A grad­u­ate of Har­vard Un­i­ver­si­ty (BA, Phi Be­ta Kap­pa, 1904; MA 1905), Bow­ie re­ceived a BD de­gree from the Vir­gin­ia The­o­lo­gic­al Sem­in­ary in 1908. He was or­dained an Epis­co­pal dea­con in 1908, and priest in 1909. He was Rec­tor of Em­man­u­el Church, Green­wood, Vir­gin­ia (1911-23); of St. Paul’s Church, Rich­mond, Virginia; and Grace Church, New York Ci­ty (1923-39). He al­so served as a hos­pi­tal chap­lain in France in World War I, and in 1939, be­came Pro­fes­sor of Prac­ti­cal The­ol­o­gy at Un­ion The­o­lo­gic­al Sem­in­ary. His works in­clude:

• The Child­ren’s Year, 1916
• The Mas­ter of the Hill, 1917
• Sunny Win­dows, 1921
• The Road of the Star, 1922
• The Ar­mor of Youth, 1922
• Some Open Ways to God, 1924
• The In­es­cap­a­ble Christ, 1925
• Chimes and the Children, 1926
• The Mas­ter—A Life of Jesus Christ, 1928
• When Je­sus Was Born, 1928
• On Be­ing Alive, 1931
• The Her­o­ism of the Un­he­ro­ic, 1933
• The Sto­ry of the Bi­ble, 1934
• The Re­new­ing Gospel, 1935
• Great Men of the Bi­ble, 1937
• The Sto­ry of Je­sus, 1937
• Lift Up Your Hearts, 1939
• Remember Je­sus Christ, 1940
• The Bible, 1940
• The Bi­ble Sto­ry for Boys and Girls
• Finding God Through St. Paul
• The Liv­ing Sto­ry of the New Test­a­ment

Historical Note: While at Har­vard Un­i­ver­si­ty, Bow­ie co-ed­it­ed the Crim­son mag­a­zine with fu­ture Amer­i­can pre­si­dent Frank­lin Del­a­no Roos­e­velt.

• Erickson, pp. 249-50
• Haeussler, pp. 559-60
• Hughes, pp. 320-1

1. God of the Na­tions, Who from Dawn of Days
2. Lord Christ, When First Thou Cam’st to Men (1928)
3. O Ho­ly Ci­ty, Seen of John
4. O Ye Who Dare Go Forth with God