ABBOTT, JACOB:
American Congregationalist;
b. at Hallowell, Me., Nov. 14, 1803; d. at Farmington,
Me., Oct. 31, 1879. He was graduated at
Bowdoin, 1820; studied theology at Andover,
1822-24; was tutor and professor of mathematics
and natural philosophy at Amherst, 1824-29;
principal of the Mount Vernon School for Girls,
Boston, 1829-33; ordained evangelist and pastor
of the Eliot Congregational Church, Roxbury,
Mass., 1834. In 1839 he removed to Farmington,
Me., and spent the remainder of his life there and
in New York devoted to literary work and teaching.
He wrote many story-books which had a wide circulation, such as the
Young Christian
series (4
vols.; new edition of the
Young Christian,
with
life, New York, 1882), the
Rollo Books
(14 vols.)
and
Rollo's Tour in Europe
(10 vols.), the
Franconia Stories (10 vols.),
Science for the Young (4
vols.).
ABBOTT, JUSTIN EDWARDS: Presbyterian;
b. at Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. 25, 1853. He was
educated at Dartmouth College (A.B., 1876) and
Union Theological Seminary, from which he was
graduated in 1879. He was ordained to the Congregational
ministry in the following year, and
after acting as stated supply at the Presbyterian
church at Norwood, N. J., in 1881-82, went to
India under the auspices of the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Since that
time he has been stationed at Bombay in the
Maratha Mission, and has contributed a number
of monographs to scientific periodicals on the
epigraphy and numismatics of India, in addition
to preparing religious works in Marathi for the
use of Hindu converts.
ABBOTT, LYMAN: American Congregationalist;
b. at Roxbury, Mass., Dec. 18, 1835. He was
educated at New York University (B.A., 1853),
and after practising law for a time was ordained a
minister in the Congregational Church in 1860.
He was pastor in Terre Haute, Ind., from 1860
to 1865, after which he held the pastorate of the
New England Church, New York City, for four
years, resigning to devote himself to literary work.
In 1888 he succeeded Henry Ward Beecher as pastor
of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, but resigned in
1898. He was secretary of the American Union
Commission from 1865 to 1869, and later was a member
of the New York Child Labor Committee and
of the National Child Labor Committee. Among
other societies, he is a member of the Bar Association
of New York, New York State Historical
Association, National Conference of Charities and
Correction, Indian Rights Association, New York
Association for the Blind, Association for Improving
the Condition of the Poor, The Religious Education
Association, American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions, American Institute of Sacred
Literature, American Peace Society, New York
State Conference of Religion, and the Universal
Peace Union. His theological position is that of a
Congregationalist of the Liberal Evangelical type.
In addition to editing the " Literary Record " of
Harper's Magazine, he
edited
The Illustrated Christian Weekly
(1871-76) and since 1876
The Christian Union
(with Henry Ward Beecher till 1881;
name changed to
The Outlook,
1893). He has
written
Jesus of Nazareth
(New York, 1869);
Old Testament Shadows of New Testament Truth
(1870);
Illustrated Commentary on the New Testament
(New
York, 1875);
Dictionary of Religious Knowledge
(Boston, 1876; in collaboration with T. J. Conant);
How to Study the Bible
(1877);
In Aid of Faith
(New York, 1886);
Evolution of Christianity
(Boston,
1896);
The Theology of an Evolutionist
(1897);
Christianity and Social Problems
(1897);
Life and
Letters of Paul
(1898);
Problems of Life
(New York,
1900);
Life and Literature of the Ancient Hebrews
(Boston, 1900);
The Rights of Man
(1901);
Henry
Ward Beecher
(1903);
The Other Room
(New York,
1903);
The Great Companion
(1904);
Christian
Ministry
(Boston, 1905);
Personality of God
(New
York, 1905); and
Industrial Problems
(Philadelphia, 1905).
