Madison Clinton Peters
{{Short description|American minister}}
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Madison Clinton Peters (November 6, 1859 – October 12, 1918) was an American clergyman.
Formative years
Born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in 1859, Peters was educated at Franklin and Marshall College, and at Heidelberg Theological Seminary, Tiffin, Ohio.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bTABAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA439 |title=Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography |volume=IV |editor-first=Thomas William |editor-last=Herringshaw |editor-link=Thomas William Herringshaw |publisher=American Publishers Association |page=439 |year=1914 |access-date=2020-07-23 |via=Google Books}}
In 1880, he entered the ministry of the reformed church, remaining under that church's leadership until 1907 when he gave up a denominational connection to become a "free" preacher. Peters served as pastor of: First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia; Bloomingdale Reformed, New York; Sumner Avenue Baptist, Brooklyn; Immanuel Baptist, Baltimore; and Epiphany (Episcopal), New York.
Death and interment
Peters died on October 12, 1918, in Manhattan, and was interred at the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55917717/dr-madison-c-peters-noted-preacher/ |title=Dr. Madison C. Peters, Noted Preacher, Died at Home in New York |newspaper=Lebanon Daily News |location=New York |page=4 |date=1918-10-15 |access-date=2020-07-23 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Bibliography
- Justice to the Jew (1899; new edition, revised, 1910)
- Wit and wisdom of the Talmud (1900)
- The Birds of the Bible (1901)
- Will the Coming Man Marry? (1905)
- Abraham Lincoln's Religion (1909)
- Haym Salomon (1911)
- The Mission of Masonry (1913)
- The Genius of the Jew (1914)
- How to be Happy Though Married (1915)
- The Seven Secrets of Success (1916)
References
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External links
- {{Gutenberg author | id=38747| name=Madison Clinton Peters}}
- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Madison Clinton Peters}}
- "[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158602169/madison-peters Rev. Madison Peters]" (memorial). Salt Lake City, Utah: Find A Grave, retrieved online July 9, 2019.
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Category:American Christian clergy
Category:American religious writers
Category:People from Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Category:Reformed Church in America ministers