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Methodist Maverick: Daniel Braxton Turney (1848-1926)

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Daniel B. Turney , maverick Methodist Protestant preacher, was born in a log cabin, grew up in a governor’s mansion and twice failed to win the White House. He was a pioneer prohibitionist, who guzzled coffee; a woman’s suffragist who neglected his wife; a preacher always seeking a new pulpit. By age 32, he was headquartered in Washington, D.C. as his denomination’s official Polemic; having published dozens of scholarly articles, lost a book in Chicago’s Great Fire and been booted out of churches in Illinois, Ohio and West Virginia. Turney cherished ancient books, dabbled in modern science, entered any political fray and offered opinions about everything. He blazed a philosophical trail, mastered dozens of languages, thrilled and bewildering both friends and enemies. He was lauded and laughed at; respected and ridiculed; fondly remembered and widely forgotten. Turney lived and died in poverty but found wealth in words and in faith. His story teaches many lessons, not all of them good.

Language: English

Pages: 222

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: September 03, 2020

Methodist Maverick: Daniel Braxton Turney (1848-1926)

0/5 ( ratings)

Daniel B. Turney , maverick Methodist Protestant preacher, was born in a log cabin, grew up in a governor’s mansion and twice failed to win the White House. He was a pioneer prohibitionist, who guzzled coffee; a woman’s suffragist who neglected his wife; a preacher always seeking a new pulpit. By age 32, he was headquartered in Washington, D.C. as his denomination’s official Polemic; having published dozens of scholarly articles, lost a book in Chicago’s Great Fire and been booted out of churches in Illinois, Ohio and West Virginia. Turney cherished ancient books, dabbled in modern science, entered any political fray and offered opinions about everything. He blazed a philosophical trail, mastered dozens of languages, thrilled and bewildering both friends and enemies. He was lauded and laughed at; respected and ridiculed; fondly remembered and widely forgotten. Turney lived and died in poverty but found wealth in words and in faith. His story teaches many lessons, not all of them good.

Language: English

Pages: 222

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: September 03, 2020

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