MONTGOMERY, RICHMOND AMES: 1870-
Richmond Ames Montgomery , who wrote under the pen name of Timothy Kilbourn, was born in Hendricks County, Ind., on July 16, 1870, the son of John Martin and Frances Caroline Wright Montgomery. After studying at De Pauw University and at Hanover College, he graduated from Miami University in 1893, and from McCormick Theological Seminary in 1896 and was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry. He married Mary Frances Allhands in 1897.
From 1896 to 1917 he held pastorates in several midwestern states, and from 1917 until 1932 he served as president, successively, of Parsons College in Iowa, Centre College in Kentucky , Kentucky College for Women, and Lane Theological Seminary. From 1932 to 1940 he was on the faculty of Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Chicago.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- The Secret Place; Studies of Prayer.
Chicago, 1901.
- The Triumphant Ministry, Letters from Timothy Kilbourn to
Fred Gaynor. Philadelphia, 1914.
- The Winning Team of Centre College.
Danville, Ky., 1923.
- Thomas Dove Foster, 1847-1915. A Biography.
Cedar Rapids, Ia., 1929.
- Timeless Elements in Preaching. Inaugural Address as
Professor of Homiletics at the Opening of the 106th Year of the Seminary,
1935-1936, September 10, 1935. Chicago, 1936.
- Preparing Preachers to Preach. Grand
Rapids, Mich., 1939.
- Expository Preaching. New York,
1939.
- Reality in Religion; Studies of the Atonement of
Jesus. New York, 1941.
- Work-a-Day Religion.
- Lyman Beecher, a Study in Personality.
- The Masterful Man.
- The Open Door.
- The Challenge of the New Learning to the Church.
- The Function of the Christian Colleges.
