Madison Clinton Peters

Madison Clinton Peters
Madison Clinton Peters
Born	November 6, 1859; Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Died	October 12, 1918 (aged 58); Manhattan, New York
Education	Franklin and Marshall College and Heidelberg Theological Seminary
Religion	Reformed Church and then "free" preacher
Church	First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia; Bloomingdale Reformed, New York; Sumner Avenue Baptist, Brooklyn; Immanuel Baptist, Baltimore; and Epiphany (Episcopal), New York

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.[1]

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.[2]

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

Herringshaw, Thomas William, ed. (1914). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography. IV. American Publishers Association. p. 439. Retrieved July 23, 2020 – via Google Books.
"Dr. Madison C. Peters, Noted Preacher, Died at Home in New York". Lebanon Daily News. New York. October 15, 1918. p. 4. Retrieved July 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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External links

Works by Madison Clinton Peters at Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Madison Clinton Peters at Internet Archive
"Rev. Madison Peters" (memorial). Salt Lake City, Utah: Find A Grave, retrieved online July 9, 2019.

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[1] Herringshaw, Thomas William, ed. (1914). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography. IV. American Publishers Association. p. 439. Retrieved July 23, 2020 – via Google Books.

[2] "Dr. Madison C. Peters, Noted Preacher, Died at Home in New York". Lebanon Daily News. New York. October 15, 1918. p. 4. Retrieved July 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.