John Blake Falkner received an A. B. (Bachelor of Arts) degree from New York University in 1859. He attended the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia from 1859 through 1861. John Blake Falkner was ordained in 1861. He received an honorary D. D. (Doctor of Divinity) degree from New York University in 1881.
John Blake Falkner was a member of Phi Beta Kappa (academic honor society). He received the Webster Oratory Prize while a student.
A sermon on the Services and Death of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, preached in Christ Church, Bridgeport, CT, Easter Sunday, April 16th, 1865, at the North Congregational Church, Bridgeport, April 19th, 1865, by Rev John Falkner Blake, Rector of Christ Church, Bridgeport.
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The following sermon was preached in Christ Church, Bridgeport, on the Sunday morning following the assassination of the late President; and repeated in the North Congregational Church on the day of his funeral obsequies, by request of a committee of citizens appointed at a meeting called by the Mayor of Bridgeport to make arrangements for the proper observance of that day.
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Bridgeport, CT, 20th April 1865
Reverend and Dear Sir:
The undersigned, having listened with great interest to your discourse delivered in the North Congregational Church, on the evening of Wednesday last, the day of the obsequies of President Lincoln, would respectfully request a copy for publication.
Charles G. HUBBELL, S.B. FERGUSON, Hanford LYON, S.S. CLAPP, S. HARTWELL, Frederick WOOD, Gideon THOMPSON, C. SPOONER, Henry R. PARROTT, L.W. CLARK, Henry JONES, R. TOMLINSON, Joseph THOMPSON, Benjamin RAY, George BURROUGHS, S. TOMLINSON, and Monson HAWLEY.
(John F Trow, Printer, Stereotyper, & Electrotyper, 50 Greene St., New York)
To Mr. Charles G. Hubbell and others:
Gentlemen:
In reply to your note, I send yon the manuscript of my recent sermon on the death of Abraham Lincoln. Thanking you for the kind feeling which prompted you to request it, I am yours, sincerely,
John Falkner Blake.
(http://beck.library.emory.edu/lincoln/sermon.php)
"The gentleman has since changed his name to JOHN BLAKE FALKNER!"
John Blake Falkner was rector of Christ Church, Germantown, Pennsylvania for 27 years. Following his resignation as rector he was rector emeritus at Christ Church. John Blake Falkner was examining chaplain of the Diocese of Pennsylvania in 1872. He was a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Political and Social Science.
(Gen'l Alumni Catalogue of New York Univ., 1916)
In 1901, the services were in charge of the Rev. Samuel Upjohn of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the Rev John B. Falkner of Germantown, the latter continuing the work during the summers of 1902 to 1905. In 1907, the Rev. Charles Henry Arndt of Germantown conducted the services. The Rev. Arndt continued his ministry at the Chapel for many years, later marrying the daughter of the Rev. Falkner.
(www.episcopalmaine.org)
The Rev. Dr. Charles Henry Arndt succeeded the Rev. John Blake Falkner as Rector of Christ Church and St. Michael's Church in Germantown, PA. The Rev. Arndt retired in 1933 and died in 1940.
Steve Kay
John Blake Falkner was a member of Phi Beta Kappa (academic honor society). He received the Webster Oratory Prize while a student.
A sermon on the Services and Death of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, preached in Christ Church, Bridgeport, CT, Easter Sunday, April 16th, 1865, at the North Congregational Church, Bridgeport, April 19th, 1865, by Rev John Falkner Blake, Rector of Christ Church, Bridgeport.
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The following sermon was preached in Christ Church, Bridgeport, on the Sunday morning following the assassination of the late President; and repeated in the North Congregational Church on the day of his funeral obsequies, by request of a committee of citizens appointed at a meeting called by the Mayor of Bridgeport to make arrangements for the proper observance of that day.
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Bridgeport, CT, 20th April 1865
Reverend and Dear Sir:
The undersigned, having listened with great interest to your discourse delivered in the North Congregational Church, on the evening of Wednesday last, the day of the obsequies of President Lincoln, would respectfully request a copy for publication.
Charles G. HUBBELL, S.B. FERGUSON, Hanford LYON, S.S. CLAPP, S. HARTWELL, Frederick WOOD, Gideon THOMPSON, C. SPOONER, Henry R. PARROTT, L.W. CLARK, Henry JONES, R. TOMLINSON, Joseph THOMPSON, Benjamin RAY, George BURROUGHS, S. TOMLINSON, and Monson HAWLEY.
(John F Trow, Printer, Stereotyper, & Electrotyper, 50 Greene St., New York)
To Mr. Charles G. Hubbell and others:
Gentlemen:
In reply to your note, I send yon the manuscript of my recent sermon on the death of Abraham Lincoln. Thanking you for the kind feeling which prompted you to request it, I am yours, sincerely,
John Falkner Blake.
(http://beck.library.emory.edu/lincoln/sermon.php)
"The gentleman has since changed his name to JOHN BLAKE FALKNER!"
John Blake Falkner was rector of Christ Church, Germantown, Pennsylvania for 27 years. Following his resignation as rector he was rector emeritus at Christ Church. John Blake Falkner was examining chaplain of the Diocese of Pennsylvania in 1872. He was a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Political and Social Science.
(Gen'l Alumni Catalogue of New York Univ., 1916)
In 1901, the services were in charge of the Rev. Samuel Upjohn of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the Rev John B. Falkner of Germantown, the latter continuing the work during the summers of 1902 to 1905. In 1907, the Rev. Charles Henry Arndt of Germantown conducted the services. The Rev. Arndt continued his ministry at the Chapel for many years, later marrying the daughter of the Rev. Falkner.
(www.episcopalmaine.org)
The Rev. Dr. Charles Henry Arndt succeeded the Rev. John Blake Falkner as Rector of Christ Church and St. Michael's Church in Germantown, PA. The Rev. Arndt retired in 1933 and died in 1940.
Steve Kay
John Blake Falkner received an A. B. (Bachelor of Arts) degree from New York University in 1859. He attended the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia from 1859 through 1861. John Blake Falkner was ordained in 1861. He received an honorary D. D. (Doctor of Divinity) degree from New York University in 1881.
John Blake Falkner was a member of Phi Beta Kappa (academic honor society). He received the Webster Oratory Prize while a student.
A sermon on the Services and Death of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, preached in Christ Church, Bridgeport, CT, Easter Sunday, April 16th, 1865, at the North Congregational Church, Bridgeport, April 19th, 1865, by Rev John Falkner Blake, Rector of Christ Church, Bridgeport.
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The following sermon was preached in Christ Church, Bridgeport, on the Sunday morning following the assassination of the late President; and repeated in the North Congregational Church on the day of his funeral obsequies, by request of a committee of citizens appointed at a meeting called by the Mayor of Bridgeport to make arrangements for the proper observance of that day.
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Bridgeport, CT, 20th April 1865
Reverend and Dear Sir:
The undersigned, having listened with great interest to your discourse delivered in the North Congregational Church, on the evening of Wednesday last, the day of the obsequies of President Lincoln, would respectfully request a copy for publication.
Charles G. HUBBELL, S.B. FERGUSON, Hanford LYON, S.S. CLAPP, S. HARTWELL, Frederick WOOD, Gideon THOMPSON, C. SPOONER, Henry R. PARROTT, L.W. CLARK, Henry JONES, R. TOMLINSON, Joseph THOMPSON, Benjamin RAY, George BURROUGHS, S. TOMLINSON, and Monson HAWLEY.
(John F Trow, Printer, Stereotyper, & Electrotyper, 50 Greene St., New York)
To Mr. Charles G. Hubbell and others:
Gentlemen:
In reply to your note, I send yon the manuscript of my recent sermon on the death of Abraham Lincoln. Thanking you for the kind feeling which prompted you to request it, I am yours, sincerely,
John Falkner Blake.
(http://beck.library.emory.edu/lincoln/sermon.php)
"The gentleman has since changed his name to JOHN BLAKE FALKNER!"
John Blake Falkner was rector of Christ Church, Germantown, Pennsylvania for 27 years. Following his resignation as rector he was rector emeritus at Christ Church. John Blake Falkner was examining chaplain of the Diocese of Pennsylvania in 1872. He was a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Political and Social Science.
(Gen'l Alumni Catalogue of New York Univ., 1916)
In 1901, the services were in charge of the Rev. Samuel Upjohn of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the Rev John B. Falkner of Germantown, the latter continuing the work during the summers of 1902 to 1905. In 1907, the Rev. Charles Henry Arndt of Germantown conducted the services. The Rev. Arndt continued his ministry at the Chapel for many years, later marrying the daughter of the Rev. Falkner.
(www.episcopalmaine.org)
The Rev. Dr. Charles Henry Arndt succeeded the Rev. John Blake Falkner as Rector of Christ Church and St. Michael's Church in Germantown, PA. The Rev. Arndt retired in 1933 and died in 1940.
Steve Kay
John Blake Falkner was a member of Phi Beta Kappa (academic honor society). He received the Webster Oratory Prize while a student.
A sermon on the Services and Death of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, preached in Christ Church, Bridgeport, CT, Easter Sunday, April 16th, 1865, at the North Congregational Church, Bridgeport, April 19th, 1865, by Rev John Falkner Blake, Rector of Christ Church, Bridgeport.
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The following sermon was preached in Christ Church, Bridgeport, on the Sunday morning following the assassination of the late President; and repeated in the North Congregational Church on the day of his funeral obsequies, by request of a committee of citizens appointed at a meeting called by the Mayor of Bridgeport to make arrangements for the proper observance of that day.
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Bridgeport, CT, 20th April 1865
Reverend and Dear Sir:
The undersigned, having listened with great interest to your discourse delivered in the North Congregational Church, on the evening of Wednesday last, the day of the obsequies of President Lincoln, would respectfully request a copy for publication.
Charles G. HUBBELL, S.B. FERGUSON, Hanford LYON, S.S. CLAPP, S. HARTWELL, Frederick WOOD, Gideon THOMPSON, C. SPOONER, Henry R. PARROTT, L.W. CLARK, Henry JONES, R. TOMLINSON, Joseph THOMPSON, Benjamin RAY, George BURROUGHS, S. TOMLINSON, and Monson HAWLEY.
(John F Trow, Printer, Stereotyper, & Electrotyper, 50 Greene St., New York)
To Mr. Charles G. Hubbell and others:
Gentlemen:
In reply to your note, I send yon the manuscript of my recent sermon on the death of Abraham Lincoln. Thanking you for the kind feeling which prompted you to request it, I am yours, sincerely,
John Falkner Blake.
(http://beck.library.emory.edu/lincoln/sermon.php)
"The gentleman has since changed his name to JOHN BLAKE FALKNER!"
John Blake Falkner was rector of Christ Church, Germantown, Pennsylvania for 27 years. Following his resignation as rector he was rector emeritus at Christ Church. John Blake Falkner was examining chaplain of the Diocese of Pennsylvania in 1872. He was a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Political and Social Science.
(Gen'l Alumni Catalogue of New York Univ., 1916)
In 1901, the services were in charge of the Rev. Samuel Upjohn of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the Rev John B. Falkner of Germantown, the latter continuing the work during the summers of 1902 to 1905. In 1907, the Rev. Charles Henry Arndt of Germantown conducted the services. The Rev. Arndt continued his ministry at the Chapel for many years, later marrying the daughter of the Rev. Falkner.
(www.episcopalmaine.org)
The Rev. Dr. Charles Henry Arndt succeeded the Rev. John Blake Falkner as Rector of Christ Church and St. Michael's Church in Germantown, PA. The Rev. Arndt retired in 1933 and died in 1940.
Steve Kay
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