Background
Townsend, Luther Tracy was born on September 27, 1838 in Orono, Maine, United States. Son of Luther K. and Mary True (Call) Townsend.
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Luther Tracy Townsend
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Early life in N.H.; worked on railroad as fireman. Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1859, Doctor of Divinity, 1871. Graduate Andover Theological Seminary, 1862.
Honorary Master of Arts, Wesleyan, 1866. Served, 1862-1863, private and adjunct 16th N.H. Regiment, 19th Army Corps.
Career
Entered Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1864. Professor Hebrew, Chaldee and New Testament Greek, 1868-1870, professor history theology, 1872, and practical theology and sacred rhetoric, 1872-1893. emeritus professor same, 1893, Boston University Devoted time to literature, since 1893. Filled leading Congressional pulpits in N.E. and Mechanical Engineering appmts. in Northern and Middle Southern states.
Delaware to the Methodist Ecumenical Council, London, 1881, World’s Parliament of Religions, Chicago, 1893. Dean Chautauqua School of Theology, 1882-1885. Associate editor Bible Champion, Reading, Pennsylvania Author: Credo, 1869.
Sword and Garment, 1871. Godman, 1872; Lost Forever, 1873. Arena and Throne, 1874.
Supernatural Factor in Revivals, 1877. Intermediate World, 1878. Fate of Republics, 1880.
Art of Speech (2 vols.), 1880, 1881. Mosaic Record and Modern Science, 1881. Collapse of Evolution, 1905, 1922.
God and the Nation, 1905. Bible Studies; Rules of Interpretation and Current Difficulties and Objections, 1913. The Stars Are Not Inhabited, 1914.
God and War, 1915; Hell and Demons—Are They Myths or Realities?, 1921. Riddle of Spiritism, 1921. Many other publications.
Home: Brookline, Massachusetts Deceased.
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Married Laura C. Huckins, September 27, 1865.
