Biography:

Methodist clergyman and denominational official. Born– September 9, 1886, Randolph County, Ark. Parents– Henry Akin and Ellen A. (Kirkpatrick) Clark. Married– Mary Alva Yarbrough, August 15, 1923. Education– Temple University, B.D., S.T.D., 1925; Birmingham Southern College, B.A., 1926; George Peabody College for Teachers, M.A., 1927. Ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1911; pastor of churches in Missouri, 1908-1917; Held various positions in editorial and mission work of Methodist Church; editor of the World Outlook, 1927-1952. Member Methodist Historical Association; World Methodist Council, International Methodist Historical Society. Honors– Recipient of gold medals from the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Brazil and the Methodist Church of Northern Europe; World Outlook Medal, Oslo, Norway; Florida Southern College, honorary LL.D., 1927; Southwestern University, Litt.D., 1940. Died August 30, 1966.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online and Marquis Who’s Who online

Publication(s):

An Album of Methodist History. New York; Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1952.

Arthur James Moore; World Evangelist. New York; Editorial Dept., Joint Section of Education and Cultivation, Board of Missions of the Methodist Church, 1960.

Captain W. W. Martin, Friend of Man. S.l.; s.n, 19-?

The Chiangs of China. New York; Abingdon-Cokesbury, 1943.

The Church and the World Parish. Nashville; Board of Missions, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1929.

The Church Efficiency Movement. S.l.; Publishing House of the M. E. Church, South, 1915.

Francis Asbury, Prophet of the Long Road. Lake Junaluska, N.C.; United Methodist Church, Commission of Archives and History, 1976.

Healing Ourselves, the First Task of the Church in America. Nashville; Cokesbury Press, 1924.

The Last Journey of Francis Asbury. Greensboro, N.C.; North Carolina Christian Advocate, 197?

The Latin Immigrant in the South. Nashville; Cokesbury Press, 1924.

Methodism in Western North Carolina. S.l.; Western North Carolina Conference, Methodist Church, 1966.

The Methodist Evangel. Nashville; Association of Methodist Historical Societies, 1966.

The New Evangelism. S.l.; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1915.

The Psychology of Religious Awakening. New York; Macmillan, 1929.

The Rebirth of Protestantism in Europe. S.l.; General Sunday School Board, Department of Missionary Education, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1925.

The Small Sect in America. Nashville; Cokesbury Press, 1937.

Social Studies of the War. New York; Doran, 1919.

The Task Ahead; the Missionary Crisis of the Church. S.l.; Board of Missions, Centenary Commission, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1925.

Thy Kingdom Come, an Historical Study of Stewardship and Missions. Nashville; Cokesbury Press, 1925.

The Warm Heart of Wesley. New York; Association of Methodist Historical Societies, 1950.

What’s the Matter in China? S.l.; Board of Missions, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1927.

Joint_Publication(s):

Latin America, U.S.A. New York; Joint Division of Education and Cultivation, Board of Missions and Church Extension, the Methodist Church, 1942.

The World Methodist Movement. Nashville; The Upper Room, 1956.

Editor:

Journal and Letters of Francis Asbury. New York; Abingdon Press, 1958.

The Journal of the Reverend Jacob Lanius. S.l.; s.n., 1963.

The Missionary Imperative. Nashville; Cokesbury Press, 1929.

What Happened at Aldersgate. Methodist Publishing House, 1938.

Who’s Who in Methodism. Chicago; A. N. Marquis, 1952.

Joint_Editor:

The Book of Daily Devotion. Nashville; Cokesbury Press, 1932.

Compiler:

Talking Points on Christian Education. S.l.; Christian Education Commission, M.E. Church, South, 1920?