Charles Francis Rice
| Charles Francis Rice | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 14, 1851 Chelsea, Massachusetts |
| Died | October 2, 1927 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University |
| Occupation | Minister |
| Spouse(s) | Mariam Owen Jacobs (m. 1875) |
| Children | Laura Owen Rice (b. 1876), William Chauncey Rice (b. 1878), Horace Jacobs Rice (b. 1882), Paul North Rice (b. 1888), Rachel Caroline Rice (b. 1889) |
Charles Francis Rice (April 4, 1851 – October 2, 1927) was a prominent New England Methodist Episcopal minister and author.
He was born April 14, 1851 in the parsonage of the Walnut Street Church in Chelsea, Massachusetts to Rev. William Rice and Catherine Laura North. He attended Springfield High School and Wesleyan University, graduating as salutatorian in 1872. He was a member of the Eclectic Society, and Phi Beta Kappa. He received an A.M. in 1875 and D.D. in 1893. The Wesleyan archives have his journals in which he describes his college experiences during the early 1870s.
He taught classics at both Springfield High School (1872–73) and Wesleyan University (1874–77). In 1874, he worked in the City Library of Springfield. He served on the committee on the Annual Examination, the committee on the Olin Prize, and as President of the General Alumni association at Wesleyan University, where his father Rev. William Rice was a trustee, and his brother William North Rice was a professor and acting president.
C. F. Rice was a member of the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He served as pastor at Appleton church, Neponset, Boston (1877–80); Wesley chapel, Salem, MA (1880–83; Webster, MA (1883–85), St. Paul's, Lowell, MA (1885–88), Leominster, MA (1888-93), Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church, now Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church in Cambridge, MA (1893–98). He served at St. Lukes Church in Springfield (1898-1900), which became Wesley Church, Springfield (1900–05). He was then a presiding elder, Superintendent of the Cambridge District (1905-1910), and paster at Winthrop Street Church in Boston from 1911-1915. He was pastor at South St. Church in Lynn, Massachusetts (1916-1920), then at Wellington Church in Medford, Massachusetts (1921-1925).
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