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William Henry Channing was an American Unitarian clergyman, author, and philosopher. During his career, he was associated with many Churches: Renshaw Street Unitarian Church in England, the Hope Street Unitarian Chapel in Liverpool, England and the Unitarian Church in Washington. He also served as the 43rd Chaplain of the U. S. House of Representatives.
Background
William Henry Channing was born on May 25, 1810 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, the son of Francis Dana and Susan Higginson Channing. His father died the year he was born, and he was brought up by his mother, a woman of strong mind and character, who relied much upon the advice of the boy’s uncle, William Ellery Channing. His ancestors, near and remote, had been distinguished in literature, religion, and public service, and William, high-strung, imaginative, and chivalrous in the extreme, early showed a tendency toward all three.
Education
William studied at the Boston Latin School, graduated from Harvard College in 1829, and from the Harvard Divinity School in 1833.
Career
Channing's career was one of constantly shifting scenes. After supplying several churches, he spent a year (1835 - 1836) in Europe. He then went to New York City where, under the auspices of the Unitarians, he attempted to establish a free church among the industrial classes. He abandoned the project in August 1837. In September of the following year he accepted an invitation to supply the Unitarian church at Cincinnati, was called to the pastorate in March 1839, and in May was ordained. From June of this year until March 1841, he also edited the Western Messenger, the organ of Unitarianism in the West. Convinced that the Gospels are unreliable as history and that Christianity is not a divine institution, he resigned his pastorate in 1841.
As his views clarified, however, he came to have a jubilant and abiding faith in God as the universal Father, and in the human race as an expression of the divine will, destined to attain a state of harmony, righteousness, love, and felicity. “Transfigured humanity” came to be for him the symbol of Christianity, and in the prevailing spirit of reform, he saw a “heavenly hope. ” From 1843 to 1845 he was the leader of an independent society in New York, the members of which were “fellow-seekers after a higher holiness, wisdom, and humanity. ” It broke up when Channing felt called to go to Brook Farm, where, however, he remained but a few months.
On January 3, 1847, the Religious Union of Associationists was formed in Boston, including among others George Ripley, John S. Dwight, Francis G. Shaw, and Albert Brisbane, with Channing at its head. Its object was mutual sympathy and aid in striving to spread among mankind the reign of love. It came to an end in 1850.
In the summer of 1852, Channing went to Rochester to preach for the Unitarian Society and remained there until August 1854. His convictions being what they were, it was inevitable, that on the platform and by his writings he should give aid to a variety of reforms.
From July 1849 to April 1850 he edited The Spirit of the Age. After 1854 the most of his life was spent in England. From October 1854 to October 1857 he was in charge of Renshfiw Street Chapel, Liverpool, and then succeeded James Martineau at Hope Street Chapel. The Civil War brought him back to the United States in 1861. He became pastor of the Unitarian society in Washington, served in camp and hospital under the Sanitary Commission, and in 1863-1864 was chaplain of the House of Representatives. He made a trip to England and Scotland in 1863 and gave public addresses in behalf of the Union. Soon after the close of the War he resumed his residence in England, but made occasional visits to the United States. He died in London and his body was brought to Boston for burial.
William was a prolific writer. In 1848 he published his work Life of William Ellery Charming (3 vols. ). He translated Jouffroy’s Introduction to Ethics in 1841, published Memoir and Writings of James Handasyd Perkins in 1857, with Emerson and James Freeman Clarke edited Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli in 1832, and published, in Liverpool, The Civil War in America, or the Slaveholder’s Conspiracy in 1861. In 1873 he edited from manuscripts a volume of William Ellery Channing’s sermons, under the title, The Perfect Life.
Achievements
William Henry Channing achieved success as a minister and author, and also as the leader in a movement of Christian socialism. He wrote numerous articles for periodicals, and published sermons and addresses. His most important literary work was his "Life of William Ellery Charming" (3 vols. , 1848), which attracted wide notice and went through several editions.
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Views
Channing was a member of the Transcendental Club. He was an ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery and opposed the Fugitive Slave Law. He also labored for the emancipation of women and the promotion of temperance.
Personality
Channing was a person of singular purity of character, radiant faith in man and his divine destiny, unbounded enthusiasm, humble but unflinching honesty and courage. He also possesed of temperamental instability, an unwillingness to confine himself to fixed forms and institutions, and especially to the utter unpracticality of the man.
Connections
Channing married in December 1836, Julia Allen of Rondout, New York. His son became a member of Parliament, and a daughter, the wife of Sir Edwin Arnold.
