Adams John Coleman

ADAMS, JOHN COLEMAN: Universalist; b. at Malden, Mass., Oct. 25, 1849. He was educated 39 at the high schools of Providence, R. I., and Lowell, Mass., and at Tufts College (A.B., 1870) and Divinity School (B.D., 1872). He has held pastorates at the Newton Universalist Church, Newton, Mass. (1872-80); First Universalist Church, Lynn, Mass. (1880-84); St. Paul’s Universalist Church, Chicago, Ill. (1884-90); All Souls’ Universalist Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. (1890-1901); and Church of the Redeemer, Hartford, Conn., from 1901 to the present time. He has been a trustee of Tufts College since 1880 and of the Universalist General Convention since 1895. In his theological position he is a pronounced Universalist. His works include The Fatherhood of God (Boston, 1888); Christian Types of Heroism (1891); The Leisure of God (1895); Nature Studies in the Berkshires (New York, 1899); and Life of William Hamilton Gibson (1901).