HERRON, George Davis, American cler gyman and social reformer: b. Montezuma, Ind., 21 Jan. 1862. He was educated at Ripon Col lege, Wisconsin, and also studied in Europe. He became pastor of the Congregational church in Lake City, Minn., and while there made an address (°The Message of Jesus to Men of before a Minneapolis club, which at tracted much attention; he subsequently received a number of calls from important churches, and went as pastor to Burlington, Ia. Here he organized a club for the discussion of social questions, which was largely attended, especially by workingmen. In 1893 he accepted the chair of applied Christianity at Iowa College, resign ing in 1900 on account of the objection to his teachings; he then organized a religious and socialist movement known as the "social cru sade,y lectured on The Economics of the King dom of Heaven,y and advocated a transforma tion of the present economic order to one more In harmony with the Christian idea of the brotherhood of man. In 1901 he divorced his
wife, and married a second time. an action which aroused much criticism. He was de posed from the Iowa Congregational Council, and has since resided in Italy and is engaged in literary work. He has written