About the Author

STEELE, DANIEL: Methodist Episcopalian; b. at Windham, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1824. He was educated at Wesleyan University (A.B., 1848), where he was a tutor from 1848 to 1850. He then held pastorates of his denomination in various cities in Massachusetts until 1362, when he was appointed professor in Genesee College, Lima, N. Y., a position which he occupied until 1871. In 1872 he was elected first president of Syracuse University, while from 1884 to 1893, when he retired from active life, he was professor in the School of Theology of Boston University.

He has written:

• A Commentary on Joshua (New York, 1873);
• Binney's Theological Compend Improved (1874);
• Love Enthroned (1875); Milestone Papers (1878);
• Commentary on Leviticus and Numbers (1891);
• Half Hours with St. Paul (1895);
• Defense of Christian Perfection (1896);
• Gospel of the Comforter (Chicago, 1897);
• Jesus Exultant (1899);
• A Substitute for Holiness, or Antinomianism Revived (1899);
• Half Hours With St. John's Epistles (1901).