Gladden, Washington. Author and Congregational clergyman. Born in Pottsgrove, PA, February 11, 1836. Graduate of Williams, 1859 (D.D., Roanoke College, VA, LL.D., University of Wisconsin and Notre Dame University, IN. Held several pastorates and editorial positions prior to becoming pastor of First Congregational Church, Columbus, OH, in 1882. Especially known as writer upon social reforms. Author: "Plain Thoughts on the Art of Living," "From the Hub to the Hudson," "Working Men and Their Employers," "Being a Christian," "The Christian Way," "The Lord's Prayer," "The Christian League of Connecticut," "Things New and Old," "The Young Men and the Churches," "Applied Christianity," "Parish Problems," "Burning Questions," "Santa Claus on a Lark," "Who Wrote the Bible," "Tools and the Man," "The Cosmopolis City Club," "The Church and the Kingdom," "Seven Puzzling Bible Books," "Social Facts and Forces," "Art and Morality," "The Christian Pastor," "How Much is Left of the Old Doctrines," "Straight Shots at Young Men," "Social Salvation," "The Practice of Immorality," "Where Does the Sky Begin?" "Christianity and Socialism." Gladden died in 1918.

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