Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1915 — DR. S. PARKES CADMAN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DR. S. PARKES CADMAN.

Dr. 8. Parkes Cadman is the pastor of the Central Congregational Church. Brooklyn, tn many ways one of the strongest churches of its order In America today. He was born among the Shropshire hills of England in 1864 and Is a descendant from a race of preachers. His collegiate course was completed at Richmond College, London University, and he came to America immediately thereafter. Four years after coming to the United States he waa made pastor of the Metropolitan Temple. Tig taMlaff waa later en ’

larged, but still proved too small to hold the crowds that went to hear him. During his pastoral career he has received more than 4.000 members into the churches of which he has been pastor. Into the membership of his present church bt'has received 2,000 members. The present membership of the church is 2,750. Dr. Cadman Is special lecturer at Yale. Harvard. Amherst and other colleges and universities, and he has refused the presidency of several colleges. His lectures are more than most lectures. They are vital messages, and once heard they can never be forgotten.

DR. S. PARKES CADMAN.