The history of Methodism [electronic resource] . emy, Massachusetts, anda member of the New England Conference. From 1848 to1864 he was principal of Wilbraham. Accepting the chairof systematic theology in the Garrett Biblical Institute hefound a congenial occupation, and thereupon began a careerwhich has continually added luster to his own name and atthe same time attracted attention to the institute. Hedied November 25, 1897. The greatest work of his pen is his Systematic Theology,published in three volumes, 1877-1879. Daniel Denison Whedon distinguished himself as teacher,pastor, editor, bib
The history of Methodism [electronic resource] . emy, Massachusetts, anda member of the New England Conference. From 1848 to1864 he was principal of Wilbraham. Accepting the chairof systematic theology in the Garrett Biblical Institute hefound a congenial occupation, and thereupon began a careerwhich has continually added luster to his own name and atthe same time attracted attention to the institute. Hedied November 25, 1897. The greatest work of his pen is his Systematic Theology,published in three volumes, 1877-1879. Daniel Denison Whedon distinguished himself as teacher,pastor, editor, biblical commentator and literary critic. Hewas born at Onondaga, N Y., March 20, 1808, and gradu-ated at Hamilton College in 1828. After studying law forone year he became a teacher in Cazenovia Seminary. In1831 he became a tutor in Hamilton College; in 1833 pro-fessor of languages in Wesleyan University, Middletown, D. D. Whedon 1143 Conn.; in 1834 joined the New York Conference; in 1845became professor of rhetoric in the University of Michigan;. MINER RAYMOND, in 1855 a pastor; and in 1856 editor of the Methodist Quar-terly Review, which position he held until 1884. He diedJune 8, 1885. 1144 American Methodism He was a prolific writer, a critical reader, an exacting rea-soner. His pen was the keenest of all Methodist authorsIn 1864 he published his Freedom of the Will as a Basis ofHuman Responsibility. It was a clear, well sustained andconclusive argument. It at once was accepted as a standardauthority by many theologians. Its philosophical characterhas given Whedon a place with McCosh and Ladd amongother writers in the domain of metaphysics. Whedon wrotearticles on the Calvinistic controversy, chief among thembeing a discriminating and scholarly paper in the BibliothecaSacra on The Doctrines of Methodism, which attracted theattention of noted scholars of the day He easily stands inthe foremost rank of American men of letters. Henry M. Harman was born in Anne Arundel Count
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