James Isaac Good (1850–1924) was an American Reformed church clergyman and historian.

James Isaac Good
Born(1850-12-31)December 31, 1850
York, Pennsylvania
DiedJanuary 22, 1924(1924-01-22) (aged 73)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Education
Occupation(s)Clergyman, historian
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Life edit

He was born at York, Pennsylvania on December 31, 1850.[1] He graduated at Lafayette College in 1872 and at Union Theological Seminary in 1875. For thirty years (1875-1905), his pastorates were in Pennsylvania. Later, he held a position at the Central Theological Seminary (Dayton, Ohio), and was elected president of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States.

He died in Philadelphia on January 22, 1924.[2]

Works edit

  • Life Pictures of John Calvin for Young and Old, with George R. Richards (1909)
  • The Origin of the Reformed Church in Germany (new edition, 1913)
  • Life of Rev. Benjamin Schneider, D. D., a Missionary of the reformed Church in the United States through the American Board at Broosa and Aitab, Turkey, 1834-1877. [1915]
  • The History of the Reformed Church in Germany (1894)
  • Rambles Around Reformed Lands; History of the Reformed Church in the United States (1899)
  • Famous Places of the Reformed Churches (1910)
  • History of the Reformed Church in the United States in the Nineteenth Century (1911)
  • History of the Swiss Reformed Church since the Reformation (1913)
  • The Heidelberg Confession in its Newest Light (1914)

References edit

  1. ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. V. James T. White & Company. 1907. p. 360. Retrieved April 1, 2021 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Dr. J. I. Good Dies". Dayton Daily News. January 22, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved April 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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