Madison Clinton Peters

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Madison Clinton Peters
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Born(1859-11-06)November 6, 1859
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
DiedOctober 12, 1918(1918-10-12) (aged 58)
Manhattan, New York
EducationFranklin and Marshall College and Heidelberg Theological Seminary
ReligionReformed Church and then "free" preacher
ChurchFirst Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia; Bloomingdale Reformed, New York; Sumner Avenue Baptist, Brooklyn; Immanuel Baptist, Baltimore; and Epiphany (Episcopal), New York

Madison Clinton Peters (November 6, 1859 – October 12, 1918) was an American clergyman.

Formative years[]

Born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania in 1859, Peters was educated at Franklin and Marshall College, and at Heidelberg Theological Seminary, Tiffin, Ohio.[1]

In 1880, he entered the ministry of the reformed church, remaining under that church's leadership until 1907 when he gave up a denominational connection to become a "free" preacher. Peters served as pastor of: First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia; Bloomingdale Reformed, New York; Sumner Avenue Baptist, Brooklyn; Immanuel Baptist, Baltimore; and Epiphany (Episcopal), New York.

Death and interment[]

Peters died on October 12, 1918 in Manhattan, and was interred at the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.[2]

Bibliography[]

  • Justice to the Jew (1899; new edition, revised, 1910)
  • Wit and wisdom of the Talmud (1900)
  • The Birds of the Bible (1901)
  • Will the Coming Man Marry? (1905)
  • Abraham Lincoln's Religion (1909)
  • Haym Salomon (1911)
  • The Mission of Masonry (1913)
  • The Genius of the Jew (1914)
  • How to be Happy Though Married (1915)
  • The Seven Secrets of Success (1916)

References[]

  1. ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William, ed. (1914). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography. IV. American Publishers Association. p. 439. Retrieved July 23, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Dr. Madison C. Peters, Noted Preacher, Died at Home in New York". Lebanon Daily News. New York. October 15, 1918. p. 4. Retrieved July 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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