Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography

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Peters, Madison C

clergyman, orator, author, was born Nov. 6, 1859, in Lehigh county, Pa. At the age of twenty-three he filled the pastorate of one of the oldest presbyterian churches in Philadelphia; and five years later was called to the Bloomingdale Reformed church of New York city, and his congregation is composed of twelve different denominations. This popular preacher and brilliant orator is the author of Sanctified Spice; Empty Pews; The Path of Glory; Popular Sins; Wrongs to be Righted: and several other works.

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