John Wilbur Chapman
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Presbyterian evangelist, J. Wilbur Chapman was born in Indiana and educated at Oberlin College and Lane Seminary. He received the LL.D. degree from Heidelberg University. He held pastorates in Ohio, Indiana, New York, and Pennsylvania. He conducted evangelistic campaigns in Canada, Hawaii, the Fiji Islands, Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Japan, Tasmania, and the Philippine Islands.
Chapman became the director of the Winona Lake Bible Conference and helped set up conferences at Stony Brook, Long Island, and Montreat, North Carolina. He was made executive secretary of the Presbyterian General Assembly in He won thousands of souls to Jesus Christ and influenced hundreds 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.
J. Wilbur Chapman &#; Biographies and Information
| John Wilbur Chapman () was an American evangelist, revivalist and pastor. He wrote the words to the hymns One Day, Jesus! What A Friend for Sinners (Our Great Saviour) and 'Tis Jesus. |
Marriage and Family:
J. Wilbur Chapman married Irene E. Steddon in May 10, She died a month after giving birth to their first child, Bertha Irene, born April 1,
Chapman married Agnes Pruyn Strain, November 4, and they had four children: Robert (who died in infancy), J. Wilbur, Jr., Alexander Hamilton, and Agnes Pruyn. Agnes (his wife) died June 25,
Chapman married Mabel Cornelia Moulton on August 30, Mabel died May 13,
J. Wilbur Chapman, Evangelist and Pastor
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John Wilbur Chapman was born in Richmond, Indiana, on June 17, His parents Alexander H. and Lorinda Chapman prepared him for a life of Christian ministry. The young man felt he could never pinpoint a date for his conversion, but did make public his acknowledgment of Christ at age seventeen.
In Chapman joined the Richmond Presbyterian Church and later that year left to attend Oberlin College. After one year at Oberlin, Chapman transferred to Lake Forest University where he received his B.A. in His seminary years, , were spent at Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati, during which time he was ordained on April 13,
The young minister married Irene Steddon, in May , prior to assuming his first pastorate. Chapman's first child, Bertha Irene, was born on April 1, , which was followed a month later by his wife's death. The minister then married Agnes Pruyn Strain on November 4, She bore Chapman four children: Robert (who died in infancy), John Wilbur, Jr., Alexander Hamilton, and Agnes Pruyn. Chapman's second wife died June 25, He married his third and last wife Mabel Cornelia Moulton on August 30,
Chapman led several ch
The Life and Ministry of John Wilbur Chapman
by Ed Reese ()
Born: June 17, &#;Richmond, Indiana
Died: December 25, &#;New York
Life Span: 59 years, 6 months, 8 days
Forever renown as a great combination pastor and evangelist, Chapman has been overlooked in another area that still brings blessings to myriads of Christians singing the great songs of the faith, for J. Wilbur Chapman gave the Christian world perhaps the greatest gospel content song of all time when he penned the words for "One Day." Who does not thrill to sing:
One day when heaven was filled with His praises,
One day when sin was as black as could be,
Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin,
Dwelt amongst men, my example is He.
Chorus:
Living, He loved me; dying, He saved me;
Buried, He carried my sins far away,
Rising, He justified freely forever;
One day He's coming, Oh, glorious day!
He also wrote the words for the following hymns:
"Our Great Saviour"
Jesus! What a Friend for sinners!
Jesus! Lover of my soul;
Friends may fail me, foes assail me,
He, my Saviour, makes me whole.
Chorus:
Hallelujah! What a Saviour!
Hallelujah! What a friend!
Saving, helping, keeping, loving,
He is with
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