Introduction

Biography

Davis grew up in White Ri­ver Junc­tion, Ver­mont, and by age 15 was an ex­pert te­le­graph op­erat­or.

He at­tend­ed St. Johns­bu­ry Aca­de­my and Dart­mouth Col­lege, Ha­no­ver, New Hamp­shire (BA 1889, Phi Be­ta Kap­pa). With the aid of a fel­low­ship from Hart­ford Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, he earned MA and PhD de­grees from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Leip­zig, Ger­ma­ny.

Ordained in 1896, He served pas­tor­ates in Spring­field, Ver­mont; New­ton­ville, Mas­sa­chu­setts; and New Bri­tain, Con­nec­ti­cut.

From 1909–29, he was pre­si­dent of Chi­ca­go Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry. Dart­mouth Col­lege grant­ed him a DD de­gree in 1909, and Co­lo­ra­do Col­lege an LLD in 1921.

In 1927, he be­came mod­er­at­or of the Na­tion­al Coun­cil of Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church­es.

Works

• John Ro­bin­son—The Pil­grim Pas­tor, 1903
• Elihu Bur­ritt (New Bri­tain, Con­nec­ti­cut: 1907)
• The Pil­grim Faith, 1913
• Using the Bi­ble in Pub­lic Ad­dress, 1916
• Meeting the Mas­ter, 1917
• International As­pects of Chris­ti­an­ity, 1919
• Comrades in the Great Cause
• The Gos­pel in the Light of the Great War (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Uni­ver­si­ty of Chi­ca­go Press, 1919)
• Evangelistic Preach­ing, 1921
• Preaching and the So­cial Gos­pel, 1922