Edgar Dewitt Jones

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Edgar Dewitt Jones (1876-1956) was an American clergyman and author, born at Hearne, Tex., and educated at the University of Missouri and Illinois Wesleyan University. He became a minister of the Disciples of Christ denomination in 1901 and held pastorates in Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan. During 1915-16 he was president of the Illinois Convention of the Disciples, and from 1917 to 1919 of the International Convention of the Disciples. In 1922 he joined the staff of the Detroit News. His writings include:

  • The Inner Circle (1914)
  • The Wisdom of God's Fools (1916)
  • Fairhope, The Annals of a Country Church (1917)
  • The Tender Pilgrims (1917)
  • Ornamented Orthodoxy (1918)
  • When Jesus Wrote on the Ground (1924)
  • The Wisdom of Washington and the Learning of Lincoln (1924)



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