Mark A. Matthews
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Mark A. Matthews (September 24, 1867 – 1940) was a
Christian fundamentalists and liberals, especially the Social Gospel movement. He battled corruption (especially in the person of Seattle mayor Hiram Gill[1]) and encouraged social services. There is a statue of him in Seattle's Denny Park
.
In line with his Progressive leanings, Matthews was an advocate of the Temperance movement. In his writings, he extended the Temperance platform of abstinence from alcohol to include other vices and associated institutions. He is quoted as saying, "The saloon is the most fiendish, corrupt, hell-soaked institution that ever crawled out of the slime of the eternal pit. ... It takes your sweet innocent daughter, robs her of her virtue, and transforms her into a brazen, wanton harlot.... It is the open sore of this land".[2] Unusually for a prohibitionist, Matthews opposed women's suffrage.[1] He also supported limitations on the immigration of Asians.[3]
J.D. Ross
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University Presbyterian Church, which continues to be a major institution to this day.[1]
See also
- Dr. Mark A. Matthews (1941), Denny Park, Seattle
Notes
- ^ a b c d Dale Soden, Matthews, Reverend Mark (1867-1940), HistoryLink, January 13, 2007. Accessed online 7 February 2009.
- ISBN 978-1-55970-394-9.
- ISBN 0-405-11284-X.
Further reading
- Clark, Norman H. The Dry Years: Prohibition & Social Change in Washington, Revised Edition, University of Washington, 1988. ISBN 0-295-96466-9.
- Giboney, Ezra P. and Agnes M. Potter. The Life of Mark A. Matthews. (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1948).
- Russell, C. Allyn. "Mark Allison Matthews: Seattle Fundamentalist and Civic Reformer." Journal of Presbyterian History (1979): 446–466. in JSTOR
- Soden, Dale E. The Reverend Mark Matthews: An Activist in the Progressive Era'. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2001) ISBN 0-295-98021-4.
- Soden, Dale. "Mark Allison Matthews: Seattle's Minister Rediscovered." Pacific Northwest Quarterly (1983): 50–58.
- Soden, Dale E. "The Social Gospel in Tennessee: Mark Allison Matthews." Tennessee Historical Quarterly (1982): 159–170. in JSTOR
External links
- Pistol-Packing Parson: Mark Matthews and Protestant Culture in the Pacific Northwest
- Photographs including Mark A. Matthews from University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections
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