The New Student's Reference Work/Abbott, Lyman

Ab′bott, Lyman, American preacher, editor and author, was born in 1835, the son of Jacob Abbott. After graduating from the University of the City of New York he studied law, but entered the ministry and became pastor of a Congregational church in Terre Haute, Ind. Later he became editor of The Christian Union, New York, now The Outlook, and succeeded Henry Ward Beecher as pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. Here he became widely known both as preacher and editor, and as the author of several commentaries and other books. Among his works are The Evolution of Christianity; Christianity and Social Problems; An Evolutionist’s Theory; The Rights of Man; The Life and Literature of the Hebrews.