Lemuel Moss was born in Bullittsville, Kentucky, on December 27,1829, to Demas and Esther Moss.
18 Facts About Lemuel Moss
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Lemuel Moss served as the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1860 to 1864 and of a church in Woodbury, New Jersey, from 1864 to 1866.
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Lemuel Moss began his career in academia in 1865, becoming professor of theology at the University of Lewisburg.
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Between 1868 and 1872, Lemuel Moss served as editor of the National Baptist as well as professor of New Testament interpretation at the Crozer Theological Seminary in Upland, Pennsylvania.
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In 1874, Lemuel Moss became president of the University of Chicago.
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Lemuel Moss left the next year to become president of Indiana University.
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Lemuel Moss remained there until 1884, when a scandal broke with a female professor that brought him to resign his post.
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Lemuel Moss was unyielding in his power and a firm disciplinarian, who was sometimes viewed as arrogant.
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However, giving his unusual prowess as a platform speaker, Lemuel Moss accumulated several outstanding achievements during his time at Indiana University.
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President Lemuel Moss was a member of the National Council of Education, vice president of the American Baptist Missionary Union, and president of the department of higher education, a part of the National Education Association.
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Lemuel Moss did not contest his dismissal, but Graydon left under protest stating that Lemuel Moss had threatened her with dismissal from her position if she refused his advances.
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Lemuel Moss fled Indianapolis, even before his family could sell their home, leaving them to join him later.
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Lemuel Moss served as the editor of the Baptist and the Centenary in 1876 as well as serving as the writer of other various magazine articles and reviews.
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From 1889 to 1893, Dr Lemuel Moss was the editor of a Baptist publication, The Examiner.
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In 1897, Lemuel Moss was the editor of the Philadelphia publication The Baptist Commonwealth.
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Lemuel Moss was the author of several works during his lifetime, one of which is the eight-volume Annals of the Christian Commission.
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Lemuel Moss wrote A Day with Paul and The Baptists of the National Centenary: A Record of Christian Work.
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Lemuel Moss died on July 13,1904, in New York City and was buried in Flatbush, Brooklyn.