Madison Clinton Peters (November 6, 1859 – October 12, 1918) was an American clergyman.

Formative years

Born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in 1859, Peters was educated at Franklin and Marshall College, and at Heidelberg Theological Seminary, Tiffin, Ohio.

Madison Clinton Peters

In 1880, he entered the ministry of the reformed church, remaining under that church's leadership until 1907 when he gave up a denominational connection to become a "free" preacher. Peters served as pastor of: First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia; Bloomingdale Reformed, New York; Sumner Avenue Baptist, Brooklyn; Immanuel Baptist, Baltimore; and Epiphany (Episcopal), New York.

Madison Clinton Peters

Death and interment

Peters died on October 12, 1918, in Manhattan, and was interred at the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.

Madison Clinton Peters

Bibliography

Justice to the Jew (1899; new edition, revised, 1910) Wit and wisdom of the Talmud (1900) The Birds of the Bible (1901) Will the Coming Man Marry? (1905) Abraham Lincoln's Religion (1909) Haym Salomon (1911) The Mission of Masonry (1913) The Genius of the Jew (1914) How to be Happy Though Married (1915) The Seven Secrets of Success (1916)

References

External links

"Rev. Madison Peters" (memorial). Salt Lake City, Utah: Find A Grave, retrieved online July 9, 2019.

1859 births

1918 deaths

American Christian clergy

American religious writers

People from Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Reformed Church in America ministers

Religious leaders from Pennsylvania

Burials at Kensico Cemetery