Introduction

Biography

Howard was the son of min­is­ter Hen­ry Laur­ence Grose, and hus­band of Ca­ro­line Bris­tol.

He at­tend­ed the Uni­ver­si­ty of Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ro­ches­ter, New York (AB 1876, AM 1880).

He was or­dained a Bap­tist min­is­ter in 1883, and served at the First Bap­tist Church, Pough­keep­sie, New York (1883–87) and the First Bap­tist Church, Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia (1888–90).

He al­so served as pre­si­dent of the Uni­ver­si­ty of South Da­ko­ta (1890–92), taught his­to­ry at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Chi­ca­go (1892–96), was as­sist­ant ed­it­or of The Watch­man in Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1896–1900), and edi­to­ri­al sec­re­ta­ry for the Am­eri­can Bap­tist Home Mis­sion So­ci­ety (1904–10), and ed­it­ed the Mis­sions jour­nal for 23 years.

He lived his lat­er years in Mount Ver­non, New York.

Works

• The En­dea­vor Hym­nal (New York: 1902)
• Aliens or Am­eri­cans, 1906
• The In­com­ing Mill­ions, 1906
• The Praise Book, with George Graff (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Unit­ed So­ci­ety of Chris­tian En­dea­vor, 1906)
• Advance to the An­till­es, 1910
• Never Man So Spake, 1924