James Mudge
James Mudge | |
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 Reverend, James Mudge | |
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| Born | April 5, 1844. |
| Died | May 7, 1918 (aged 74) |
| Religion | Methodist Episcopal Church |
| Parent(s) | Rev. James and Harriet Wilde (Goodridge) Mudge |
| Occupation | Missionary Reverend Author, Editor |
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James Mudge (1844–1918) was an American Methodist Episcopal clergyman and writer, nephew of Zachariah Mudge, Methodist missionary in India during the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries.. He authored many works centered around religion and spirituality during his missionary career.
Family and early life
Mudge was born at West Springfield, Mass., and during his infancy was baptized. At the age of twelve, Mudge became a firm believer in Christianity. On his thirteenth birthday, April 5, 1857, he joined the old Common Street Church in Lynn, Massachusetts where he prepared for college.[1]
Mudge enrolled in and subsequently graduated from
Missionary service
Immediately after graduating, Mudge entered the ministry, joining the New England conference. While a
Mudge, along with his father James, were members of the New England Conference, of the Methodist Episcopal Church.[1] Mudge was sent out by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to become the editor of a weekly newspaper, The Lucknow Witness, a non-denominational but Christian publication. He had assumed its editorship after Reverends J.H. Messmore and James Mills Thoburn. The editorship was then passed back to Thoburn, who renamed it The India Witness.[3]
In 1896, a book written by Mudge, Growth in Holiness Toward Perfection, published in 1895, received criticism from Daniel Steele, who alleged, " But many loyal Methodists are convinced that he [Mudge] is in great error, overturning our doctrinal foundations."[4][5]
Mudge died in Maden, Massachusetts on May 7, 1918, and was buried next to his father in Pine Grove Cemetery in Lynn, Massachusetts.[2]
Works
- Mudge, James (1877). Memorial of Rev. Z. A. Mudge: Historical Sketch of the Missions Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
- —— (1891). The Pastor's Missionary Manual.
- —— (1895). Growth in holiness toward perfection, or progressive sanctification.
- —— (1898). The Best of Browning.
- —— (1899). Honey From Many Hives.
- —— (1902). The Life of Love.
- —— (1903). The Land of Faith.
- —— (1905). The Saintly Calling.
- —— (1906). The Life Ecstatic.
- —— (1906). Fénelon the Mystic.
- —— (1907). Poems with power to Strengthen the Soul.
- —— (1909). The Riches of His Grace.
- —— (1910). History of the New England Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1796-1910.
- —— (1911). The Perfect Life in Experience and Doctrine.
- —— (1912). Hymns of Trust.
- —— (1913). Religious Experience Exemplified in the Lives of Illustrious Christians.
See also
- James Mills Thoburn — Associate missionary of Reverend Mudge, in India
- William Taylor (bishop)— Missionary in India, later Bishop in Africa
Citations
- ^ a b Mudge, 1888, p. 84
- ^ a b c d Archer, 1934, pp. 305-306
- ^ Taylor, 1895, p. 633
- ^ Steele, 1896, p. 5
- ^ Mudge, 1895
Sources
- Archer, John Clark Archer (1934). Malone, Dumas (ed.). Dictionary of American biography. Vol. XIII. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 305–306.
- Creegan, Charles Cole (1895). Great missionaries of the church. Nashville: Pub. House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
- Mudge, James (1888). Garrison, Stephen Olin (ed.). Forty witnesses, covering the whole range of Christian experience. New York: Phillips & Hunt.
- Steele, Daniel (1896). A Defense of Christian Perfection.
- Taylor, William (1895). Ridpath, John (ed.). Story of my life. Toronto: W. Briggs.
Further reading
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