William Ellery Channing - Watertown, MA - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

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 1812.
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.

Description: 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 Date of birth: 04/07/1780 Date of death: 10/02/1842 Area of notoriety: Religion Marker Type: Tomb (above ground) Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daylight Hours Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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