Charles Force Deems (Dickinson Alumni Record)

*Deems, Charles Force – Born December 4, 1820, in Baltimore, Md ; A. B., 1839; D. D., Randolph Macon, 1850; LL. D., 1889; 1841, professor of rhetoric and logic in the University of North Carolina; 1847, professor of natural science in Randolph Macon college, Va.; 1850, president of Greensboro college, North Carolina; 1866-93, pastor of the Church of the Strangers, New York; 1877, founded “Sunday Magazine” ; 1877-80, editor “Sunday Magazine” ; 1881, president American institute of Christian philosophy; married June 20, 1843, Anna Disoway of New York city. Published “What Now,” “Home Altar,” “Weight and Wings,” “Who was Jesus,” “Triumph of Peace,” “Devotional Melodies,” “The Light of the Nations,” “The Watchman,” “Christian Thoughts,” Sermons, Reviews, &c.; U. P. society. Died November 18, 1893.