Background
Leslie, Elmer Archibald was born on April 8, 1888 in Tolono, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert and Mary (Campbell) Leslie.
Leslie, Elmer Archibald was born on April 8, 1888 in Tolono, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert and Mary (Campbell) Leslie.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Illinois, 1910. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University, 1913, Doctor of Philosophy., 1916. Doctor of Letters, West Virginia Wesleyan, 1949.
Student United Free Church College, Glasgow, Scotland, 1914-1915, U. Glasgow, 1914-1915, U. Berlin, 1929-1930, studied at Oxford, Leipzig and Halle, summer courses.
Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church, Kittery, Maine (student charge), 1910-1913. Ordained to ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1911. Pastor Arlington Heights, Massachusetts, 1913-1914, Medford Hillside, Massachusetts, 1915-1916, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1916-1921.
Organizer and director Wesley Foundation, Harvard, 1917-1921. Pastor Brookline, Massachusetts, 1921. Professor Hebrew and O.T. literature Boston University School Theology, 1921-1957, University lecturer, 1952.
Chairman div. theological studies Boston University Graduate School, 1945-1955. Dean Lasell Epworth League Institute, Auburndale, Massachusetts, 1924-1928. Minister American Church in Berlin, Germany, 1929-1930.
Travelled around world, 1939-1940.
Author: Acquainting Youth with Christ, 1927. The Comradeship Hour, 1928. Old Testament Religion, 1936.
The Prophets Tell Their Own Story, 1939. A Guide to Bible Reading: Old Testament Poetry and Wisdom, 1945. The Psalms, 1949
The Intimate Papers of Jeremiah, 1953.
Jeremiah, 1954. Co-author: The Quest for God Through Worship, 1936. The Quest for God Through Understanding, 1937. Creative Personalities, Vols.
I and II, 1940
New Testament Studies, 1942. Personalism in Theology, 1944. Contributor Abingdon Bible Commentary, 1929.
Also Zion’s Herald, entitled “Young People,” each week, 1920-1935. Isaiah, 1963.
Through Covenant each individual accepts the relationship with God. It is not about acquiring a relationship with God, but living within the loving relationship that God has already offered.
The use of force should be supported, but only in extreme situations and only when the need is clear beyond reasonable doubt, and through appropriate international organizations.
The strong feature of Methodism is the role of local people take for the fabric of church buildings and manses and for the handling of money. They share with ordained ministers the role of setting direction for the churches in a particular area or 'circuit'.
Member Society Biblical Literature, Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Beta. Clubs: Ministers’, Itinerants, Clerics (Boston).
Married Helen Noon, June 26, 1913. Children: Jean Taylor, Robert Campbell, Donald William (deceased), James Stewart.
