Matthew Simpson Patriot, Preacher, Prophet

1929. A biography of Matthew Simpson bishop, editor, and educator. Contents: Ancestry and Youth; Choice of a Profession: or, from Medicine to Ministry; The Circuit Rider; President and Founder of Universities; Church Editor Through a National Crisis; A Bishop at Forty; Peerless Preacher and Orator; Patriot in War Times; The Great War Speech; Friend and Adviser of Presidents and Cabinets; Reformer in Church and State; Spokesman for Christendom on International and Interdenominational Occasions; Favorite Texts; Typical Points of View; Growing Old Like a Saint; At Eventide It Shall Be Light; Honored and Remembered Through All the World; Happily Married to Ellen Holmes Verner; and His Lasting Influence.