. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. deletPresbyterian Church. In 1889 heaccepted a call to the South ParkPresbyterian Church in Newarkand ministered there for twenty-seven years. In October of 1916he resigned to give his time who^y to literature, yet preachmg as oppor-tunity might offer. Since then he has been constantly in literary the city of Newark celebrated its Anniversary, the Committee of100 recpiested Dr. Allen to write the Cele
. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. deletPresbyterian Church. In 1889 heaccepted a call to the South ParkPresbyterian Church in Newarkand ministered there for twenty-seven years. In October of 1916he resigned to give his time who^y to literature, yet preachmg as oppor-tunity might offer. Since then he has been constantly in literary the city of Newark celebrated its Anniversary, the Committee of100 recpiested Dr. Allen to write the Celebration Ode for the opening exer-cises. Dr. Allens latest publication was his poem Barnards Lincoln,read at the dedication, ui Cincinnati, March .31st, 1917, of George GreyBarnards statue of Lincoln, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Taftto that city. He is the author of several books, and miscellaneous poemsand prose articles, which have been published in various magazuies andnewspapers. Some of the works of Dr. Allen are: Lincolns Pew, The House ofMary, Shakespeare, The New America, Our Sister of Letters, AParable of the Rose, Abraham Lincoln and The Triumiih of Ambrose 13 To the poem, Abraham Lineohi, was awarded the prize of $1,000 offeredin 1896 by tlie New Yorli Herald for tlie best poem on American was published simultaneously in the Christmas issues of the New YorkHerald, the Boston Herald and the St. Louis Republic. The poem, Lin-colns Pew has been tableted in the pew in The Church of the Presi-dents (the New York Avenue Presbyterian) ui Washington City, whereLincohi worshipped during his term as President. Dr. Allen is a director m the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions inNew York, and is a member of several clubs and societies of New YorkCity—the Authors Club, the McDowell Club, the National Arts Club, theDickens Fellowship, the Shakespeare Club, the Browning Society and theAuthors League of America. He is one of the Vice Presidents of the Na-t
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