Introduction

Biography

Harry was the son of Frank Shel­don Fos­dick and Am­ie Wea­ver, and hus­band of Flor­ence Al­len Whit­ney.

He at­tend­ed Col­gate Uni­ver­si­ty, Un­ion Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry (UTS), and Co­lum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty.

Ordained in 1903, he pas­tored at the First Bap­tist Church in Mont­clair, New Jer­sey (1904–15).

At UTS, he lec­tured on Bap­tist prin­ci­ples and ho­mi­le­tics (1908–15) and was pro­fess­or of prac­ti­cal theo­lo­gy (1915–46).

He al­so found time to serve as as­so­ci­ate min­is­ter at the First Pres­by­ter­ian Church in Man­hat­tan, New York (1919–25), and pas­tor of Park Ave­nue Bap­tist Church (lat­er re­named to Ri­ver­side Church) (1929–46).

His pic­ture was on the cov­er of Time ma­ga­zine, Sep­temb­er 21, 1925.

Works

• The Se­cond Mile, 1908
• The Man­hood of the Mas­ter, 1913
• The As­sur­ance of Im­mor­ta­li­ty, 1913
• The Mean­ing of Prayer, 1915
• The Mean­ing of Faith, 1917
• The Mean­ing of Ser­vice, 1920
• Christianity and Pro­gress, 1922
• Twelve Tests of Char­ac­ter, 1923
• The Mo­dern Use of the Bi­ble, 1924
• Adventurous Re­li­gion, 1926
• Special Val­ues in Eter­nal Life, 1927
• A Pil­grim­age to Pal­es­tine, 1927
• As I See Re­li­gion, 1932
• The Hope of the World, 1933
• The Sec­ret of Vic­to­ri­ous Liv­ing, 1934
• The Pow­er to See It Through, 1935
• Successful Chris­tian Liv­ing, 1937
• A Guide to Un­der­stand­ing the Bi­ble, 1938
• Living Un­der Ten­sion, 1941
• On Be­ing a Real Per­son, 1943
• A Great Time to Be Alive, 1943
• On Be­ing Fit to Live With, 1946
• The Liv­ing of These Days (an au­to­bio­gra­phy), 1956
• A Book of Pub­lic Pray­ers, 1960