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He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 12, 1826.
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He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 12, 1826.
He studied theology at the University at Lewisburg (now Bucknell University) and on graduating, in 1854, became ordained as a Baptist minister.
He had charge of churches in a number of places including the Bloomingdale Baptist Church in New York City. The Hanson Place Baptist Church in Brooklyn. And others in West Chester, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Among the churches he pastored in New Jersey was the Park Avenue Baptist Church.
When the Park Avenue Church agreed to merge with the First Baptist church, Pastor Lowry agreed to resign in order to ensure the success of the merger. The merged church still exists as the First-Park Baptist Church in Plainfield, New Jersey.
In 1869 he returned to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania as a faculty member (having previously served as a professor of literature) and later went on to become its chancellor. From 1880 until 1886 he was president of the New Jersey Baptist Sunday School Union.
Lowry was married with three sons and died in Plainfield, New Jersey on 23 November 1899.
He is interred in Hillside Cemetery. A bronze plaque in the Plainfield, New Jersey was installed in 1911 to commemorate his dedication and service. Original papers and hymns can be found at the church and also at the Plainfield Public Library.
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He wrote a number of hymns with members of his congregations.