Augustus Charles Thompson, an American clergyman, born in Goshen, Conn., April 30, 1812. He was educated at Yale college, at the theological seminary at East Windsor Hill, Conn., and at the university of Berlin. Since 1842 he has been pastor of the Eliot Congregational church, Roxbury, Mass. In 1854-'5 he accompanied the Rev. Dr. Anderson as a deputation to the missions of the American board in India. He has published " Songs in the Night" (Boston, 1845); "The Lambs Fed," which has been translated into the Mah-ratta language; " The Young Martyrs;" " Last Hours, or Words and Acts of the Dying" (1851); " The Poor Widow, a Memorial of Mrs. Anna F. Waters" (1854; translated into Tamil); "The Better Land, or Believer's Journey and Future Home" (1855); "The Yoke in Youth, a Memorial of II. M. Hill" (1856); " Gathered Lilies, or Little Children in Heaven" (1858); "Feeding the Lambs" (1859); "Morning Hours in Patmos " (1860); "Lyra Coelestis" (1863); "The Mercy Seat" (1863); "Seeds and Sheaves" (1868); and "Christus Consolator" (1869).