Language English Nationality American | Spouse Jennie Mai Deatherage Name Joseph Newton | |
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Occupation Minister, Priest, Author Children Joseph E. Newton and Josephine Newton Died January 24, 1950, Merion, Pennsylvania, United States Education Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Resting place Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Books The Builders: A Story And, The Builders: A Story and, Builder Magazine, David Swing - poet‑preacher, Lincoln and Herndon | ||
The builders by joseph fort newton audio book
Joseph Fort Newton (1876–1950) was an American Baptist minister.
Contents
- The builders by joseph fort newton audio book
- The Ministry Of Masonry
- Early life
- Ministerial career
- Marriage and children
- Freemasonry
- Works
- References
He was born in Decatur, Texas, the son of a Baptist minister turned attorney. He attended Southern Baptist Seminary, and Harvard University. While at Harvard he studied under William James. Newton held the honorary degrees of Doctor of Hebrew Literature (Coe College, 1912), Doctor of Divinity (Tufts University, 1919), Doctor of Humane Letters (Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 1926), and Doctor of Laws (Temple University, 1929).
Newton was ordained a Baptist minister in 1895. He held Baptist pastorates in Texas, and led non-sectarian and Universalist congregations in Illinois and Iowa. While in Iowa, he taught English literature at the extension campus of the University of Iowa in Cedar Rapids. While in Cedar Rapids, many of Newton's sermons were published and gained wide circulation. Their popularity in England led him to be called to the pulpit of the City Temple (London) in 1916. During his four years at City Temple, he made trips throughout the British Isles and gained international fame through sermons in which he urged understanding between England and the United States as a basis of world order and abiding peace.
In 1920, Newton returned to the United States and assumed the pulpit at the Church of the Divine Paternity, New York City, NY. While there Newton served as an editor of the Christian Century, edited the Best Sermons of the Year series, and preached at colleges and universities across the United States.
At the invitation of the Diocese of Pennsylvania Bishop Thomas J. Garland, Newton entered the ministry of the Episcopal Church in September 1925, and came to the Memorial Church of St. Paul, Overbrook, Philadelphia, PA, as a "special minister." He was ordained as a priest in 1926 at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA. Newton remained at the Memorial Church of St. Paul until 1930. From 1930 to 1938, Newton assisted the Rev. Dr. John C. H. Mockridge at St. James Church, Philadelphia, PA. In 1938 he assumed the rectorship of Church of St. Luke and The Epiphany, Philadelphia, PA, where he remained until his death in 1950. In 1939, Newton was ranked among the top 5 Protestant Clergyman in the United States. From 1944 until his death, Newton reviewed religious books and wrote a Saturday sermon column for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Newton authored over 30 books, perhaps his most famous being The Builders: A Story and Study of Freemasonry, published in 1914, and translated into six different languages. The Builders is still regarded as one of the best books on the topic.
The Ministry Of Masonry
Early life
Joseph Fort Newton was born 21 Jul 1876 in Decatur, Wise, Texas to Lee and Sue Battle Green Newton. Lee Newton was a Baptist minister and lawyer. He died when Joseph Newton was six.
Ministerial career
First Baptist Church, Paris, TX
People's Church, Dixon, IL
Universalist Liberal Church, Cedar Rapids, IA
City Temple, London, England
Church of the Divine Paternity, New York City, NY (Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York)
Memorial Church of St. Paul, Philadelphia, PA
St. James Church, Philadelphia, PA
Church of St. Luke and The Epiphany, Philadelphia, PA
Marriage and children
Joseph Fort Newton married Jennie Mai Deatherage (1880 – 1954) of Sanders, KY in 1900.
Freemasonry
Rev. Newton authored a number of masonic books, including his best-known works, The Builders, published in 1914, and The Men’s House, published in 1923. He published his autobiography, River of Years, in 1944. Rev. Newton received the third degree of Freemasonry on May 28, 1902 in Friendship Lodge No. 7, Dixon, Illinois, and served the masonic Grand Lodge of Iowa as its chaplain from 1911 – 1913. The Builders has been called "an outstanding classic in Masonic literature offering the early history of Freemasonry."