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Floyd was born on February 7, 1850 in New York City, the son of Floyd Williams and Eliza (Dunham) Tomkins.
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Excerpt from The Faith and Life of a Christian Christ is the same, yesterday, and today, and forever. We must bring men back to the old Gospel foundation which can never change, and then they can be fear less ih the midst of confusion and in their own strength inspire others with courage. There is also much perplexity to-day as to the relationship between faith and duty. Men question not only the basis of moral ity, but as well the power of Christianity to make the life pure and the heart brave. They want the comfort of religion to guide them in the daily conflict, and the peace of God to enable them to face calmly and hopefully the future. Is not your faith something by which we may live? They cry. If itiis a fact, then we are ready to accept it, but it must prove itself worthy of our acceptance by the power it can give. The story of the church in the world ought to bring an answer; but few read history and fewer understand it. That the only power amongst men to guide and comfort and inspire is Christianity; that the Lord is amongst His people always, and that He knows, and cares, and blesses all who will accept His priceless gifts, this is not commonly understood. Why this is so, when we have so many 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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Excerpt from My Best Friend: Being Six Meditations for the Quiet Hour Some of these meditations were used at the Convention of the Christian Endeavor Societies held in Cincinnati, July, 1901. The substance of them has been used in newspaper articles, particularly in the Phila delphia Ledger in months past. They are gathered together here in the hope and with the prayer that they may be aids at the Quiet Hour of the personal Christian. In the midst of life's hurry and bustle and work, even Christian work, we must stop and look to him, our Best Friend, our dear Jesus, to gain rest, inspiration, power. It is impossible to be a true man or a true woman, it is impossible to do work well, it is impossible to be happy, unless we thus draw near in stillness and worship, and meditate. 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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Floyd was born on February 7, 1850 in New York City, the son of Floyd Williams and Eliza (Dunham) Tomkins.
He received his early schooling at the Charlier French Institute, New York, and entered Harvard in 1868, graduating in 1872. While in college he supported himself in part by services as an organist; he was always fond of music, and composed several hymns. He graduated from the General Theological Seminary, New York, in 1875, was ordered deacon.
In 1876 he was ordained priest. After missionary work in Colorado, Wyoming, and the Middle West (1875 - 83), he returned East and became rector of St. James Church, Keene, N. H. , where he remained less than two years. From 1884 to 1888 he was minister in charge of Calvary Chapel, New York City.
Thereafter until his death he was rector of important churches in various dioceses: Christ Church, Hartford, Connecticut (1888 - 91); St. James, Chicago (1891 - 94); Grace, Providence, R. I (1894 - 99); and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia (1899 - 1932), where his most notable work was done.
For more than thirty years he was one of the most prominent religious and civic leaders of Philadelphia and one of the best known Episcopal clergymen of the country. This prominence was not the result of any ecclesiastical offices that he held, though he was frequently a delegate to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church; nor can it be attributed to any superlative gifts that he possessed, though he was well equipped for his work both by nature and by training; it was rather the result of an apostolic zeal dominating him completely and finding expression in whatever he undertook.
His warm evangelistic fervor and his absolute sincerity gave power to his preaching; he was invited to college pulpits and frequently summoned to conduct special services in different parts of the country.
In the midst of his religious and civic activities he found time for much writing. He contributed to religious periodicals, and for years furnished Sunday School lessons for the Philadelphia Public Ledger. His books were published not to display learning, nor to bring renown to the author, but solely to give spiritual aid and inspiration. Like his preaching they glow with fervor and faith, and are eminently practical and helpful. Among them are Following Christ (1901), My Best Friend (1901), Beacons on Life's Voyage (1903), The Faith and Life of a Christian (1909), Helps Toward Nobler Living (1909), Prayers for the Quiet Hour (1910), Sunshine on Life's Way (1913).
He died of pneumonia in his eighty-third year.
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He held to the old faith and to the old ways, pleading for loyalty to the Bible, whatever men might say about it, and for the strict observance of the Sabbath, resigning as a director of the Sesquicentennial Exposition, Philadelphia, when the board decided to open it on Sundays.
He was active in various organizations, a member of the Civil Service Reform Association and of the Pennsylvania Prison Society, a trustee of the Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, and for ten years he served as chaplain of the 16t Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard. In 1924 he was an honorary vice-president of the World Sunday School Association, meeting at Glasgow.
To its demands he was able to respond with seemingly inexhaustible physical energy, for he was a man of large frame and great endurance, capable of carrying out a daily program of activities that few could equal.
He married Ann Maria Grant Cutter in 1875. He was survived by a son and three daughters.