Wood, Nathaniel, 1797-1876

N. Milton Wood made his name in Maine as a minister and theologian. His rise to prominence within the Maine Baptist Convention seems to have resulted from his role in theological disputes that had particularly disruptive effects in Waterville, the site of his second pastorate. In Waterville, Wood confronted the challenge of theological disputes with a more senior minister, David N. Sheldon, who had held the Waterville pastorate when Wood was a student. By the time that Wood returned to Waterville as pastor in January 1852, Sheldon's disputes with his colleagues had been going on for eight years, and his theological distance from Baptist doctrines had become so great that he left not only the pulpit in Waterville but also the presidency of Waterville College.

From the description of Divine Providence in our National History : autograph manuscript sermon written in Lewiston, Maine, 1864 April. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865944

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