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Recreations in Astronomy - With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work
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Henry White Warren was an American Methodist Episcopal bishop and author, brother of William Fairfield Warren.
Background
Henry White Warren, the son of Mather and Anne Miller (Fairfield) Warren, was born in Williamsburg, Massachussets; William Fairfield Warren was a younger brother. Their father ran a farm, owned a mill, and moved buildings when such service was required. Henry early showed character and ability, and at the age of seventeen was supervisor of the village sawmill.
Education
At the age of eighteen he entered Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham, Massachussets, where he prepared for college. In 1853 he graduated from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, having taught science for a time, during his course there, at Amenia Seminary, Amenia, N. Y.
Career
After his graduation, he was instructor in ancient languages for two years at Wilbraham Academy. In 1855 he was admitted on trial to the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was ordained deacon in 1857, and elder in 1859. From 1855 to 1870 he was pastor of churches in Worcester, Massachussets, Boston, Lynn, Westfield, Cambridgeport, and Charlestown. In 1863 he represented Lynn in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Transferred to the Philadelphia Conference in 1871, he was stationed at the Arch Street Church, Philadelphia, for three years, at the end of which time he was transferred to the New York Conference and appointed to St. John's Church, Brooklyn. In 1877 he returned to his former charge in Philadelphia, with which he remained until 1879, when he became pastor of the Spring Garden Street Church of the same city. In 1880 he was a delegate to the General Conference, and at that session, such had his reputation become throughout the denomination, he was elected bishop. His episcopal residence for some four years was at Atlanta, Ga. , and while there he took an active interest in the establishment of Gammon Theological Seminary, made possible by gifts of Elijah H. Gammon and designed to prepare men of the African race for the Methodist ministry. Later, he resided at University Park, near Denver, Colo. His duties as bishop took him all over the United States and to Europe, the Far East, Mexico. and South America. He gave many lectures and wrote much for various periodicals. His first book was the result of a visit to Europe - Sights and Insights; or, Knowledge By Travel (1874). With Eben Tourjee he prepared The Lesser Hymnal (1875). From his college days he was much interested in the natural sciences, a fact which led him to write articles and books of a popular nature on scientific subjects. The latter include Studies of the Stars (1878), Recreations in Astronomy (1879), and Among the Forces (1898). He was also the author of The Bible in the World's Education (1892). He interested himself in the affairs of the University of Denver, especially in the establishment of Iliff School of Theology in 1893 - later separated from the University - to the endowment of which his wife gave $100, 000. He died at University Park, survived by his wife, a son, and two daughters.
Achievements
He was a co-founder of the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, CO. He was editor of The Study and published: Sights and Insights (1874), The Lesser Hymnal (1877), Studies of the Stars (1878), Recreations in Astronomy (1879), The Bible in the World's Education (1892), Among the Forces (1898), Fifty-two Memory Hymns (1908)
He was a man of tall, commanding figure, with a high sense of the dignity of his office, which he never violated, though he is said to have had a rich vein of humor. His contemporaries considered him cold and distant. He had a comprehensive mind and in his preaching dealt with the large and fundamental aspects of the Christian religion.
Interests
One of his recreations was mountain climbing, and he was president, 1877-78, of the Rocky Mountain Club.
Connections
He was married on April 6, 1855, to Diantha Lord Kilgore of Bartlett, N. H. , who died on June 21, 1867; and on December 27, 1883, to Mrs. Elizabeth (Fraser) Iliff.