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- BIO:John Wilbur Chapman
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- 1859-1918
- Presbyterian evangelist. John W. Chapman was born in Indiana
- and educated at Oberlin College and Lane Seminary. He re-
- ceived the LL.D. from Heidelberg University. He held pastor-
- ates in Ohio, Indiana, New York, and Pennsylvania. He con-
- ducted evangelistic campaigns in Canada, Hawaii, the Fiji Is-
- lands, Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Japan, Tas-
- mania, and the Philippine Islands.
- Chapman became the director of the Winona Lake Bible
- Conference and helped set up conferences at Stonybrooke, Long
- Island, and Montreat, North Carolina. He was made executive
- secretary of the Presbyterian General Assembly in 1903. He
- won thousands of souls to Jesus Christ and influenced hun-
- dreds of young men to enter the ministry. He was "cultured,
- earnest, enthusiastic, and sane." In his preaching and manner
- of life, he was never coarse or thoughtless. His preaching
- was calm, but forceful; emotional, but not dramatic.
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- ARTIST'S NOTE: The conservative blues and browns show a man
- who was not at all sensational, but unobtrusive, yet
- effective.
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