of the Codex Sinaiticus, and he at once began a translation of the Sinaitic manuscript, which he barely finished before his death. It was published in 1918. Some of the stateliness and beauty of the common version is sacrificed, but the work is done with restraint and good taste, and has dignity as well as clarity.
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Anderson confessed his faith in his Lord and was baptized by his elder brother at the age of twenty-one.
He trusted in God to bring all things to Christ for his own glory and the salvation of his servant. He did not believe that a Christian should take vengeance or retaliate.
Anderson also did not censure the church or his brethren for his poverty. He believed firmly in the word of God.
Quotations:
"The Lord made man upright, but he hath 'sought out many inventions, ' boarding schools being one of them. "
"The presidency of a college in Iowa has been offered me, and my wife is inclined to that region. The presidency of a college presents no pleasing anticipation to me. I have no desire to accept. "
"Give me a few acres with good garden, a small forest and lasting spring. I would go to my little place in the country, read Hebrew and Greek, translate, write notes and essays, and beautify the little thirty-acre plot with trees, flowers, and shrubbery, and whatsoever is pleasant to the eyes and good for food. "
Anderson's strong mind adorned with classical training. His preaching was simple and practical.
Often he struggled through poverty and suffering. He did not possess any winning traits of character which could draw people very close to him. Still, he was kind and gentle to all people, but he was too much absorbed in his studies that he had no time to make and retain friends.
Anderson was married to Henrietta W Ducker. They had seven children.
