Background
Marvin, Dwight Edwards was born on February 22, 1851 in Greenwich, New York, United States. Son of Review Uriah and Margaret J. (Stevens) Marvin.
Marvin, Dwight Edwards was born on February 22, 1851 in Greenwich, New York, United States. Son of Review Uriah and Margaret J. (Stevens) Marvin.
Graduate Alexander Institute, White Plains, New York, 1869. Graduate Auburn Theological Seminary, 1880. Studied Union Theological Seminary, 1881.
Doctor of Philosophy, Franklin College, New Athens, O., 1900.
Ordained Congleton ministry, 1882. Pastor 1st Church, East Albany, New York, 1881-1884, Plymouth Church, Utica, 1884-1888, 1st Church, Germantown, Philadelphia, 1888-1900, Flatbush Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, 1902-1910. Author: The Antiquity of Proverbs, 1922.
The Passing of the Caravans, 1924.
The Wonderful City, 1924. The Castle of the Soul, 1924.
The Chariot of God, 1925. The Wings of Time, 1929.
Knowing God, 1931; Devotional Lyrics and Other Poems, 1933.
In the Splendor of His Presence, 1934. Vanished Barriers, 1935. Abba Father, 1936; When and Where, 1937.
Home and the Children, 1937.
Nearness to God, 1939. Also The Looming Cross.
Cloud Islands. Highlands of the Sky.
Historic Child Rhymes. Compiler: Curiosities in Proverbs, 1916.
Home: Summit, New Jersey.
Married Ida North. Whitman, September 17, 1874. Children: Charles Ingalls, Caroline Whitman, Dwight Marvin, Rowland Whitman (deceased).