He also made special contributions to the newspapers of New York City, where he lectured for the Board of Education and founded a school for creative writing.

[5] Dixon was a Christian who believed that the scriptures imply that "man and beasts" equally share a future life beyond physical death.

[6] In his book The Personality of Water-Animals he wrote that "the Greatest of all teachers Christ knew the value of marine education for he chose as his disciples men thoroughly acquainted with the sea".

A full list of the church's objectives included:[2][8] Dixon is cited as an early activist and philosopher of animal rights.

Historian Roderick Nash has commented that "Dixon tried to call Americans' attention to the idea that all animals have "the inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness".