Abbott, Lyman

D.D. (New-York University, 1877), Congregationalist; b. at Roxbury, Ma ., Dec. 18, 1835; graduated at New-York University, 1853; was for a time partner in his brothers' law-firm, but then studied theology under his uncle, J. S. C. Abbott, and was pastor at Terre Haute, Ind., 1860-65; secretary American Union (Freedmen's) Commi ion, New York, 1865-68; pastor of the New-England Church, New York, 1866-69; editor of The Illustrated Christian Weekly, 1871-76; and since 1876 of The Christian Union. He is the author of The Results of Emancipation in the United States, New York, 1867; Jesus of Nazareth, 1869, new and ill us. ed., 1882; Old-Testament Shadows of New-Testament Truths, 1870; Laicus, or the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish, 1872; Commentary upon Matthew and Mark, 1875 Luke, 1877; John, 1879; Acts, 1876; (with J. R. Gilmore), The Gospel History, Complete Life of Christ, 1881; For Family Worship, 1883; Henry Ward Beecher, a Sketch of his Career, 1883. He edited Beecher's Sermons, 1868, 2 vols.; Morning and Evening Exercises (selections from H. W. Beecher), 1871; and (with T.J. Conant) A Dictionary of Religious Knowledge, 1873.