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Clarke, Almon Taylor

clergyman, poet, was born Feb. 19, 1840, in Ticonderoga, N. Y. He received his education in several institutions, and in 1872 graduated in theology from Andover Theological seminary, and was ordained the same year as a minister.

He has held pastorates in Tiverton, R.

I.; Crown Point, N.

Y.; Parishville, N.

Y.; Sheldon and Franklin, Vt.; in Florida; and in Shelby, Ala. In 1889 he became editor of the Southern Congregationalist of Atlanta, Ga.; and is now pastor of the Church of the Covenant of Shelby, Ala., and editor of The Helper, a general religious organ of the congregationalist churches of the south. He has filled many positions of honor; was chosen a delegate of the league to the peace congress in Paris; and was urged to be a candidate for congress. He is the author of a number of very fine poems.