Lloyd Cassel Douglas

Background

Douglas, Lloyd Cassel was born on August 27, 1877 in Columbia City, Indiana, United States. Son of Review Alexander Jackson and Sarah Jane (Cassel) Douglas.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Wittenberg College, Springfield, O., 1900, Master of Arts, 1903. Bachelor of Divinity, Hamma Division School, Springfield, 1903. Doctor of Divinity, Fargo (North Dakota) College, 1920, University of Southern California, 1928, University of Vermont, 1931.

Doctor of Laws, Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) College, 1935.

Doctor of Letters, Northeastern University, 1936, Wittenberg College, 1945.

Career

Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1903. Pastor Zion Church, North Manchester, Indiana, 1903-1905, 1st Church, Lancaster, O., 1905-1908, Lutheran Memorial Church, Washington, 1908-1911. Director religious work University of Illinois, 1911-1915.

Pastor First Congressional Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1915-1921, First Church, Akron, 1921-1926, First Church, Los Angeles, 1926-1929, Saint James United Church, Montreal, 1929-1933.

Now engaged in writing and lecturing.

Achievements

• Lloyd Cassel Douglas has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: Wanted—a Congregation, 1920. The Minister’s Everyday Life, 1924. These Sayings of Mine, 1926.
    
    Those Disturbing Miracles, 1927. Magnificent Obsession, 1929. Forgive Us Our Trespasses, 1932.
    
    Precious Jeopardy, 1933. Green Light, 1935

  • White Banners, 1936. Home for Christmas, 1937.
    
    Disputed Passage, 1939. Doctor Hudson’s Secret Journal, 1939. Invitation to Live, 1940.
    
    The Robe, 1942

  • The Big Fisherman, 1948.

Membership

Member Phi Gamma Delta. Mason.; Clubs: Saint Botolph (Boston).

Connections

Married Besse Io Porch, April. Children: Besse Io, II (Mistress J. Weldon Wilson), Virginia Vorys (Mistress Howard L. Dawson).

Father:

Review Alexander Jackson Douglas

Mother:

Sarah Jane (Cassel) Douglas

Spouse:

Besse Io Porch

child:

Besse Io Douglas

child:

II Douglas (Mistress J. Weldon Wilson)

child:

Virginia Vorys Douglas (Mistress Howard L. Dawson)