Introduction

Biography

Charles was the son of John Chris­tien, a school teach­er, the fa­mi­ly orig­in­at­ing from France. He was the hus­band of Ade­la Ann Ray­ner (mar­ried 1873, Don­cas­ter, South York­shire).

Charles was edu­cat­ed in Dev­on­shire, and was raised in the Church of Eng­land.

He be­came a Wes­ley­an min­is­ter in 1859, his first church be­ing at Hols­wor­thy, De­von.

His li­ter­ary work for re­li­gious jour­nals, both in Bri­tain and Am­eri­ca, was close­ly read. A num­ber of these works sur­vive in the Bri­tish Lib­ra­ry and the Ox­ford Bod­lei­an Li­bra­ry.

Christien tra­veled the cir­cuits of Eng­land, serv­ing the church for 67 years, re­tir­ing at age 84.

Works

• Betting, Gamb­ling, and the Bi­ble, 1896
• David Wat­son; or The Good Pays (Lon­don: Ro­bert Cul­ley, 1902)
• Our Debt to the Class Meet­ing: And Our Du­ty (Lon­don: Ro­bert Cul­ley, 1908?)