CLARKE, William Newton 1841-1912

PERSONAL:

Born December 2, 1841, in Cazenovia, NY; died January 14, 1912, in Deland, FL; son of William (a Baptist minister) and Urania (Miner) Clarke; married Emily A. Smith, September 1, 1869. Education: Madison University (now Colgate University), B.A., 1861; Colgate Seminary, B.D., 1863.

CAREER:

Ordained Baptist minister, 1856; pastor of Baptist churches in Keene, NH, 1856-69, Newton Center, MA, 1869-80, and Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1880-83; Baptist Theological School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, teacher of New Testament, 1883-87; Colgate Seminary (also known as Hamilton Theological Seminary), Hamilton, NY, instructor, 1887-90, J. J. Joslin Professor of Christian Theology, 1890-1908, then lecturer in Christian ethics. Pastor of Baptist church in Hamilton, NY, beginning 1887. Johns Hopkins University Levering Lecturer, 1899; Oberlin Theological Seminary lecturer, 1901; Harvard University Dudleian Lecturer, 1903; Yale University Nathaniel William Taylor Lecturer, 1905.

WRITINGS:

Commentary on Mark, 1881.

An Outline of Christian Theology: For the Use of Students in Hamilton Theological Seminary, Hamilton, N.Y., J. Wilson and Son (Cambridge, MA), 1894, published as An Outline of Christian Theology, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1898.

Can I Believe in God the Father?, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1899.

What Shall We Think of Christianity?, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1899.

A Study of Christian Missions, 1900.

Huxley and Phillips Brooks, H. R. Allenson (London, England), 1903.

The Use of the Scriptures in Theology, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1905.

The Christian Doctrine of God, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1909.

Sixty Years with the Bible: A Record of Experience, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1909.

The Ideal of Jesus, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1911.

Immortality, a Study of Belief, and Earlier Addresses, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT), 1920.

Also author of "Mystery in Religion," American Baptist Publication Society (Philadelphia, PA), 1897.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Clarke, Emily, William Newton Clarke: A Biography, with Additional Sketches by His Friends and Colleagues, 1916.

Religious Leaders of America, 2nd edition, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1999.

PERIODICALS

American Journal of Theology, July, 1912.

Outlook, January 27, 1912.*