Background
Andrews, Edward Gayer was born on August 7, 1825 in New Hartford, New York, United States. Son of George and Polly Andrews.
Andrews, Edward Gayer was born on August 7, 1825 in New Hartford, New York, United States. Son of George and Polly Andrews.
He was educated at Cazenovia Seminary, Cazenovia, New York, and at Wesleyan University, (Bachelor, 1847) (Master of Arts 1854), where he became a member of the Mystical Seven. He was ordained in the Central New York Annual Conference of the Mechanical Engineering Church, serving various pastorates there from 1848 until 1854.
He was then appointed teacher and Principal (ie, President) of the Cazenovia Seminary, where he remained until 1864. He then became Pastor in Stamford, Connecticut (1864-1867), and in Brooklyn, New York (1867-1872) until his election to the Episcopacy. As Bishop he visited Mechanical Engineering Missions in Europe and India (1876-1877), in Mexico (1881) and in Japan, of Korea and China (1889-1890).
He also was a delegate to the British and Irish Methodist Conference in 1894.
Wesleyan conferred upon him the degree Doctor of Laws in 1900. He retired from the active episcopacy in 1904.
His theology was described as holding to the faith of his denomination for essentials of doctrine, but with deference to the results of Biblical scholarship. He has published semi-centennial addresses delivered in 1875 and 1881.
Bishop Andrews died 31 December 1907 in Brooklyn and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, New New York