Rev. Dan F. Bradley, D. D., has displayed great ability in his occupancy of the Park First Congregational church pulpit, and has won for himself a high reputation as profound theologian and eloquent pulpit orator. Rev. Dan F. Bradley, D. D., was born in Bangkok, Siam, March 17, 1857, a son of Dr. Dan B. and Sarah (Blachly) Bradley, both missionaries of the Congregational church to that country. Dr. Dan B. Bradley was a native of Marcellus, New York, was a son of Judge Dan Bradley, and a graduate from Yale college. The father of Mrs. Sarah Bradley was Eben Blachly, a pioneer of Trumbull county, Ohio, and later an early settler of Baraboo, Wis. To Mr. Dan B. Bradley were born seven children, of whom six are still living, and all prominent in the intellectual world, the five survivors, besides the doctor, being Mrs. Sophia McGilvary, wife of Dr. Daniel McGilvary, missionary in charge of the work at Laos, Northern Siam; Prof. Cornelius B. Bradley, of the University of California at Berkley, Alameda county, California; Mrs. Sarah Cheek, of Oakland, California; Mrs. A. . Blachly, of Delta, Colo., and Miss Irene Bradley, of Bangkok, Siam. The early education of Rev. Dan F. Bradley was acquired under the instruction of his mother, and he lived at Bangkok until 1877, when he came to the land of his forefathers, and the same year entered the preparatory school at Oberlin, Ohio; in 1878 he entered college and graduated therefrom in 1882. He next entered the divinity school, theological seminary, at Oberlin, and from this he graduated in 1885. At Steubenville, Ohio, he held his first charge, from 1885 until 1887, when he received a call from Yankton, S. Dak., where, in1892, was conferred upon the degree of D. D. In1892, also, Dr. Bradley, before being awarded the degree of D. D., was called from Yankton to Grand Rapids, and here he has occupied the pulpit of the Park First Congregational church. Rev. Dr. D. F. Bradley was united in marriage, in 1883, with Miss Lillian Jaques, of Cleveland, Ohio, and this felicitous union has been blessed with two children, viz: Dwight, now aged ten years, and Robert, at the age of seven. With nothing to hide and no one to fear except God, being free through the truth and fortified by varied and extensive knowledge, both secular and religious, he stands his six feet in splendid physical stature, and his more than head and shoulders above the average of his fellows, intellectually. Rev. Bradley is generous and charitable and is prominently identified with the missions. He is a man of high literary attainments, his reading and investigation having been carried into almost every line of thought and research which have occupied the attention of the brightest minds through the ages. One of the finest private libraries in Grand Rapids is that of Rev. Bradley, and there he is passing his life, rich in the honors and respect which follow an upright career that has ever been true to its ideals and highest possibilities a life that has been of pre-eminent benefit to his fellow men by conserving their individual good. Strong in his individuality, he never lacks the courage of his convictions, but there are, as dominating elements in his individually, a lively human sympathy and an abiding charity, which, when taken in connection with the sterling integrity and honor of his character, have naturally gained to Rev. Bradley the regard and confidence of all.