"The Seventh-day Baptist General Conference Yearbook", 1933, p 28.
Arthur Elwin Main, eldest son of Daniel Case and Harriet Robbins Main, was born near Adams Center, Jefferson County, N. Y., on August 23, 1846, and died at Alfred, Allegany Co., N. Y., on January 29, 1933, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. Endowed with a studious mind and industrial habits, he completed a college preparatory course and a college course.
He was graduated from Rochester University in 1869, at twenty-three years of age, and from Rochester Theological Seminary three years later, in 1872. His high scholarship won for him Phi Beta Kappa rank.
On January 6, 1867, he was licensed to preach by the Adams Center Seventh Day Baptist Church, and on June 23, 1871, he was called to ordination by the First Hopkinton Church, Ashaway, R. I. On August 27 of that same year he was ordained to the gospel ministry and the same year became pastor of the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of Hopkinton, at Ashaway, R. I. To this pastorate he gave a youthful and enthusiastic ministry for nine years. During the last years of his pastorate he was chosen corresponding secretary of the Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society. In 1880, he resigned this pastorate and began to devote his entire time to the responsibilities of this new and important work.
In 1893 Mr. Main resigned this position in order to accept a call to the presidency of Alfred University, which position he resigned in 1895, after a little more than two years of service. It was a time of crisis and of educational transition, and he soon came to feel that the tasks imposed upon him in this new position were less congenial to him than his loved ministry. He turned his attention again, for a time, to missionary work and pastoral work, serving the Plainfield Seventh Day Baptist Church as pastor for five years. In 1901 he resigned this pastorate to return to Alfred and became dean of Alfred Theological Seminary, which position he held until his death, nearly thirty-two years. Outside of the classroom Dean Main had many interests and activities. He served on the executive boards of various denominational societies: Missionary, Tract, Education societies, etc. He was twice president of the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference. He was a Seventh Day Baptist commissioner on the World Faith and Order Movement. In the local community, of Alfred, he was active in promoting interchurch cooperation. For more than thirty years he was an active and enthusiastic member of the Ministers' Association of Hornell and Vicinity. He was officially connected for years with the county and state Bible school work in Rhode Island, New Jersey, and New York. He had published nine books and pamphlets, catalogued in the Alfred University library. In recognition of his scholarly services as a preacher, teacher, and author, Milton College, Milton, Wis., conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity, and Salem College, Salem, W. Va., the degree of Doctor of Humanities. He twice traveled abroad. He was three times married: to Miss Emma Tomlinson, of Roadstown, N. J., who died in early life; to Miss Lucy Carr, of Ashaway, R. I., mother of his two sons, Daniel C. Maine and George A. Main, who died a few years after he became dean of Alfred Theological Seminary; and to Miss Mattie Dixon. He is survived by his wife, Mattie Dixon Main, by his two sons, Daniel C. Main, M. D., and George A. Main, M. E., both of Florida, and by seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were held in the Seventh Day Baptist Church, on February 2, conducted by his pastor, Rev. A. Clyde Ehret, assisted by Rev. Boothe C. Davis, president of Alfred University, Rev. Edgar D. Van Horn, Rev. Walter L. Greene, Frank H. Wright, dean of Houghton College, Rev. W. W. McCall, First Presbyterian Church of Hornell, and E. Fritjof Hildebrand. Interment was in Alfred Rural Cemetery.
Arthur Elwin Main, eldest son of Daniel Case and Harriet Robbins Main, was born near Adams Center, Jefferson County, N. Y., on August 23, 1846, and died at Alfred, Allegany Co., N. Y., on January 29, 1933, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. Endowed with a studious mind and industrial habits, he completed a college preparatory course and a college course.
He was graduated from Rochester University in 1869, at twenty-three years of age, and from Rochester Theological Seminary three years later, in 1872. His high scholarship won for him Phi Beta Kappa rank.
On January 6, 1867, he was licensed to preach by the Adams Center Seventh Day Baptist Church, and on June 23, 1871, he was called to ordination by the First Hopkinton Church, Ashaway, R. I. On August 27 of that same year he was ordained to the gospel ministry and the same year became pastor of the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of Hopkinton, at Ashaway, R. I. To this pastorate he gave a youthful and enthusiastic ministry for nine years. During the last years of his pastorate he was chosen corresponding secretary of the Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society. In 1880, he resigned this pastorate and began to devote his entire time to the responsibilities of this new and important work.
In 1893 Mr. Main resigned this position in order to accept a call to the presidency of Alfred University, which position he resigned in 1895, after a little more than two years of service. It was a time of crisis and of educational transition, and he soon came to feel that the tasks imposed upon him in this new position were less congenial to him than his loved ministry. He turned his attention again, for a time, to missionary work and pastoral work, serving the Plainfield Seventh Day Baptist Church as pastor for five years. In 1901 he resigned this pastorate to return to Alfred and became dean of Alfred Theological Seminary, which position he held until his death, nearly thirty-two years. Outside of the classroom Dean Main had many interests and activities. He served on the executive boards of various denominational societies: Missionary, Tract, Education societies, etc. He was twice president of the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference. He was a Seventh Day Baptist commissioner on the World Faith and Order Movement. In the local community, of Alfred, he was active in promoting interchurch cooperation. For more than thirty years he was an active and enthusiastic member of the Ministers' Association of Hornell and Vicinity. He was officially connected for years with the county and state Bible school work in Rhode Island, New Jersey, and New York. He had published nine books and pamphlets, catalogued in the Alfred University library. In recognition of his scholarly services as a preacher, teacher, and author, Milton College, Milton, Wis., conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity, and Salem College, Salem, W. Va., the degree of Doctor of Humanities. He twice traveled abroad. He was three times married: to Miss Emma Tomlinson, of Roadstown, N. J., who died in early life; to Miss Lucy Carr, of Ashaway, R. I., mother of his two sons, Daniel C. Maine and George A. Main, who died a few years after he became dean of Alfred Theological Seminary; and to Miss Mattie Dixon. He is survived by his wife, Mattie Dixon Main, by his two sons, Daniel C. Main, M. D., and George A. Main, M. E., both of Florida, and by seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were held in the Seventh Day Baptist Church, on February 2, conducted by his pastor, Rev. A. Clyde Ehret, assisted by Rev. Boothe C. Davis, president of Alfred University, Rev. Edgar D. Van Horn, Rev. Walter L. Greene, Frank H. Wright, dean of Houghton College, Rev. W. W. McCall, First Presbyterian Church of Hornell, and E. Fritjof Hildebrand. Interment was in Alfred Rural Cemetery.
"The Seventh-day Baptist General Conference Yearbook", 1933, p 28.
Arthur Elwin Main, eldest son of Daniel Case and Harriet Robbins Main, was born near Adams Center, Jefferson County, N. Y., on August 23, 1846, and died at Alfred, Allegany Co., N. Y., on January 29, 1933, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. Endowed with a studious mind and industrial habits, he completed a college preparatory course and a college course.
He was graduated from Rochester University in 1869, at twenty-three years of age, and from Rochester Theological Seminary three years later, in 1872. His high scholarship won for him Phi Beta Kappa rank.
On January 6, 1867, he was licensed to preach by the Adams Center Seventh Day Baptist Church, and on June 23, 1871, he was called to ordination by the First Hopkinton Church, Ashaway, R. I. On August 27 of that same year he was ordained to the gospel ministry and the same year became pastor of the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of Hopkinton, at Ashaway, R. I. To this pastorate he gave a youthful and enthusiastic ministry for nine years. During the last years of his pastorate he was chosen corresponding secretary of the Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society. In 1880, he resigned this pastorate and began to devote his entire time to the responsibilities of this new and important work.
In 1893 Mr. Main resigned this position in order to accept a call to the presidency of Alfred University, which position he resigned in 1895, after a little more than two years of service. It was a time of crisis and of educational transition, and he soon came to feel that the tasks imposed upon him in this new position were less congenial to him than his loved ministry. He turned his attention again, for a time, to missionary work and pastoral work, serving the Plainfield Seventh Day Baptist Church as pastor for five years. In 1901 he resigned this pastorate to return to Alfred and became dean of Alfred Theological Seminary, which position he held until his death, nearly thirty-two years. Outside of the classroom Dean Main had many interests and activities. He served on the executive boards of various denominational societies: Missionary, Tract, Education societies, etc. He was twice president of the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference. He was a Seventh Day Baptist commissioner on the World Faith and Order Movement. In the local community, of Alfred, he was active in promoting interchurch cooperation. For more than thirty years he was an active and enthusiastic member of the Ministers' Association of Hornell and Vicinity. He was officially connected for years with the county and state Bible school work in Rhode Island, New Jersey, and New York. He had published nine books and pamphlets, catalogued in the Alfred University library. In recognition of his scholarly services as a preacher, teacher, and author, Milton College, Milton, Wis., conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity, and Salem College, Salem, W. Va., the degree of Doctor of Humanities. He twice traveled abroad. He was three times married: to Miss Emma Tomlinson, of Roadstown, N. J., who died in early life; to Miss Lucy Carr, of Ashaway, R. I., mother of his two sons, Daniel C. Maine and George A. Main, who died a few years after he became dean of Alfred Theological Seminary; and to Miss Mattie Dixon. He is survived by his wife, Mattie Dixon Main, by his two sons, Daniel C. Main, M. D., and George A. Main, M. E., both of Florida, and by seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were held in the Seventh Day Baptist Church, on February 2, conducted by his pastor, Rev. A. Clyde Ehret, assisted by Rev. Boothe C. Davis, president of Alfred University, Rev. Edgar D. Van Horn, Rev. Walter L. Greene, Frank H. Wright, dean of Houghton College, Rev. W. W. McCall, First Presbyterian Church of Hornell, and E. Fritjof Hildebrand. Interment was in Alfred Rural Cemetery.
Arthur Elwin Main, eldest son of Daniel Case and Harriet Robbins Main, was born near Adams Center, Jefferson County, N. Y., on August 23, 1846, and died at Alfred, Allegany Co., N. Y., on January 29, 1933, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. Endowed with a studious mind and industrial habits, he completed a college preparatory course and a college course.
He was graduated from Rochester University in 1869, at twenty-three years of age, and from Rochester Theological Seminary three years later, in 1872. His high scholarship won for him Phi Beta Kappa rank.
On January 6, 1867, he was licensed to preach by the Adams Center Seventh Day Baptist Church, and on June 23, 1871, he was called to ordination by the First Hopkinton Church, Ashaway, R. I. On August 27 of that same year he was ordained to the gospel ministry and the same year became pastor of the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of Hopkinton, at Ashaway, R. I. To this pastorate he gave a youthful and enthusiastic ministry for nine years. During the last years of his pastorate he was chosen corresponding secretary of the Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society. In 1880, he resigned this pastorate and began to devote his entire time to the responsibilities of this new and important work.
In 1893 Mr. Main resigned this position in order to accept a call to the presidency of Alfred University, which position he resigned in 1895, after a little more than two years of service. It was a time of crisis and of educational transition, and he soon came to feel that the tasks imposed upon him in this new position were less congenial to him than his loved ministry. He turned his attention again, for a time, to missionary work and pastoral work, serving the Plainfield Seventh Day Baptist Church as pastor for five years. In 1901 he resigned this pastorate to return to Alfred and became dean of Alfred Theological Seminary, which position he held until his death, nearly thirty-two years. Outside of the classroom Dean Main had many interests and activities. He served on the executive boards of various denominational societies: Missionary, Tract, Education societies, etc. He was twice president of the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference. He was a Seventh Day Baptist commissioner on the World Faith and Order Movement. In the local community, of Alfred, he was active in promoting interchurch cooperation. For more than thirty years he was an active and enthusiastic member of the Ministers' Association of Hornell and Vicinity. He was officially connected for years with the county and state Bible school work in Rhode Island, New Jersey, and New York. He had published nine books and pamphlets, catalogued in the Alfred University library. In recognition of his scholarly services as a preacher, teacher, and author, Milton College, Milton, Wis., conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity, and Salem College, Salem, W. Va., the degree of Doctor of Humanities. He twice traveled abroad. He was three times married: to Miss Emma Tomlinson, of Roadstown, N. J., who died in early life; to Miss Lucy Carr, of Ashaway, R. I., mother of his two sons, Daniel C. Maine and George A. Main, who died a few years after he became dean of Alfred Theological Seminary; and to Miss Mattie Dixon. He is survived by his wife, Mattie Dixon Main, by his two sons, Daniel C. Main, M. D., and George A. Main, M. E., both of Florida, and by seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were held in the Seventh Day Baptist Church, on February 2, conducted by his pastor, Rev. A. Clyde Ehret, assisted by Rev. Boothe C. Davis, president of Alfred University, Rev. Edgar D. Van Horn, Rev. Walter L. Greene, Frank H. Wright, dean of Houghton College, Rev. W. W. McCall, First Presbyterian Church of Hornell, and E. Fritjof Hildebrand. Interment was in Alfred Rural Cemetery.
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