ALBERTSON, CHARLES CARROLL: 1865-
Charles Carroll Albertson was born at Plainfield, Ind., Feb. 11, 1865. His parents were Benjamin and Martha Bowman Albertson. Originally educated for the law, he turned to the ministry, studied theology in the Garrett Bible Institute, and received the D.D. degree from Allegheny College in 1899.
From 1888 to 1892 he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Goshen, Ind. He then held pastorates in several cities in Pennsylvania and New York until 1928, at which time he became a lecturer at Biblical Seminary in New York .
He was twice married–first to Florence Edith Romer, who died in 1926, then, in 1928, to Permelia Hogg Lindridge. In addition to his books, he wrote poems and essays and edited and compiled several works.
Information from Who's Who in America and the Indianapolis Public Library.
- Safe Counsel and Sweet Comfort: Messages for the
Young. New York, 1891.
- The Gospel According to Christ. 1898.
- Verba Consolantes for the Use of Ministers in Pastoral
Visitation and at Funerals; Containing Appropriate Scriptural Selections,
Prayers, Poems, and the Burial Service: Also Three Funeral
Addresses. Buffalo, N.Y., 1901.
- Probationer's Book. Buffalo,
N.Y., 1900.
- Many Voices. Philadelphia, 1904.
- Death and Afterwards. 1907.
- Lincoln the Lawyer. Dr. Charles C. Albertson's
Address at the Annual Dinner of the Bar Association, at Genesee Valley Club,
January Twenty-first, Nineteen Hundred and Eight.
[Rochester, N.Y., 1908.]
- College Sermons. Philadelphia,
1909.
- Joint Debate Hubbard-Albertson. Question: Resolved That
Christianity Is Declining. East Aurora, N.Y.,
1909.
- The Distinctive Ideas of Jesus.
Philadelphia, 1914.
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- Chapel Talks: A Collection of Sermons to College
Students. New York [1916].
- The Prophets and the War. New
York (1917).
- The Reality of Religion. New
York [1928].
- Prayers and Reflections of a Modern Disciple.
London, 1933.
- Voices in the Night; Poems of the Nazi-Conquered
Peoples. New York, 1943.
