Introduction

Biography

Edward was the son of Will­iam Mar­shall Hor­ton and Ann Le­o­nard.

During the Am­er­ican ci­vil war, he served in the South At­lan­tic Squad­ron.

After the war, he stu­died at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Mi­ch­igan (1865–66, hon­or­ary Mas­ter of Arts 1880); the Uni­ver­si­ty of Chi­ca­go Mead­ville Theo­lo­gic­al School, Mead­ville, Penn­syl­van­ia (gra­du­at­ed 1868); Bruns­wick and Hei­del­berg, Germany (1871); and Tufts Col­lege, Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts (now Tufts Uni­ver­si­ty) (Doc­tor of Di­vi­ni­ty, 1919).

He served at Uni­ta­ri­an church­es in Le­o­min­ster, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1868–75) and Hing­ham, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1877–80); and at the Se­cond Church, Cop­ley Square, Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1880–92). He was pre­si­dent of the Uni­ta­ri­an Sun­day School So­cie­ty, and ed­it­or of Ev­ery Oth­er Sun­day (1892–1910).

Works

• A Ser­vice for Flower Sunday, ed­it­or with Carl Pflue­ger (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Uni­ta­ri­an Sun­day School So­cie­ty, 1893)
• The Cul­mi­na­tion of the Pu­ri­tan The­o­cra­cy (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: J.S. Lock­wood, 1900)
• A Book of Song and Ser­vice, ed­it­or (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Uni­ta­ri­an Sun­day-School So­cie­ty, 1905)