James Mudge (1870)

The son and grandson of Methodist preachers, after graduating from the School of Theology, Mudge served for a number of years as a pastor in the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  In 1873, he became a missionary to India.  After returning to the United States, he lectured on missions at the School of Theology and wrote a number of books on missions and spirituality.  He was editor of the Zion’s Herald from 1908 to 1912, and secretary of the New England Conference from 1889 to 1918.  He died in 1918.

Works:

Mudge, James. Handbook of Methodism. Lucknow: American Methodist Mission Press, 1877.

_____. The Doctrines of God’s Holy Word as Held in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Lucknow: American Methodist Mission Press, 1877.

_____. Spiritual Songs. Lucknow: American Methodist Mission Press, 1880.

_____. Faber: A Sketch of His Life Together with Selections of His Devotional Works in Poetry and Prose. Boston: McDonald and Gill, 1885.

_____. In Memoriam: A memorial portraiture of the Rev. Zachariah Atwell Mudge: Read Before the New England Methodist Historical Society, Boston, December 16, 1889. Boston: Alfred Mudge and Son Printers, 1890.

_____. The Pastor’s Missionary Manual. New York: Methodist Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1891.

_____. Growth in Holiness Toward Perfection, or, Progressive Sanctification. Cincinnati: Cranston & Curts, 1895.

_____. The Best of Browning. New York: Eaton and Mains; Cincinnati: Jennings and Graham, 1898.

_____. Why I am a Methodist: An Essay. [Boston]: The Coming Age, 1899.

_____. The Life of Love. New York: Eaton and Mains, 1902.

_____. The Saintly Calling. Cincinnati: Jennings and Graham, 1905

______. Fenelon: The Mystic. Cincinnati: Jennings and Graham, 1906.

______. The Life Ecstatic. New York: American Tract Society, 1906.

_____. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul. [New York]: Eaton and Mains, 1909.

_____. The Riches of His Grace: A Portion for Every Sunday. New York: Eaton and Mains; Cincinnati: Jennings and Graham, 1909.

_____. History of the New England Conference of the Methodist Church, 1796-1910. Boston: Published by the Conference, 1910.

_____. The Perfect Life in Experience and Doctrine: A Restatement. Cincinnati: Jennings and Graham, 1911.

_____. Religious Experience Exemplified in the Lives of Illustrious Christians. Cincinnati: Jennings and Graham, 1913.

Works:

• Mudge, James. The Doctrines of God’s Holy Word as Held in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Lucknow: American Methodist Mission Press, 1877.
• ________. Handbook of Methodism. Lucknow: American Methodist Mission Press, 1877.
• ________. Faber, a Sketch of His Life Together with Selections from His Devotional Works in Poetry and Prose. Boston: McDonald & Gill, 1885.
• ________. The Pastor’s Missionary Manual. New York: Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1891.
• ________. Growth in Holiness toward Perfection, or Progressive Sanctification. New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1895.
• ________. Honey from Many Hives. New York: Eaton & Mains, 1899.
• ________. The Saintly Calling. Cincinnati: Jennings and Graham, 1905.
• ________. Fenelon, the Mystic. Cincinnati: Jennings and Graham, 1906.
• ________. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul. New York: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1909.
• ________. The Riches of His Grace: A Portion for Every Sunday. New York: Eaton & Mains, 1909.
• ________. History of the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1796-1910. Boston: Published by the Conference, 1910.
• ________. Religious Experience: Exemplified in the Lives of Illustrious Christians. New York: Methodist Book Concern, 1913.
• Mudge, James, and American Methodist Mission Press. Spiritual Songs. Lucknow: American Methodist Mission Press, 1880.
• Mudge, James, and Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Society. The Sunday School Missionary Speaker: Containing More Than Two Hundered and Fifty Selections Suitable for Use in Missionary Programs for Sunday Schools, Young People’s Societies. New York: Missionary Society Methodist Episcopal Church, 1900.
• Mudge, James, and New England Methodist Historical Society. In Memoriam. A Memorial Portraiture of the Rev. Zachariah Atwell Mudge … Read before the New England Methodist Historical Society, Boston, Dec. 16 1889. Boston: Mudge, 1890.
• Mudge, James, and William Fairfield Warren. The Perfect Life in Experience and Doctrine; a Restatement. Cincinnati: Jennings and Graham, 1911.

Sources:

• Cameron, Richard Morgan. Boston University School of Theology, 1839-1968. Boston: Boston University School of Theology, 1968.
• Case, Ernest R., “Mudge, James.” in Harmon, Nolan B. The Encyclopedia of World Methodism. Nashville: United Methodist Pub. House, 1974.