GLADDEN, Washington, American Con gregational clergyman: b. Pottsgrove, Pa., 11 Feb. 1836; d. Columbus, Ohio, 2 July 1918. He was graduated at Williams College in 1859; ordained in the Congregational Church, and after several other pastorates became pastor of the First Congregational Church in Colum bus, Ohio, in 1882; in 1914 he was made pastor emeritus. From 1904 to 1907 he was moderator of the National Council of Congregational Churches. He was widely known as a writer on social reforms. In 1905 Dr. Gladden led a fearless attack on "tainted money.* It began when John D. Rockefeller offered the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions of the Congregational Church $100,000 for its work in converting heathens. In opposing this gift Dr. Gladden characterized it all ill-gotten wealth and unfit for Christian use. "If the Church unfits itself for work by taking bribes of tainted money," he said, "she ought to perish with the money, and she will.' His uncom promising stand resulted in a widespread con troversy, and although he was overruled by the board of missions, Dr. Gladden continued his fight against his Church forming close relations with "predatory wealth."' As a reformer he
entered politics and was elected a member of the city council of Columbus. He wrote many notable works on religion, several poems and hymns and on social reform. The include