Background
Richards, Charles Herbert was born on March 18, 1839 in Meriden, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Cyrus S. and Helen D. (Whiton) Richards.
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Charles Herbert Richards
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Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1860. Graduate Andover Theological Seminary, 1865. Doctor of Divinity, Beloit College, 1882.
Served in Christian Commission in Civil War.
Career
Pastor Congressional Church, Kokomo, Indiana, 1866-1867, First Church, Madison, Wisconsin, 1867-1890, Central Church, Philadelphia, 1890-1903. Secretary Church Building Society, since 1903. Conductor Monona Lake Assembly, Madison, Wisconsin, 1881-1884.
President Wisconsin Home Missionary Society, 1885-1890.
Trustee Downer College, Wisconsin, 1887-1890. Yale lecturer on hymnology and church music, 1895.
On National Council Committee for Ministerial Relief, 1898-1901. Trustee National Council Congregational Churches, 1901-1907.
President Evangelical Alliance of Pennsylvania, 1890-1893.
Director Congregational Board Ministerial Relief. Trustee Howard University, Washington. Author: Religious Rights of a Christian State.
The Improvement of Worship.
Evolution of a Redeemed Humanity. What Is Your Life? God Our Help.
Spiritual Nurture of Children. The Pearl of Prayers.
Evolution in Hymnology.
Will Phillips. Sunday Mornings with a Pastor. Editor: Songs of Christian Praise, 1880.
Scripture Selections for Responsive Reading, 1880.
Songs of Praise and Prayer, 1889. Songs of the Christian Life, 1912. Book of Church Services, 1922.
Editor Church Building Quarterly, 1903-1909.
Home: New York, New New York
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Married Marie M. Miner, 1868.
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American