Background
He was born at West Springfield, Massachusetts, and graduated from Wesleyan University in 1865 and from Boston University School of Theology in 1868.
He was born at West Springfield, Massachusetts, and graduated from Wesleyan University in 1865 and from Boston University School of Theology in 1868.
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, 1865, Master of Arts, 1868. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University, 1870. (South.T.D., Wesleyan, 1891).
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1868. Pastor in Massachusetts, 1868-1873 and 1883-1908. Missionary in India, 1873-1883.
Lecturer on missions, Boston University School of Theology, 1888-1913.
Secretary North.E. Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, since 1889. Secretary and treasurer Conference Missionary Society, since 1886.
Director Methodist Ministers’ Relief Association, et cetera Member General Conference, 1900 (a secretary).
Secretary Boston Itinerants’ Club, since 1906, Sterling Camp Meeting Association, 1897-1914, Malden Church Federation.
Editor: Lucknow Witness (9 volumes). Good Stories and Best Poems (3 volumes). Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul.
Sunday School Missionary Speaker.
Heart Religion; also 30 volumes North.E. Conference Minutes.
Author: Handbook of Methodism. History of Methodism.
Faber; Memorial of Review Z. A. Mudge.
Pastor’s Missionary Manual. China; Growth in Holiness. Best of Browning; Honey from Many Hives.
The Life of Love.
The Land of Faith, The Saintly Calling. The Life Ecstatic; Fenelon the Mystic. The Riches of His Grace.
History of the New England Conference.
The Perfect Life; Christian Experience. Hymns of Trust. Now South.S. editor same.
Superintendent largest South.S. home department in the world. Home: Malden, Massachusetts
Member General Conference, 1900 (a secretary).
Married Martha M. Wiswell, April.