Abbott, Lyman
lawyer, clergyman, journalist, author, was born Dec. 18, 1835, in Roxbury, Mass. He is a congregational minister of broad views, who as editor of The Illustrated Christian Weekly and successor to Henry Ward Beecher as pastor of Plymouth church of Brooklyn, has exercised a wide influence. He is the author of Christianity and Social Problems; Jesus of Nazareth; Old Testament Shadows of New Testament Truths; Illustrated Commentary on the New Testament; A Layman's Story; How to Study the Bible; Life of Christ; In Aid of Faith; The Evolution of Christianity; A Study in Human Nature; and Dictionary of Religious Knowledge.