Introduction

Biography

Holden was edu­cat­ed at Li­ver­pool Col­lege and Cor­pus Chris­ti Col­lege, Cam­bridge (BA 1899, MA 1902).

Ordained to the cu­ra­cy of Wal­cot in 1899, he be­came in 1901 a Mis­sion Preach­er in con­nect­ion with the Pa­ro­chi­al Mis­sion­ary So­ci­ety. In 1905 he be­came vi­car of St. Paul’s, Port­man Square, Lon­don.

He was chair­man of the Kes­wick Con­ven­tion (1925–29), and vis­it­ed Chi­na as a de­pu­ta­tion in 1904. Hol­den and his wife had tick­ets to sail from South­amp­ton on the RMS Ti­ta­nic in 1912, but can­celed their tra­vel plans when his wife be­came ill, spar­ing them a wa­tery grave.

Works

• The Price of Pow­er, 1908
• Supposition and Cer­tain­ty (Flem­ing H. Re­vell, 1908)
• Redeeming Vi­sion (New York & Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Flem­ing H. Re­vell, 1911)
• Life’s Flood-Tide, 1913
• The Life of Full­er Pur­pose: Ad­dress­es De­liv­ered at the Young Wo­men’s Con­fer­ence, North­field, 1913
• The Con­fi­dence of Faith (Lon­don: Flem­ing H. Re­vell, 1916)
• Defeat or Vic­tory? The Strength of Bri­tain Book
• Will the Christ Return? (Flem­ing H. Re­vell, 1918)
• A Vi­sion of No Man’s Land: A True In­ci­dent in the Late War, 1920
• Your Rea­son­able Ser­vice (Mar­shall Bro­thers, 1921)
• The Mas­ter and His Men
• A Voice for God (Hod­der & Stough­ton, 1932)