The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-05
DIR. EDWARD ". GILMAN DEAD.
Graduated Fro1n Yale in the 1cnr
1915.

NEW YORK. Dee. 5.-The Rev. DR.. Ed
ward Whiting Gilman, senior secretary OF
the American Bible Society. died yester-
day at his home. in Flushing. from heart
disease All debility incident to old age,
after an illness OF about four weeks. He
attended meeting OF the board Of d.
rectors at the Bible House, in this city,
On Thursday, November /. Immediately
afterward he took to his bed
DR.. Gilman was brother of President
Daniel Gilman OF Johns Hopkins Uni
versity and came of prominent Connec-
tieut family He father was a leading
manufacturer of Norwich. Conn. who
moved to New To- Sefore IS4e, and took
an active position in phiianthropic and
church circles; was one of the founders
of the Congregational Church under Dr.
George B. Cheever, and afterward a lead
ing member of the New York Tabernacle,
at that time in the lower part Of Broad
way, under the pastOrate Of the late Rev.
DR.. Joseph p Thompson.
Dr. Gilman was born in Norwich in
1923 was graduated at Yale among the
first scholars of his class in 1s43. was for
two OF three years a tutor in Yale. and
pursued his theological studies at Union
Seminary this city and Yale Seminary.
was successfully al Lockport, n u:
Cambridge, Mass; Bangor, Ne, and Ston-
ington. Conn. From the last charge ne
was called in 1871. TO become the seCTe-
tary of the American Bible Society. and
for most OF that time had been the senior
secretary.
Those who knew him well considered
him n man OF accurate scholarship. OF
methodical habits, of fine literary taste
and ability, Of marked industry and
fidelity. and eminently fitted 10 be the
executiys head and to discharge the
often complicated duties Of his place
His wife who died a number Of years
ago, was the youngest daughter OF Prof.
BENJAMIN SiIIimsn, OF New Haven. Two
daughters and two grandsons survive
him.
Besides numerous reports and official
papers for the Bible Society, he wrote
from time to time papers in reviews, ar
ticIes IN encyclopedias. and several
monographs specially suggested by the
lessons OF Christmas and Easter Yale
conferred upon him the degree OF doctor
of divinity in 1874. His associates in the
Bible House say that he was perhaps the
best Biblical student there
He broke his kneecap by slipping On the
deck of ferryboat a few years ago. but
recovered from the injury He spent four
months In The White Mountains last sum
mer His death leaves the Rev Dr. John
Fox the senior secretary Of the Bible
Society, the iatter's associate being the
Rev. DR.. Ravens Dr. GiIman's successor
will not be elected at once
DR.. Gilman was one OF the speakers at
the EcumericaI Conference in this city
last April. his paper being The Nine
teenth Century to the Twentieth" He
said among other things. at that time:
1t is some mark of progress, then, to
say that the closing century passes on
to its successor the Bible complete IN
III tongues and announces that pTelimi-
nary steps have been taken to supply
the Scriptures in 300 more Of the living
languages of today The nineteenth oe7-
fury assures the twentieth Of its firm
conviction that the Bible is TO be more
than ever q factor in the worlds life.
and help TO the eyaIgelizatioD OF the
nations, the overthrow of false religions
and the building up Of the kingdom Of
Christ"