Introduction

Biography

Raymond was the son of Isai­ah Well­ing­ton Stearns and Sar­ah R. Stearns, and hus­band of Em­ma Al­ice Fen­sham of Bain­bridge, New York (mar­ried 1883)

He was edu­cat­ed at Ham­il­ton College, Clin­ton, New York (fresh­man in 1876); Will­iams Coll­ege, Williams­town, Mas­sa­chu­setts (gra­du­at­ed 1880); Union Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, New York Ci­ty (gra­du­at­ed 1883); and Au­burn Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, New York Ci­ty (gra­du­at­ed 1899).

Stearns was li­censed as a Pres­by­ter­ian min­is­ter by the Pres­by­tery of Al­ba­ny, New York, Sep­tem­ber 26, 1883. He served pas­tor­ates in:

• Charlton, New York (1883–92)
• Bainbridge, New York (1892–95)
• Scranton, Penn­syl­van­ia (as­sist­ant pas­tor, 2nd Pres­by­ter­ian Church, 1904–08)
• Hannibal, New York (1895–1903)
• New Ber­lin, New York (1903–04)
• Pleasant Val­ley, New York (1908–14)
• Montclair, New Jer­sey (1914–15)
• Peru, New York (1915–17)
• And Camp­bell Hall (1917–?)

Works

• A Christ­mas In­vi­ta­tion and Oth­er Verses