ENCYCLOPEDIA OF 3124 LIVING DIVINES AND CHRISTIAN WORKERS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS IN EUROPE AND AMERICA BEING A SUPPLEMENT TO SCHAFF-HERZOG ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE. EDITED BY REV. PHILIP SCHAFF, D.D., LL.D., AND REV. SAMUEL MACAULEY JACKSON, M.A. NEW YORK : FUNK & WAGNALLS, PUBLISHERS, 18 AND 20 ASTOR PLACE. - 1887. Зеб BR 95 6542 PREFACE. THIS HIS book contains biographical sketches of contemporary divines, celebrated preachers, Christian workers, theological professors, church dignitaries, and editors of prominent religious periodicals. It is intended as a supplement to the Religious Encyclopædia published in 1884, in three volumes. Encyclopædia of Herzog excludes living authors. The German The value of such a book depends on the extent of its authentic information. In this respect we have been highly favored. When the senior editor resolved, somewhat reluctantly, to undertake the delicate task, he issued a circular letter to distinguished divines of Europe and America, requesting them to furnish for publication exact facts and dates concerning their birth, their education, titles, offices, publications, and other noteworthy incidents. To his great encouragement he received prompt and full replies from nearly all, and takes great pleasure in expressing to them publicly his sincere thanks for their kindness. The information thus obtained is presented without note or comment. Where the gentlemen chose to indicate their theological standpoint in a distinctive way, it is given in their own words; if not, it is left to be inferred from their reputation and works. To secure still greater exactness, proof was sent for revision to each living person named; and their corrections and additions have been inserted as far as possible. Additional information and corrections received too late for insertion in the proper place have been printed in the appendix. When no response was received to the circular, the dates and facts desired were derived from the best attainable sources, chiefly the following: HOLTZMANN and ZÖPFFEL'S Lexikon für Theologie und Kirchenwesen, for German Protestants; SCHÄFLER'S Handlexicon der Katholischen Theologie, for German Roman-Catholics; the thirteenth volume of LICHTENBERGER'S Encyclopédie des sciences religieuses, for French authors; CROCKFORD's Clerical Directory, and the latest (eleventh) edition of the Men of the Times, for English authors and church dignitaries; denominational cyclopædias, - Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, etc., manuals, year-books, and catalogues of colleges and theological seminaries, for Americans. The articles thus compiled are marked by a star. iii |