Edgar L. Sanford
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Edgar L. "Ted" Sanford (1890–1960) was an American Episcopal priest and the author of God's Healing Power.
Sandford was the son and grandson of Episcopal priests. His own son, the Reverend John A. Sanford
, was also an Episcopal priest and author of numerous books. Sandord entered the priesthood late in life after a period of turbulent years. As a young man he learned engineering drafting in various New England machine shops, and then went to college relatively late in his life. After graduation he taught Latin for a short time. Finally, motivated by boredom, he went to China, where he worked as a teacher and engineer of sorts and as a lay missionary and administrator of a Christian boys school.
Still in China, at the age of about 32, Sanford was ordained to the Episcopal ministry. About at this time, during a visit to Soochow, he met his wife-to-be, Agnes Sanford
, a daughter of Presbyterian missionaries . They married in 1923. After a short time together in China, they returned to the United States where he took a parish in Moorestown, serving as a rector for 23 years from 1926 to 1949. He and his wife led the School of Pastoral Ministry which they founded in 1952. When he became older, he resigned to take a less exacting church in Massachusetts and eventually made his home in Westboro outside of Worcester.
Part of his life and work is told in his son's book Dreams: God's Forgotten Language.
Agnes Sanford recounts their lives together in China and America in her autobiography, Sealed Orders
(1972).
Sandford was the son and grandson of Episcopal priests. His own son, the Reverend John A. Sanford
John A. Sanford
John A. "Jack" Sanford was a Jungian psychoanalyst and Episcopal priest.Sanford was the son of Edgar L. Sanford, also an Episcopal priest, as was his own father and grandfather, the author of God's Healing Power and of Agnes Sanford , the founder of the Inner Healing Movement.Sanford was born in...
, was also an Episcopal priest and author of numerous books. Sandord entered the priesthood late in life after a period of turbulent years. As a young man he learned engineering drafting in various New England machine shops, and then went to college relatively late in his life. After graduation he taught Latin for a short time. Finally, motivated by boredom, he went to China, where he worked as a teacher and engineer of sorts and as a lay missionary and administrator of a Christian boys school.
Still in China, at the age of about 32, Sanford was ordained to the Episcopal ministry. About at this time, during a visit to Soochow, he met his wife-to-be, Agnes Sanford
Agnes Sanford
Agnes Mary White Sanford is considered to be one of the principal founders of the Inner Healing Movement. She was the daughter of a Presbyterian missionary in China and the wife of the Episcopal priest Edgar L. Sanford. Her first book, The Healing Light, is often considered a classic in its...
, a daughter of Presbyterian missionaries . They married in 1923. After a short time together in China, they returned to the United States where he took a parish in Moorestown, serving as a rector for 23 years from 1926 to 1949. He and his wife led the School of Pastoral Ministry which they founded in 1952. When he became older, he resigned to take a less exacting church in Massachusetts and eventually made his home in Westboro outside of Worcester.
Part of his life and work is told in his son's book Dreams: God's Forgotten Language.
Agnes Sanford recounts their lives together in China and America in her autobiography, Sealed Orders
Sealed Orders
Sealed orders are the orders given the commanding officer of a ship or squadron that are sealed up, which he is not allowed to open until he has proceeded a certain length into the high seas; an arrangement in order to ensure secrecy in a time of war....
(1972).
Books
- God's Healing Power (New York: Prentice Hall, 1959)