Introduction

Biography

Theodore was the son of Clau­di­us Bu­chan­an Pease and El­vi­ra Ann Smith, hus­band of Ab­bie Fran­ces Cut­ter (mar­ried 1880), and fa­ther of Ar­thur Stan­ley Pease, who was tenth pre­si­dent of Am­herst Col­lege, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1927–32).

He gra­du­at­ed from Har­vard in 1875, and served as as­sist­ant pro­fess­or of li­te­ra­ture at the U.S. Na­val Aca­de­my, An­na­po­lis, Ma­ry­land, in 1876.

He went to stu­dy at An­do­ver Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, and was or­dained a Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­ter in 1880.

He served pas­tor­ates in West Le­ba­non, New Hamp­shire (1880–84), and at the First Church in Mal­den, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1884–93).

He be­came Bart­lett Pro­fess­or of Sac­red Rhe­to­ric and Lec­tur­er on Pas­tor­al Theo­lo­gy at An­do­ver Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry in 1893, the year of his death. In 1894, Hough­ton & Miff­lin pub­lished a small me­mo­ri­al vol­ume con­taining an es­say on the Chris­tian Min­is­try, Lec­tures on Ho­mi­le­tics, &c, with Po­ems and Hymns.