The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . hington Uni-versity, and receivedthe degrees of and;\ from that institu-tion, and in later yearsthe degree of fromthe University of Woos-ter. After a twoyear s j)ost-graduatecourse at Princeton Uni-versity with the class of1881, and after studyingfor the ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary, he wasordained by the Presbytery of St. in 1882, and in thatyear began his pastoral work in the suburbs of his nativecity. After several years of successful labor in St. Louis heresigned the pastorate of the Caroudelet Presby
The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . hington Uni-versity, and receivedthe degrees of and;\ from that institu-tion, and in later yearsthe degree of fromthe University of Woos-ter. After a twoyear s j)ost-graduatecourse at Princeton Uni-versity with the class of1881, and after studyingfor the ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary, he wasordained by the Presbytery of St. in 1882, and in thatyear began his pastoral work in the suburbs of his nativecity. After several years of successful labor in St. Louis heresigned the pastorate of the Caroudelet PresbyterianChurch in 1SS9 to accept a call to the South Park Presby-terian Church in Newark, N. J., where he has remainedever since, and where he has met Avith marked success inhis ministerial labors, his church being one of the largestand most flourishing in the Passaic Valley. In the midstof his numerous pastoral duties he finds time for literarywork and is the author of several books, miscellaneouspoems, and prose articles, which have been published in. LYMAN W. ALLEN, B10(iRAPHtCAI. 55 various iiiiisn/^iiies and news papers. His works are: TheCoiniiij; of His Feet and Oilier Ioems,—the much lovedpoem, * The Coniino- of His Feet, having achieved a verywide-spread ])o])nhiritT, and liavinf; been incorporated in anumber of livninals,—and an epic, poem, Abraliam Lin-coln, Tiie Star of Sangamon, the latter having received |!l,()()() prize ottered by the New Yorlc llcrahl in 1895. Thisprize poem lias met with the lugliest commendation fromwell know II writers and critics, and from the religious andsecular ])ress all over the country. Dr. Allen is a Director of the Hoard of Home Missions ofthe Presbyterian Church of New York City, a member andChaplain of the Xew Jersey Society of the Sons of l{e\olution. Chaplain of the Nova Casarea (hap-ter of the Daughters of the Amei-ican Kevolulion, a memberof the rrinceton Club of Ncnv Voi-k and New Jersey, and anuMuber
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