Background
Blake, James Vila was born on January 21, 1842 in Brooklyn. Son of Hamlin and Elizabeth (Dexter) Blake.
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James Vila Blake
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Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1862, Bachelor of Divinity, 1866.
Career
Ordained Unitarian ministry, 1867. Pastor Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1867-1869, 28th Congressional Society, Boston, 1869-1872. Second Congressional Church, Quincy.
Illinois, 1878-1883, Third Unitarian Church, Chicago, 1883-1897, Church of All Souls, Evanston, Illinois, 1892-1916.
Author: Manual Training in Education, 1886. Essays, 1887; Poems, 1887.
Legends from Story-Land. A Grateful Spirit, and Other Sermons, 1890.
Happiness from Thoughts, and Other Sermons, 1891.
Natural Religion in Sermons, 1892. Saint Solifer and Other Worthies and Unworthies. More than Kin. 1893; An Anchor of the Soul, 1894.
Sonnets, 1902.
Songs, 1902. Discoveries, 1904. Church Worship in Readings. Songs and Prayers; Unity Services and Songs.
Unity Festivals.
The Months, 1907. So Like Her Father (drama), 1909. A Merry-go-Round (comedy), 1910.
The Lady Bertha’s Honey-Broth (drama), 1911. Love and Law, a Poem, 1920.
Compiler: (with Review West. C. Gannett and Review F. L. Hosmer) Unity Hymns and Chorals, 1907.
Sonnets from Marcus Aurelius, 1920.
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Married Abbie Frances Hovey, 1869.
