Background
Jefferson, Charles Edward was born on August 29, 1860 in Cambridge, Ohio, United States. Son of Doctor Milton and Ella (Sarchett) Jefferson.
Jefferson, Charles Edward was born on August 29, 1860 in Cambridge, Ohio, United States. Son of Doctor Milton and Ella (Sarchett) Jefferson.
Bachelor of Science, Ohio Wesleyan, 1882, Bachelor of Arts, 1886. Superintendent public schools, Worthington, O., 1882-1884. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University, 1887.
Doctor of Divinity, Oberlin College, 1898, Union College, 1898, Yale, 1903. Doctor of Laws, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1905, Miami University, 1923. Doctor of Divinity, University of Vermont, 1921.
Ordained Congleton ministry, 1887. Pastor Central Church, Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1887-1898, Broadway Tabernacle, New York, since 1898.
Author: Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers in My Study, 1891. Quiet Talks with Earnest People in My Study, 1898. Things Fundamental, 1903.
The Minister as Prophet, 1905. The Character of Jesus, 1908. The Building of the Church, 1910.
Why We May Believe in Life After Death, 1911. The Minister as Shepherd, 1912. Forefathers’ Day Sermons, 1917.
Old Truths and New Facts, 1918. Quiet Talks with the Family. Under Twenty, 1922
The Friendship Indispensable, 1923.
The Character of Paul, 1923. Five Present-day Controversies, 1924. Cardinal Ideas of Isaiah, 1925.
Cardinal Ideas of Jeremiah, 1928. Christianizing a Nation, 1929. Other Nature Sermons, 1931.
Like a Trumpet, 1934. Also other books now out of print.
Fellow Yale Corporation, 1902-1924.
Married Belle Patterson, August 10, 1887. Children: Charles Frederic, Ralph Waldo (deceased).