Background
He was born in Taunton, Massachusetts on October 24, 1830, received an Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut in 1856, and an Master of Arts from the same university in 1859.
He was born in Taunton, Massachusetts on October 24, 1830, received an Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut in 1856, and an Master of Arts from the same university in 1859.
Graduate Wesleyan University. Studied theology Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.), Biblical Institute, Doctorate.
He was president of Ohio Wesleyan University and an author Subsequently, he erected Saint John"s church in Brooklyn, New York at a cost of $200,000 and the Architecture Street church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at a cost of $260,000. He was president of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio from 1876 to 1888.
Payne was an organizer, member, and principal contributor of the committee to revise the hymn-book of his denomination in 1876, a delegate to the General Methodist Conferences of 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892 and 1896, and a delegate to the Ecumenical conference in London in 1881.
He traveled extensively in Egypt, Europe, Greece, the Holy Land, and Syria. He received the honorary degrees Doctor of Divinity from Dickinson College in 1870 and Doctor of Laws from Ohio State University in 1875.
Payne is the author of, among other works:
The Social Glass, and Christian Obligation (1868)
Daniel, the Uncompromising Young Manitoba (1872)
Young People"s Half-Hour Series (1872)
Temperance (1881)
Education (1881)
Guides in Character Building (1883)
He died at Clifton Springs, New York on May 5, 1899.
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Married Mary Eleanor Gardiner, March 24, 1887.