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Excerpt from A History of Connecticut To those who may think I have given undue attention to the period of the French wars, I would commend the words of Dr. Bushnell, in his Historical Estimate of Connecticut, where he says, We are accustomed to speak of the wars of the Revolution; but these earlier wars, so little remembered, were far more adventurous, and required stouter endurance. The facts contained in this volume have been gathered from many sources. Besides a large number of town and county narratives, I have constantly consulted the his tories of Trumbull, Hollister, Barber, Atwater, Palfrey, Bancroft and Lodge. I desire, however, in this connec tion, to make special mention of the published volumes of the Colonial Records of the State, which have made available the most valuable and exact sources of historical information. Connecticut has been fortunate in the ser vices rendered by J. Hammond Trumbull, LL.D., and Mr. Charles J. Hoadly, in editing these records. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from Church Federation: Inter-Church Conference on Federation, New York, November 15 21, 1905 While plans of organic Church union have made little progress beyond the stage of discussion, the spirit of unity has found ex pression in many and practical ways. The wonderful develop ment of the Christian Endeavor movement bears testimony to this fact, and the history of the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations and a host of philanthropic, reform and charitable organizations attests remarkable activity in united effort outside the Churches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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He was born on June 6, 1843 at Westbrook, Connecticut, United States. The son of Rev. Isaac Sanford, a Methodist minister, and Lovisa Ann (Weeks) Sanford.
He was of Puritan ancestry, a descendant of Thomas Sanford who was in Dorchester, Massachussets, as early as 1634 and later settled in Milford, Connecticut
Prepared for college chiefly at the Goshen (Connecticut) Academy, he entered Wesleyan University in 1860, receiving the degree of A. B. in 1865.
He was licensed as a Methodist preacher and received into the New York East Conference in 1865, began his ministry as pastor of the Methodist Church in Thomaston, Connecticut In 1867, he transferred to the Congregational body, becoming pastor of the First Church of Cornwall, Connecticut.
Becoming interested in religious journalism, he assumed in 1873 the associate editorship of a new publication, Church Union, launched in the interest of Christian unity, but soon left it to become editor of the Alliance, of Baltimore, Md. , a short-lived publication.
In 1882, he took charge of the Golden Rule, of Boston, forerunner of the Christian Endeavor World. After occupying this editorial post for a few months, he was forced by serious illness to give up all work for a time, after which he returned to the pastorate, becoming minister of the Congregational church in Westbrook, Connecticut, his native town, where he remained until 1894.
In 1895, Sanford was chosen secretary of a new organization known as the Open and Institutional Church League, designed to promote a more adequate church program, especially in social service, and interchurch cooperation in carrying it out.
In 1905 a Conference on Interchurch Federation was held in Carnegie Hall, New York, where Sanford played a big role. The constitution for the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America had been ratified by the group of interested denominations by 1908, in which year the Council came into formal existence.
At the outset, Sanford was elected its corresponding secretary, a position which he held until 1913, when failing health forced him to resign. He was then elected honorary secretary, in which office he continued until his death in 1932. The intervening years he spent in retirement at Middlefield, Connecticut.
During this period of retirement from active labors, Sanford wrote the history of the formative period of the church federation movement, under the title, Origin and History of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America (1916), and also A History of the Reformation (1917). He had previously published A History of Connecticut (1887), A Concise Cyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (1890), and Church Federation - Inter - Church Conference on Federation 1905 (copyright 1906), of which he was editor.
He became editor of Church Union, beginning a lifelong interest in Christian unity. Besides, he was the general secretary of the Open and Institutional Church League, later National Federation of Churches and Christian Workers. Under the organizing genius of Sanford, the constitution for the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America was formulated. He published his famous A History of Connecticut (1887), Origin and History of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America (1916), A History of the Reformation (1917) and others.
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Raised a Methodist, he was a Methodist minister for a short time in Thomaston, Connecticut, before transferring to a Congregational pulpit.
Sanford did not advocate the complete homogenization of the denominations to a single unified church. Instead he favored programs that would allow the churches to cooperate while maintaining their own unique characteristics.
Sanford was famous for persistent and persuasive urging.
On Oct. 10, 1870 he married Martha Sanford of Thomaston, a distant relative.
