Introduction

Biography

McAfee was the son of John Arm­strong Mc­Afee and Anna Wad­dle Bai­ley, and hus­band of Har­ri­et Laws­on Brown (mar­ried Au­gust 10, 1892, Craw­ford, Kan­sas).

He was at Park Col­lege (now Park Uni­ver­si­ty), Park­ville, Mis­sou­ri, for al­most 20 years, where he was the chair of Chris­tian Phi­lo­so­phy, and col­lege chap­lain and choir di­rect­or.

From 1912–30, he was on the fa­cul­ty of Mc­Cor­mick Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

He al­so served pas­tor­ates in Ful­ton, Mis­sou­ri; Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois; and Brook­lyn, New York; di­rect­ed the Pres­by­ter­ian Board of For­eign Mis­sions (1930–33); and was Mod­er­at­or of the Pres­by­ter­ian Church in Am­eri­ca.

Works

• Where He Is (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois & New York: Flem­ing H. Re­vell, 1899)
• Faith, Fel­low­ship and Feal­ty (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois & New York: Flem­ing H. Re­vell, 1902)
• The Grow­ing Church: A Stu­dy for the Times (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Wi­no­na Pub­lish­ing, 1903)
• The Worth of a Man (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Wi­no­na Pub­lish­ing, 1903)
• His Peace (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois & New York: Flem­ing H. Re­vell, 1913)
• The Lure of Af­ri­ca for the Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church, with Ralph E. Dif­fen­dorf­er (New York: Board of For­eign Mis­sions, cir­ca 1917)
• The Mo­sa­ic Law in Mo­dern Life (New York: F. H. Re­vell, cir­ca 1920)
• The Great­est Eng­lish Class­ic: A Stu­dy of the King James Ver­sion of the Bi­ble and Its In­flu­ence on Life and Li­te­ra­ture (New York: Harp­er, 1912)
• Psalms of the So­cial Life (New York: As­so­cia­tion Press, 1917)
• The Chris­tian Faith and the New Day (New York: Mac­mill­an, 1920)
• Ministerial Prac­tic­es, Some Fra­ter­nal Sug­gest­ions (New York & Lon­don: Harp­er, 1928)