Born: Oc­to­ber 15, 1878, Beth­a­ny, On­tar­io, Ca­na­da.

Died: Oc­to­ber 25, 1945, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

A Meth­od­ist min­is­ter, Ri­chard­son was ed­u­cat­ed at Law­rence Col­lege, Bos­ton Un­i­ver­si­ty School of The­ol­o­gy, and Bos­ton Un­i­ver­si­ty. He pas­tored in Wis­consin and Mass­a­chu­setts, taught at Bos­ton Un­i­ver­si­ty School of The­ol­o­gy (1911-19), and was dean of the North­field Sum­mer School of Re­li­gious Ed­u­ca­tion (1919-24). He lat­er served on the fa­cul­ty at North­west­ern Un­i­ver­si­ty and Mc­Cor­mick The­o­lo­gic­al Sem­in­a­ry.

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1. My Lord, I Do Not Ask to Stand