1837–1911

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Born: March 6, 1837, Man­hat­tan, New York.

Died: June 3, 1911, Brook­lyn, New York.

Buried: Green-Wood Ce­me­te­ry, Brooklyn, New York.

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Biography

Arthur was the hus­band of Sar­ah Fran­ces Ben­e­dict (mar­ried 1860).

He at­tend­ed Ha­mil­ton Col­lege, Clin­ton, New York, and Un­ion Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, New York Ci­ty.

He served pas­tor­ates in Bing­ham­ton and Wa­ter­ford, New York; De­troit, Mi­chi­gan; In­di­an­apo­lis, In­di­ana; and Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

After re­tir­ing, he con­tin­ued to preach at church­es and con­fer­ences at home and abroad.

He was a con­tem­po­ra­ry and friend of ma­ny Chris­tian lead­ers, in­clud­ing Dwight Moo­dy, Adon­i­ram Gor­don, George Müll­er (whose bio­gra­phy he wrote), and Charles Spur­geon.

During Spur­geon’s last ill­ness, Pier­son filled the pul­pit of the Me­tro­po­li­tan Ta­ber­na­cle in Lon­don for sev­er­al months.

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