The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Schermerhorn, Martin Kellogg

SCHERMERHORN, skĕr'mėr-hôrn, Martin Kellogg, American Unitarian clergyman: b. Durham, N. Y., 20 March 1841. He was educated at Williams College and at Union Theological Seminary, was ordained to the

Presbyterian ministry in 1867, held Unitarian pastorates in 1871-84 and Protestant Episcopal rectorships in 1885-96 and returned to the Unitarian ministry in 1897. He has published &lsquo;Ancient Sacred Scriptures&rsquo; (1882); &lsquo;Sacred Scriptures of the World&rsquo; (1898); &lsquo;Thoughts for the Twentieth Century&rsquo; (1900); &lsquo;Universal Worship&rsquo; (1904); &lsquo;World-Religion&rsquo; and &lsquo;World-Religion Hymns and Prayers&rsquo; (1914), etc.