The Study Of The History And Philosophy Of Religion: Inaugural Address Before The Faculty And Students Of Cornell University (1891)
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Memorials of Lieut.: George H. Walcott, Late of the 30th U. S. Colored Troops (Classic Reprint)
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World, farewell! Of thee I'm tired; Now toward heaven my way I take; There is peace, the long-desired Lofty, calm, that naught can break. World, with thee is war and strife; Thou with cheating hopes art rife; But in heaven is no alloy.
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Bases of Religious Belief, Historic and Ideal: An Outline of Religious Study 1897
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Charles Mellen Tyler was a clergyman and college professor.
Background
Charles Mellen Tyler born on January 8, 1832 in Limington, Me. , the son of Daniel and Lavinia (Small) Tyler. He was a descendant of Job Tyler who emigrated from England to Newport, R. I, as early as 1638, and later settled in Andover, Massachussets.
He came of fighting stock, both his grandfather and his great-grandfather having been soldiers in the Revolution, and he and his father served in the Civil War, the latter as a paymaster under General McClellan, and Charles as chaplain of the 22nd Massachusetts Volunteers, with rank of captain.
Education
He received his early education from his father, a lawyer by profession, in the common schools, and at Lewiston Academy.
Financial reverses interrupted his schooling, and for a time he worked in a ship-chandler's shop at Belfast and later for the wholesale grocery house of D. L. Gibbons, Boston. Subsequently, after taking the senior year at Phillips Academy, Andover, he entered Yale and graduated with the class of 1855. He distinguished himself as a scholar and won prizes in Latin, English composition, and oratory. Having spent a year in Union Theological Seminary, New York.
Career
He accepted a call to the First Congregational Church, Galesburg, Ill. , and was ordained and installed in June 1857.
A year later he became pastor of the Congregational Church in Natick, Massachussets, which position he held until 1867.
During this period he took an active interest in civic affairs and in 1861-62 was a member of the Massachusetts legislature.
An outcome of his war experiences was the publication of a little book, Memorials of Lieut. George H. Walcott, Late of the 30th U. S. Colored Troops (1865).
From 1867 to 1872 he was pastor of the South Church, Chicago.
In the latter year he took charge of the Reformed Dutch Church, Ithaca, N. Y. , which later became the First Congregational Church.
Thereafter until his death he was intimately connected with the affairs of Ithaca and Cornell University. He became a trustee of the University in 1886 and was active in this position until 1892, at which time he had assumed a professorship there.
Two years before, Henry W. Sage, a friend of Tyler, had endowed the Susan Linn Sage School of Philosophy, the organization of which included a chair of history and philosophy of religion and Christian ethics.
Tyler was chosen in 1891 to be its first occupant and served in this capacity for twelve years, becoming professor emeritus in 1903. In addition to contributions to periodicals, he published a substantial work, entitled Bases of Religious Belief, Historic and Ideal (1897). A resume of modern thought on the subject with some critical comment, rather than an original treatise, it was valuable in its day to students as an introduction and guide.
In 1907 he was again elected a trustee of the University, and served until his death.
He died on May 15, 1918.
Achievements
Charles Mellen Tyler is best remembered for his writings such as Bases of Religious Belief, Historic and Ideal and Memorials of Lieut. George H. Walcott, Late of the 30th U. S. Colored Troops.
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Connections
He was twice married: first, in New Haven, Connecticut, December 10, 1856, to Ellen A. , daughter of Thomas and Harriet N. (Rich) Davis, who died Jan. 14, 1891; second, June 1892, to Kate E. Stark, professor of music at Syracuse University. By his first wife he had two daughters.
