That man is blest Who does his best And leaves the rest, Then-do not worry.
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| Birth: | 4th December, 1820 |
| Death: | 18th November, 1893 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Clergyman, Professor |
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Charles Deems was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was an American clergyman and professor. He graduated from Dickinson College in 1839, taught and preached in New York City for a few months, and in 1840 took charge of the Methodist Episcopal church at Asbury, New Jersey, and removed in the next year to North Carolina, where he was General Agent for the American Bible Society. He was professor of logic and rhetoric at the University of North Carolina from 1842 to 1847, and professor of natural sciences at Randolph Macon College in 1847-1848. He continued as a Methodist Episcopal clergyman at various pastorates in North Carolina from 1854 to 1865, for the last seven years being a presiding elder and from 1859 to 1863 being the proprietor of St Austins Institute, Wilson.
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