Charles Lewis Slattery
Published: 2015-06-25
Total Pages: 331
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Excerpt from Alexander Viets Griswold Allen In these days of many books the biography of any man must be justified by some solid reason. The reason for this book is that it is the life of a man rare in any age, a really great teacher, - moreover, a teacher of that most difficult and most vital of sciences, religion. Dr. Allen was also theologian and historian, and it would have been possible to try, at least, to write an account of his place in the succession of New England theologians, or among the interpreters of events. But I have thought it wiser to let his simple story tell itself, asking the reader to watch the growth and power of one who made it his chief task to teach young men the faith of Jesus Christ as revealed in history and experience. He left no School or Party in the Church. His pupils belong to all schools and parties. They do not agree with all he taught or wrote. But they call him master, because he made their faith robust, enthusiastic, sure. I am indebted to many of his pupils, who have aided me in various ways, for their remembrance of him. Bishop Lawrence, Professor Palmer, Mr. W. W. Taylor, Dean Hodges, Professor Nash, and Professor Drown read the book in manuscript, and gave me valuable help. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.