Charles Edward Jefferson (August 29, 1860 – 1937) was an American
Congregational
Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches or Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Calvinist tradition practising congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its ...
clergyman.
Biography
Jefferson was born in
Cambridge, Ohio
Cambridge is a city in and the county seat of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. It lies in southeastern Ohio, in the Appalachian Plateau of the Appalachian Mountains 74 miles east of Columbus. The population was 10,635 at the 2010 census. ...
, on August 29, 1860. He graduated from
Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, in 1882 and from the School of Theology of
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with ...
in 1887. He was ordained to the Congregational ministry in 1887. He was pastor of the Central Congregational Church at
Chelsea, Massachusetts, until 1898, when he became pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle, New York. In 1914 he became chairman of the executive committee of the Church of Peace Union, endowed by
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie (, ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans i ...
.
Works
Among his writings are:
* ''Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers'' (1901)
* ''Quiet Talks with Earnest People in My Study''(1901)
* ''The Broadway Tabernacle of the Past and Future'' (1901)
* ''Doctrine and Deed'' (1902)
* ''Things Fundamental'' (1903)
* ''The Minister as Prophet'' (1905)
* ''Faith and Life'' (1905)
* ''The New Crusade'' (1907)
* ''The Character of Jesus'' (1908)
* ''My Father's Business'' (1909)
* ''The Christmas Builders'' (1909)
* ''The Building of the Church'' (1910, 1913)
* ''Why We May Believe in Life after Death'' (1911)
* ''The Minister as Shepherd'' (1912)
* ''The Cause of the War'' (1914)
* ''Christianity and International Peace'' (1915)
* ''The Land of Enough'' (1917)
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Notes
References
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External links
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Charles Edward Jeffersonpapers at th
New-York Historical Society
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American Congregationalist ministers
People from Cambridge, Ohio
1860 births
1937 deaths
Ohio Wesleyan University alumni
Boston University alumni