Background
He was born at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was educated at Lewisburg (Pa) Academy and at Wesleyan Institute, Newark, New Jersey (U.S.) He entered the New Jersey Conference (1853), and was transferred to the Rock River Conference (1857).
He was born at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was educated at Lewisburg (Pa) Academy and at Wesleyan Institute, Newark, New Jersey (U.S.) He entered the New Jersey Conference (1853), and was transferred to the Rock River Conference (1857).
He was pastor of churches in Chicago and established the Northwest Sunday-School Quarterly (1865) and the Sunday-School Teacher (1866). He was corresponding secretary of the Sunday-school Union of his denomination and editor of its publications (1868–1884). In 1888 he was elected Bishop and was appointed Resident Bishop in Europe in 1900. stationed at Zurich, Switzerland.
In 1904 he retired from the active episcopate.
He published:
The Chautauqua Movement (1886)
The Church School and Its Officers (1886)
Studies in Young Life (1890)
A Study in Pedagogy (1890)
Earthly Footsteps of the Manitoba of Galilee (1894)
Family Worship for Every Day in the Year (1905).