Background
He was the son of General Adams, and his mother was a daughter of the Review John B. Matthias.
He was the son of General Adams, and his mother was a daughter of the Review John B. Matthias.
He was educated in a private school in which William Miner, afterward governor of Connecticut, taught.
He was then transferred to the New York East Conference. He was a close observer of the habits of birds and nature and lectured on “Fun in Animals”. He was a personal friend of the Warner sisters.
A letter which he wrote to Anna Warner contained a passage which led her to compose the widely known hymn, “One more day"s work for Jesus.” His ministry, spent in and around New York and Brooklyn, was noteworthy.
He was a member of the general conference of 1884.