BOST, Paul Ami Isaac David, Swiss ecclesiastical writer: b. Geneva, 10 June 1790; d. La Forge, France, 14 Dec. 1874. He studied theology at the University of Geneva, grad uating in 1814. After four years spent as a minister in Switzerland, he began his 'Mis sionary Journeys" under the auspices of the London Continental Society, a work he was destined to continue for 45 years. Withdrawing from the Geneva society, he was expelled from France and entered upon a roving, pov erty-stricken life, the difficulties of which were increased by the burden of a large fam ily. Expelled from France on account of his views, he preached in Offenbach, Frankfort, Hanau, Friedrichsdorf, Karlsruhe and other places. He was pastor of the free church of
in Geneva (1825-26), where he published
he was admitted to the ranks of the clergy of Geneva without retracting any of his views and he became successively pastor at Asnieres and Bourges (France) and chaplain of the prison of the Maison Centrale at Melun. This he resigned in 1848, after which he was in Geneva, Nimes, Neuchatel, Jersey and Paris, coming finally to La Force. In addition to his reputation as a hymn writer, Bost has to his credit works of considerable interest in con nection with the religious movement of which he forms an integral part. These include