  lyman abbott (december 18, 1835 â october 22, 1922) was an american congregationalist theologian, editor, and author.lcms.org, abbott, lyman in the christian cyclopedia ==biography== ===early years=== lyman abbott was born at roxbury, massachusetts on december 18, 1835, the son of the prolific author, educator and historian jacob abbott. lyman abbott grew up in farmington, maine and later in new york city.van doren, charles and robert mchenry, ed., webster's american biographies. (springfield, massachusetts: merriam-webster, 1984) p. 4 he graduated from the new york university in 1853, where he was a member of the eucleian society, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1856. abbott soon abandoned the legal profession, however, and after studying theology with his uncle, john stevens cabot abbott, was ordained a minister of the congregational church in 1860. ===career=== he was pastor of the congregational church in terre haute, indiana from 1860 to 1865 and of the new england church in new york city in 1865â1869. from 1865 to 1868 he was secretary of the american union commission (later called the american freedmen's bureau). in 1869 he resigned his pastorate to devote himself to literature. abbot worked variously in the publishing profession as an associate editor of harper's magazine, and was the founder of a publication called the illustrated christi
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