James Smith Bush

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James Smith Bush

James Smith Bush (born June 15, 1825 in Rochester , New York , † November 11, 1889 in Ithaca , New York) was an American Anglican theologian and an ancestor of the Bush family of entrepreneurs and politicians.

Life

Grace Church in San Francisco, around the time James Smith Bush was in office (stereoscopic photography between 1861 and 1873)

Bush was born to Obadiah Newcomb Bush and his wife Harriet Smith. He was the father of industrialist Samuel Prescott Bush , the grandfather of Senator Prescott Sheldon Bush , the great-grandfather of President George HW Bush, and the great-great-grandfather of President George W. Bush .

From 1841 to 1844 Bush studied law at Yale University , then he continued his legal education in his hometown, where he was admitted to the bar in 1847 . In 1851 he married Sarah Freeman, who died after 18 months of marriage. Bush, of a Presbyterian family, who had adopted the Anglican denomination of his late wife, began his theological studies that same year in Saratoga Springs , New York, for a ministry in the Episcopal Church. He was ordained a deacon in 1855 and served in the Grace Church Ward in Orange , New Jersey. In 1856 he was ordained a priest and worked in Orange until 1867. On February 24, 1859 he married Harriet Eleanor Fay (* October 29, 1829, † February 27, 1924). The couple had four children:

  • James Freeman Bush, born June 15, 1860
  • Samuel Prescott Bush , born October 4, 1863
  • Harriet Montfort Bush, born November 14, 1871
  • Eleanor Howard Bush, born November 7, 1873

In December 1867, James Smith Bush became pastor at Grace Church in San Francisco , California, the predecessor building of the later Grace Cathedral , destroyed in the earthquake of 1906 , which has served as the episcopal church of the Anglican diocese of San Francisco since 1964. In 1872 he returned to the eastern United States and was pastor of the Church of the Ascension Ward on Staten Island , New York. In 1884 he became a pastor in Concord , Massachusetts. In November 1888, Bush resigned his ministry within the Anglican Church and joined Unitarianism . A few months later he suddenly died. His wife and all four children survived him.

James Smith Bush was the author of two theological books, and several of his sermons and lectures appeared in print during his lifetime. His farewell sermon to his congregation on Staten Island was reviewed by the New York Times in 1884 . The Literary World published an obituary for his death in 1889. An obituary Yale University (1890) James Smith Bush pays tribute with the words: ". Mr Bush had a clear, vigorous style as a writer, a fine presence, and strong personal magnetism" ( Mr. Bush had a clear, powerful style as a writer, a pleasant manner, and strong personal appeal. )

Printed works

Books

  • More Words About the Bible. Lovell, New York 1883 (83 pages)
  • The Evidence of Faith. Osgood, Boston 1885 (357 pages)

Sermons and lectures

  • The atonement. A Sermon, Preached Before the Convention of the Diocese of New Jersey, on Wednesday, the 27th Day of May, AD 1863. No. 762 Broadway, New York 1863 (32 pages)
  • Death of President Lincoln. A Sermon, Preached in Grace Church, Orange, New Jersey, Easter, April 16, 1865. Gardner, Orange, NJ 1865 (8 pages)
  • Building on Christ. A Sermon Preached at the Opening of St. Paul's Church, San Rafael, October 10th, 1869. Cubery and Company, San Francisco 1869 (20 pages)
  • The Priesthood and Absolution. A Paper Read Before the Church Congress, in Cincinnati, Oct. 17, 1878. [Unnamed publisher, no location] 1878 (8 pages)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A Pastor Chides His Flock. The Rev. Mr. Bush's Farewell Sermon at West Brighton , in: The New York Times , January 28, 1884, accessed October 15, 2010.
  2. ^ The Literary World, Volume 20 (1889), p. 487 accessed October 15, 2010.
  3. ↑ Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Academical Year Ending in June, 1890, p. 574 (PDF; 4.5 MB) accessed October 15, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Bush, James Smith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American preacher
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Rochester , New York
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1889
Place of death Ithaca , New York