The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . afterward served as a staffofficer in the artillery the close of the war he wentto Minnesota, and began thepractice of law there, havingcompleted his legal course b
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . afterward served as a staffofficer in the artillery the close of the war he wentto Minnesota, and began thepractice of law there, havingcompleted his legal course byprivate study while in thearmy. In 1867 he representedthe state of Minnesota as itsemigration agent to 1868 he was engaged as for-eign correspondent to the NewYork Tribune, and the yearfollowing as the traveling cor-respondent of the BostonTraveller, and in 1870 wassent by these two journals todifferent countries of Asia, andmade the entire circuit of the globe. He is awriter of singular brilliancy and power. In 1870he published his first book, Why and How theChinese Emigrate. It has been followed by manyothers of a historical and biographical was the friend and traveling companion ofBayard Taylor, and his biography of that poet andtraveler had an extended sale. After practicing lawfor a time in Boston he was ordained to the ministryin 1879, and in 1881 became pastor of Grace Baptist. ?¥m^. 174 church in Philadelphia. The church at once en-tered upon a career of great prosperity. His elo-quence, his marvelous descriptive powers, his greatearnestness and devotion to the interests of his peo-ple, rapidly increased the membership of the churchand his influence in Philadelpliia. In 1891 the Tem-ple was completed on North Broad street, with aseating capacity of 4,000 people. In 1888 Dr. Con-well founded Temple college, an educational insti-tution now connected with his chul-ch, and largelysupported by the income he derives from his publiclectures. Dr. Conw
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