Daniel C. Eddy Explained

Daniel Clarke Eddy
Office:	Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Predecessor:	Otis P. Lord
Term Start2:	1855
Term End2:	1855
Birth Date:	May 21, 1823
Death Date:	July 26, 1896
Death Place:	Brooklyn, New York
Education:	Hampton Theological Institution, 1845
Alma Mater:	Hampton Theological Institution
Occupation:	Writer
Profession:	Minister, ordained Baptist 1846
Doctor (honorary)

Daniel Clarke Eddy (May 21, 1823 – July 26, 1896) was an American clergyman, hymn writer, politician, and author, who in 1855 served as a member, and as the Speaker, of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

He was the author of The Young Woman's Friend; or the Duties, Trials, Love, Hopes of Woman (1857), in which he argued that women ought to be taught subjects usually only taught to men, including political economy, the sciences, and the practical and theoretical applications of religion, primarily on the basis that women should understand these subjects to be able to educate their sons.^[1] He also wrote The Young Man's Friend, the first edition of which sold 10,000 copies.^[2]

Selected works

Novels

• Book: The Young Man's Friend. 1855. Dayton and Wentworth. (1st series, Lowell, 1849; 2d series, Boston, 1859)
  • Reviewed Work: The Young Man's Friend; Containing Admonitions for the Erring, Counsel for the Tempted, Encouragement for the Desponding, and Hope for the Fallen. The North American Review. 102. 211. 1866. 606–09. 25107934.
• "The Burman Apostle" (Lowell, 1850)
• "Europa," a book of words (1851)
• "The Percy Family" (5 vols., 1852)
• "Waiter's Tour in the East " (6 vols., Boston, 1861)
• Book: Heroines of the Missionary Enterprise. 1850. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields.
• Book: The Angels' Whispers; or, Echoes of Spirit Voices, Designed to Console the Mourning. 1885. 1852. Walter Scott.
• "City Side" (1854)
• "Young Woman's Friend" (1855)^[3]
• "Waiting at the Cross" (Boston, 1859)

Travel writings

• Eddy's Travels in Asia and Africa. Boston: Brown, 1893
• Eddy's Travels in Europe. Boston: Brown, 1893.
• Europe; or, Scenes and Society in England, France, Italy, and Switzerland 1859.

Hymns

• God Is the Seamen's Friend
• God of Nations, Let Salvation Sound
• Sailor Speed Thee o'er the Sea
• We Dedicate to Thee

See also

• 76th Massachusetts General Court (1855)

References

• Appletons Encyclopedia
• Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology: Setting Forth the Origin and History of Christian Hymns of All Ages and Nations. 1892. C. Scribner's Sons.
• Julian, John. Dictionary of Hymnology, Second edition. London: J. Murray, 1907.

Notes and References

1. Book: Rose, Jane E.. Conduct Books for Women, 1830–1860: A Rationale for Women's Conduct and Domestic Role in America. Nineteenth-Century Women Learn to Write. Catherine. Hobbs. University Press of Virginia. 1996. 52.
2. Book: Halttunen, Karen. Confidence Men and Painted Women: A Study of Middle-class Culture in America, 1830–1870. registration. Yale University Press. 1982. 1.
3. Book: Eddy, Daniel C. (1823–1896).. The young woman's friend; or, The duties, trials, loves, and hopes of woman.. Wentworth, Hewes Co.. 1857. Boston. Haithi Trust (008688801).