Theodore Ledyard Cuyler (January 10, 1822 – February 26, 1909) was an American

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minister and writer.

Biography

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Theodore Ledyard Cuyler was born on January 10, 1822 in

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. His father died before he was five years old. Cuyler graduated from

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in 1841 and from

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in 1846. He first became a pastor in

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. Successful in reviving the flagging church, he was called in 1853 as pastor of the Market Street Dutch Reformed Church in New York City. He was elected to the

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in 1857. His success at the Market Street Dutch Reformed Church led to Cuyler's installation in 1860 as the pastor of the Park Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, from which he oversaw the construction of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church a block away. Completed in 1862, the church served the largest Presbyterian congregation in the United States. Cuyler's friends and acquaintances included a staggeringly large number of other contemporary notables, including

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, Albert Barnes, William E. Dodge,

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, President

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, Vice President

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, and Prime Minister William Gladstone. A theological conservative, Cuyler was also an outspoken supporter of the

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and an avid abolitionist. In 1872, Cuyler invited Sarah Smiley, a Quaker, to be the first woman ever to preach from a Presbyterian pulpit. Besides numerous books, Cuyler wrote more than four thousand articles, mostly for the religious press. Cuyler Gore, a park in Brooklyn, was named for him just before the turn of the 20th century. Cuyler politely declined a proposal that his statue be erected there, instead asking only that the park continue to bear his name and "be always kept as bright and beautiful with flowers as it is now."''Recollections of a Long Life'', 300-01.

Publications

Books: *''Stray Arrows'' (1851) *''Sermon on Christian Recreation and Unchristian Amusement'' (1858) *''Intellect, and How to Use it'' (1863) *''The Moral Duty in Total Abstinence'' (1871) *''Thought-Hives'' (1872) *''Heart-life'' (1871) *''Pointed Papers for the Christian Life'' (1879) *''God's Light on Dark Clouds'' (1882) *''Business in Business'' (1883) *''Wayside Springs from the Fountains of Life'' (1883) *''Right to the Point'' (1884) *''Newly Enlisted'' (1888) *''How To Be A Pastor'' (1890) By the Baker & Taylor Co. (Publisher) *''The Cedar Christian'' (1891) *''The Young Preacher'' (1893) *''Beulah-Land; or, Words of Good Cheer to the Old'' (1896) *''Mountain Tops With Jesus'' (1898) *''Well-Built: Plain Talks to Young People'' (1898) *''Recollections of a Long Life (An Autobiography)'' (1902) *''Help and Good Cheer'' (1902) *''Campaigning for Christ'' (1902) *''A Model Christian'' (1903) *''Our Christmas Tides'' (1904)

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuyler, Theodore L. 1822 births 1909 deaths American Presbyterian ministers 19th-century Presbyterian ministers 19th-century American clergy

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