American educator (1796–1865); President of Brown University 1827–1855
Francis Wayland (March 11, 1796 – September 30, 1865), was an American Baptist educator and economist. He was president of Brown University and pastor of the First Baptist Church in America in Providence, Rhode Island.
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When the fight thickens the captain says, "Steady, boys;" and it is their steadiness which pulls the soldiers through. Fitful soldiers are rarely useful ones. That is our great need to-day, steady Christians — men and women you can count on. Many Christians are like intermittent springs. They flow to-day — to-morrow you cannot get a thimbleful of religious activity out of the dried channel of their lives.