Warren, Israel P. (Israel Perkins), 1814-1892

Israel Perkins Warren (1814-1892) was the son of Isaac and Leonora Warren. He was graduated from Yale in 1838 and spent the next three years at Yale Divinity School. He served as minister to various churches including those in Hamden and Plymouth, Conn., from 1841 to 1856. Warren wrote for the religious press and prepared school books, including a reader for emancipated slaves. In 1859, he began serving as editor of the American Tract Society, a position he held for eleven years and in which he supervised the completion of over one thousand publications. Warren became editor of the Christian Mirror in 1875, purchasing the paper eighteen months later. He moved it to Portland, Me., where he remained editor and publisher until his death.

Nathaniel William Taylor (1786-1858) was the son of Nathaniel and Anne Taylor. He matriculated at Yale in 1807 where he became an admirer of Yale President Timothy Dwight. When Yale opened its Divinity School in 1822, Taylor was appointed Professor of Didactic Theology, a post specifically designed for him. He continued to lecture at Yale for the rest of his life, while publishing numerous theological tracts.

Taylor was a highly respected religious thinker in his day. He broke with accepted Calvinist theology and held that man had the freedom to choose his own fate. These theories caused controversy in New England churches, which contributed to the eventual split in the Presbyterian Church in 1838.

From the description of Notebooks, 1839-1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207177047