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Cyrus D. Foss II was born on January 17, 1834, in Kingston, New York, the son of Cyrus, also a Methodist minister, and Jane Campbell.
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Cyrus D. Foss II was born on January 17, 1834, in Kingston, New York, the son of Cyrus, also a Methodist minister, and Jane Campbell.
From boyhood Foss II showed high intellectual ability, and after preparing for college at Amenia Seminary, he entered Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, from which he graduated at the head of his class when he was but twenty years old.
Foss received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Wesleyan University in 1870 and that of Doctor of Laws from Cornell College, Iowa, in 1879.
Returning to Amenia as instructor in mathematics, Foss remained there until 1857, during the last year of which period he was principal. He then joined the New York Conference of the Methodist Church, and until 1859 was stationed at Chester, New York.
From that time until Foss was elected president of Wesleyan University in 1875, his appointments were all to churches in New York and Brooklyn. When he became head of Wesleyan, it was in such financial straits that its existence seemed imperilled, but largely through his wisdom and energy the peril was averted and the institution put on a sound basis. It was not financial success alone that marked his administration, however, and "no president of Wesleyan University, " according to its historian, "was ever more respected; none was ever more beloved".
The General Conference of 1880 elected him bishop, and Foss took up his episcopal residence in Minneapolis, changing it to Philadelphia in 1888, where it remained until his death. He was a fraternal delegate to the British Wesleyan Conference, London, in 1886; and officially visited the Methodist missions of Europe that same year.
In 1893 Foss made a similar visitation in Mexico, and in 1897 - 1898 one in India and Malaysia; while in 1906 - 1907 he undertook a missionary tour of observation around the world. From 1888 to 1906 he was president of the Methodist Board of Church Extension.
Good judgment and fixity of purpose characterized all his administrative work. His sermons were direct, forceful, rich in allusions, and fired with enthusiasms for Christian beliefs and institutions. A short collection of them under the title, Religious Certainties, was published in 1905. One of the fruits of his missionary tours was From the Himalayas to the Equator (1899). The National Temperance Society published his sermon, Temperance and the Pulpit (1871), and the periodicals of his day contain numerous contributions from him. Cyrus Foss died on January 29, 1910, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Cyrus Foss entered the ministry, and was pastor of the most prominent Methodist churches in New York and Brooklyn, where he served for more than 15 years and attracted large congregations.
Then Foss was elected the sixth President of Wesleyan University in 1875, and he held that post for five years. Foss was so successful in his management of the university that in 1880 the Methodist Church elected him a bishop, the highest office in the church.
Also he was a stanch believer in Methodism, and gave unwavering acceptance to the ancient doctrines as expressed in the Apostles’ Creed.
Quotations:
"Christianity was the temple that was to be eternal, and on it, as unconscious builders, men were laboring in all the ages from the creation. "
"Underneath all the arches of Scripture history, throughout the whole grand temple of the Scriptures, these two voices ever echo, man is ruined, man is redeemed. "
"The hope of the nation and of Christendom, and of the lands called heathen, alike is to be found in the indoctrination of little children in the knowledge of God's truth; for the missionaries will tell you that the adult heathen population of to-day are to die heathen; the minister will tell you that the adult, virtually heathen population of Christian lands to-day are to die in that condition, unless God showers down altogether unprecedented grace - with only such occasional exceptions as confirm this general and terrible law. If this be so, the hope of Christianity is in childhood. Towards childhood must be directed the work of the sappers and miners of the church. Here is the weak point of the enemy's fortress. Here let the breach be made, and his topmost turret shall be laid low. "
Not only his abilities but his kindness, his unfailing courtesy, and his innate goodness won him esteem and affection.
Quotes from others about the person
"No president of Wesleyan University was ever more respected; none was ever more beloved. " (Caleb T. Winchester)
On March 20, 1856, Cyrus D. Foss II married Mary E. Bradley of Salisbury, Connecticut, who died September 7, 1863; and on May 10, 1865, to Amelia Robertson of Peekskill, New York.
Cyrus D. Foss II had several children.