William Ellery Channing - Watertown, MA
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The tomb of theologian, minister, and author William Ellery Channing is located between Yarrow Path and Greenbriar Path in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMW01D
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/19/2017
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The south side of the tomb of William Ellery Channing is inscribed:
Here rests the remains of
WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING
Born 7, April 1780.
Newport, Rhode Island:
Ordained 1 June 1803.
as a minister of Jesus Christ
to the Society worshopping God,
in Federal Street, Boston:
Died 2, October 1842.
while on a Journey.
Bennington, Vermont.
The north side of the tomb of William Ellery Channing is inscribed:
In memory of
WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING
Honored throughout Christendom
for his eloquence and courage
in maintaining and advancing
the Great Cause of
Truth, Religion, and Human Freedom
This Monument
is gratefully and reverently erected
by the Christian Society
of which during nearly forty years
he was Pastor.
William Ellery Channing was educated at Harvard College and graduating first in his class in 1798. He became an ordained minister and was the pastor of Boston's Federal Street Church for nearly 40 years. Because of his oratory and writings, he was the most important Unitarian theologian of the 19th century and an ardent abolitionist. He opposed the prevailing Calvinist theology and advocated a more gentle and loving relationship with God.
Books by William Ellery Channing:
Unitarian Christianity
Selected Writings
Slavery
Memoir of William Ellery Channing Volume I
Memoir of William Ellery Channing Volume II
The Wanderer
Self-Culture
On the Elevation of the Laboring Classes
Dr. Channing's Note-Book:A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of the Rev. Dr. Follen