ATKINS, GAIUS GLENN: 1868-
Gaius Glenn Atkins , son of Thomas Benjamin and Caroline Morris Atkins, was born in Mt. Carmel, Ind., on Oct. 4, 1868. He graduated from Ohio State University in 1888 and from the Cincinnati Law School in 1891 and attended Yale Divinity School. In 1904 he received the D.D. degree from the University of Vermont, in 1906 another D.D. from Dartmouth College, in 1923 the L.H.D. from the University of Vermont, and in 1933 the Litt.D. from Ohio State University.
He married Adaline Haynes on Aug. 25, 1892.
After spending three years as head of the history department at Mt. Hermon Fitting School, in 1895 he was ordained to the Congregational ministry. From 1895 until 1927 he served as pastor of churches in Greenfield, Mass., Burlington, Vt., Providence, R.I., and Detroit, Mich. He was professor of homiletics and sociology at Auburn Theological Seminary from 1927 to 1939. From 1942 to 1945 he acted as interim pastor of the First Congregational Church at Fall River, Mass. He edited and compiled several religious works.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Things That Remain: Sermons.
Detroit, 1910.
- Pilgrims of the Lonely Road. New
York [1913].
- The Maze of the Nations and the Way Out.
New York, 1915.
- The Godward Side of Life.
Boston, 1917.
- Jerusalem, Past and Present; the city of Undying
Memories. New York, 1918.
- The Undiscovered Country, and Other Addresses.
New York, 1922.
- Modern Religious Cults and Movements. New
York, 1923.
- Craftsmen of the Soul, and Other Addresses.
New York, 1925.
- Rendezvous with Life. New York,
n.d.
- The Making of the Christian Mind. New
York, 1928.
- Reinspecting Victorian Religion; A Back to Normal Critique;
Being the Samuel Harris Lectures on Literature and Life Given at Bangor
Theological Seminary in 1928. New York, 1928.
- The Procession of the Gods. New
York, 1930.
- Life of Cardinal Newman. New
York, 1931.
- Religion in Our Times. New York,
1932.
- Preaching and the Mind of Today. New
York, 1934.
- Throne Rooms. New York, 1935.
- From the Cross–A Study of the Seven Last
Words. New York, 1937.
- Resources for Living: A Plain-man's
Philosophy. New York, 1938.
- Christianity and the Creative Quests.
Nashville, Tenn., 1939.
- History of American Congregationalism. (withF. L. Fagley) Boston, 1942.
