Born: Jan­u­a­ry 2, 1851, Mount Ver­non, In­di­a­na.

Died: December 22, 1913, at his home in Ma­ple­wood, New Jer­sey.

McFarland was ed­u­cat­ed at Simp­son Coll­ege, Io­wa Wes­ley­an Un­i­ver­si­ty, and the Bos­ton Un­i­ver­si­ty School of The­ol­o­gy. He pas­tored in Io­wa, Il­li­nois, Rhode Is­land, New York, and Kan­sas. He al­so served as Sec­re­ta­ry of the Board of Sun­day Schools in New York City, sec­re­ta­ry of the Sun­day School Un­ion, and ed­it­or of Sun­day school ma­ter­i­als for the Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal Church.

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1. Away in a Man­ger