Introduction

Biography

Charles was the son of Charles Wendte and Jo­han­na S. Eb­el­ing, and hus­band of Ab­bie Lou­ise Grant. Note: Some pub­li­ca­tions give his name as Wendté, but the ac­cent mark is not pre­sent on his tomb­stone.

Wendte gra­du­at­ed from the Mead­ville Theo­lo­gic­al School (now the Mead­ville Lom­bard Theo­lo­gic­al School), Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, in 1867, and Har­vard Di­vi­ni­ty School in 1869.

He served Uni­ta­ri­an churches in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois; Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio; and New­port, Rhode Is­land. From 1885–1900 he was en­gaged in de­nom­in­ation­al work on the Am­eri­can Pa­ci­fic Coast.

Thereafter, he was Sec­re­ta­ry for For­eign Af­fairs of the Am­eri­can Uni­ta­ri­an As­so­cia­tion in Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts, spend­ing part of each year in Eur­ope.

He re­tired to Ber­ke­ley, Ca­li­for­nia by 1926.

Works

• The Ca­rol (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: John Church, 1886)
• Jubilate Deo (Bo­ston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: George H. El­lis, 1900)
• Heart and Voice (Bo­ston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: George H. El­lis, 1909)
• Thomas Starr King, Pa­tri­ot and Preach­er, 1921
• The Wid­er Fel­low­ship, 1927
• The Trans­fi­gur­a­tion of Life, 1930