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'''John Wilbur Chapman''' (June 17, 1859, [[Richmond, Indiana]] – December 25, 1918, [[New York, New York]]) was a [[Presbyterian]] evangelist in the late 19th Century, generally traveling with gospel singer [[Charles McCallon Alexander|Charles Alexander]]. His parents were Alexander H. and Lorinda (McWhinney) Chapman.
'''John Wilbur Chapman''' (June 17, 1859, [[Richmond, Indiana]] – December 25, 1918, [[New York City]]) was a [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] evangelist in the late 19th century who traveled with gospel singer [[Charles McCallon Alexander|Charles Alexander]]. His parents were Alexander H. and Lorinda (McWhinney) Chapman.


==Faith & Education==
==Early life and education==
Chapman grew up attending Quaker Day School and Methodist Sunday School. At age 17, he made a public declaration of his Christian faith and joined the Richmond Presbyterian Church. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from [[Lake Forest College]] and his seminary degree from [[Lane Theological Seminary]] in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]. He completed his ordination into the ministry 13 April 1881, while still attending Lane. He was later awarded a Doctorate in Divinity from the [[College of Wooster]] and an LL.D. from [[Heidelberg University]].
Chapman grew up attending Quaker Day School and Methodist Sunday School. At age 17, he made a public declaration of his [[Christianity|Christian]] faith and joined the Richmond Presbyterian Church. He received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Lake Forest College]] and his seminary degree from [[Lane Theological Seminary]] in [[Cincinnati]]. He completed his ordination into the ministry on April 13, 1881, while still attending Lane. He was later awarded a doctorate in divinity from the [[College of Wooster]] and an LL.D. from [[Heidelberg University]].


==Family==
==Family==
In May 1882, Chapman married Irene Steddon. In April 1886, she bore him a daughter, Bertha Irene Chapman. Irene Steddon Chapman died in May 1886. Chapman remarried on November 4, 1888, to Agnes Pruyn Strain; they had four children: Robert (who died in infancy), John Wilbur Jr., Alexander Hamilton, and Agnes Pruyn. His second wife died on June 25, 1907. Chapman married a third and final time on August 30, 1910, to Mabel Cornelia Moulton.
In May 1882, Chapman married Irene Steddom. In April 1886, they had a daughter, Bertha Irene Chapman. Irene Steddom Chapman died in May 1886. Chapman remarried on November 4, 1888, to Agnes Pruyn Strain; they had four children: Robert (who died in infancy), John Wilbur Jr., Alexander Hamilton, and Agnes Pruyn. His second wife died on June 25, 1907. Chapman married a third and final time on August 30, 1910, to Mabel Cornelia Moulton.


==Ministry==
==Ministry==
Chapman took on several pastorates before shifting to the evangelistic circuit. He began preaching with the legendary [[D. L. Moody]] in 1893, as well as leading many evangelistic events of his own. Among Chapman's disciples on the evangelistic circuit was [[Billy Sunday]].
Chapman took on several pastorates before shifting to the evangelistic circuit. He began preaching with the legendary [[D.L. Moody]] in 1893, and leading many evangelistic events of his own. While not personally responsible for his conversion, Chapman was a strong influence on the ministry of [[Billy Sunday]].


In late 1895, Chapman was appointed Corresponding Secretary of the [[General Assembly (presbyterian church)|Presbyterian General Assembly]]'s ''Committee on Evangelism'', overseeing the activities of 51 evangelists in 470 cities. In 1904, Chapman began work on an evangelistic campaign to maximize the efforts of his field evangelists and result in more converts. The testing ground for his theories was [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], which he divided into nine zones in which simultaneous tent meetings would be occurring. [[Syracuse, New York]] was the second city in the campaign, meeting with a satisfactory level of success.
In late 1895, Chapman was appointed Corresponding Secretary of the [[General Assembly (presbyterian church)|Presbyterian General Assembly]]'s ''Committee on Evangelism'', overseeing the activities of 51 evangelists in 470 cities. In 1904, Chapman began work on an evangelistic campaign to maximize the efforts of his field evangelists and result in more converts. The testing ground for his theories was in [[Pittsburgh]], which he divided into nine zones in which simultaneous tent meetings would be occurring. [[Syracuse, New York]] was the second city in the campaign, meeting with a satisfactory level of success.


In 1905, John H. Converse, a wealthy Presbyterian philanthropist, offered to underwrite Chapman's expenses if he would re-enter the evangelistic field full-time. Converse also set up a trust fund so as to finance Chapman's crusades posthumously. Chapman accepted the offer and in 1907, joined forces with popular gospel singer [[Charles McCallon Alexander]] to launch the "Chapman-Alexander Simultaneous Campaign."
In 1905, John H. Converse, a wealthy Presbyterian philanthropist, offered to underwrite Chapman's expenses if he would re-enter the evangelistic field full-time. Converse also set up a trust fund so as to finance Chapman's crusades posthumously. Chapman accepted the offer and in 1907, joined forces with popular gospel singer [[Charles McCallon Alexander]] to launch the "Chapman-Alexander Simultaneous Campaign."


The duo assembled an impressive team of evangelists and songleaders and took to the streets. The first joint campaign was held in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] from March 12 to April 19, 1908. They partitioned the city into 42 sections covered by 21 evangelist-musicians teams. They spent three weeks on each half of the city, resulting in approximately 8000 conversions. It was at a similar Chapman-Alexander event in [[North Carolina]] that the legendary [[King-James-Only Movement|King James Only]] proponent, [[David Otis Fuller]], committed to the Christian faith. {{Citation needed|date=October 2007}}
The duo assembled an impressive team of evangelists and songleaders and took to the streets. The first joint campaign was held in [[Philadelphia]] from March 12 to April 19, 1908. They partitioned the city into 42 sections covered by 21 evangelist-musicians teams. They spent three weeks on each half of the city, resulting in approximately 8000 conversions. It was at a similar Chapman-Alexander event in [[North Carolina]] that the legendary [[King-James-Only Movement|King James Only]] proponent, [[David Otis Fuller]], committed to the Christian faith. {{Citation needed|date=October 2007}}


In 1909, Chapman demanded that any field evangelist who doubted the inerrancy of Scripture be removed from ministry. Chapman's biography reports, "The first Chapman-Alexander worldwide campaign left [[Vancouver, British Columbia]] on March 26, 1909, and returned on November 26, 1909.
In 1909, Chapman demanded that any field evangelist who doubted the inerrancy of Scripture be removed from ministry. Chapman's biography reports, "The first Chapman-Alexander worldwide campaign left [[Vancouver, British Columbia]] on March 26, 1909, and returned on November 26, 1909.


The itinerary included: [[Melbourne]], [[Sydney]], [[Ipswich]], [[Brisbane]], [[Adelaide]], [[Ballarat]], [[Bendigo]], and [[Townsville]] in [[Australia]]; [[Manila]] in the [[Philippines]]; [[Hong Kong]], [[Kowloon]], [[Guangzhou|Canton]], [[Shanghai]], [[Hankou District|Hankow]], [[Peking]] and [[Tianjin|Tientsin]] in [[China]]; [[Seoul]], [[Korea]]; [[Kobe]], [[Kyoto]], [[Tokyo]], and [[Yokohama]] in [[Japan]]."<ref>[http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/077.htm Billy Graham Collection], Papers of John Wilbur Chapman</ref>
The itinerary included: [[Melbourne]], [[Sydney]], [[Ipswich, Queensland|Ipswich]], [[Brisbane]], [[Adelaide]], [[Ballarat]], [[Bendigo]], and [[Townsville]] in [[Australia]]; [[Manila]] in the [[Philippines]]; [[Hong Kong]], [[Kowloon]], [[Guangzhou|Canton]], [[Shanghai]], [[Hankou District|Hankow]], [[Peking]] and [[Tianjin|Tientsin]] in [[China]]; [[Seoul]], [[Korea]]; [[Kobe]], [[Kyoto]], [[Tokyo]], and [[Yokohama]] in [[Japan]]."<ref>[http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/077.htm Billy Graham Collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060509151202/http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/077.htm |date=2006-05-09 }}, Papers of John Wilbur Chapman</ref>


During these years, Chapman was also heavily involved in the promoting of religious summer conferences. He was at one point the director of the [[Winona Lake]] [[Bible]] [[Academic conference|Conference]] in Indiana and also helped to establish bible conferences in [[Montreat, North Carolina]] and the [[Stony Brook Assembly]] summer conferences on [[Long Island]], founded in 1909.<ref>[http://www.truthfulwords.org/biography/chapmantw.html Truthful Words], J. Wilbur Chapman</ref> Chapman became heavily involved in the Stony Brook conferences in his later years, seeing that it had the most promise of flourishing because of its close proximity to [[New York City]]. After his death, his widow, Mabel Cornelia Moulton, gave to the Stony Brook Assembly the gift of a paved driveway in his memory. Today, 1 Chapman Parkway still serves as the address of [[The Stony Brook School]], which was founded in 1922 as an extension of the summer conferences.
During these years, Chapman was also heavily involved in the promoting of religious summer conferences. He was at one point the director of the [[Winona Lake]] [[Bible]] [[Academic conference|Conference]] in Indiana and also helped to establish bible conferences in [[Montreat, North Carolina]] and the [[Stony Brook Assembly]] summer conferences on [[Long Island]], founded in 1909.<ref>[http://www.truthfulwords.org/biography/chapmantw.html Truthful Words], J. Wilbur Chapman</ref> Chapman became heavily involved in the Stony Brook conferences in his later years, seeing that it had the most promise of flourishing because of its close proximity to [[New York City]]. After his death, his widow, Mabel Cornelia Moulton, gave to the Stony Brook Assembly the gift of a paved driveway in his memory. Today, 1 Chapman Parkway still serves as the address of [[The Stony Brook School]], which was founded in 1922 as an extension of the summer conferences.


By the end of 1910, Chapman's "mass evangelism" technique was losing favor in evangelistic circles, and Chapman and Alexander were back to large meeting revivals by 1912. The final Chapman-Alexander revival tour was conducted January 6, 1918 to February 13, 1918. In May 1918, Chapman was elected [[Moderator of the General Assembly]] of the Presbyterian Church, a position which inundated him with such a high level of stress that he developed a serious enough case of gall stones to need emergency surgery on December 23, 1918 and died two days later, on [[Christmas Day]], aged 59.
By the end of 1910, Chapman's "mass evangelism" technique was losing favor in evangelistic circles, and Chapman and Alexander were back to large meeting revivals by 1912. The final Chapman-Alexander revival tour was conducted January 6, 1918 to February 13, 1918. In May 1918, Chapman was elected [[Moderator of the General Assembly]] of the Presbyterian Church, a position which inundated him with such a high level of stress that he developed a serious enough case of gall stones to need emergency surgery on December 23, 1918, and died two days later, on [[Christmas Day]], aged 59.


==Pastorates==
==Pastorates==
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*[[Liberty, Indiana]] Presbyterian Church, 1882
*[[Liberty, Indiana]] Presbyterian Church, 1882
*Dutch Reformed Church ([[Schuylerville, New York]]), 1883–1885
*Dutch Reformed Church ([[Schuylerville, New York]]), 1883–1885
*First Reformed Church ([[Albany, NY]]), 1885–1890
*First Reformed Church ([[Albany, New York]]), 1885–1890
*Bethany Presbyterian ([[Philadelphia, PA]]), 1890–1892, 1896–1899
*Bethany Presbyterian ([[Philadelphia]]), 1890–1892, 1896–1899
*Fourth Presbyterian Church ([[New York City, NY]]), 1899–1902
*Fourth Presbyterian Church ([[New York City]]), 1899–1902


==Published works==
==Published works==
*Ivory Palaces of the King (1893)
*Ivory Palaces of the King (1893)
*Receive Ye the Holy Ghost (1894)
*Received Ye the Holy Ghost (Power) (1894)
*And Peter (1895)
*And Peter (1895)
*The Lost Crown (1899)
*The Lost Crown (1899)
*The Secret of a Happy Day (1899)
*The Secret of a Happy Day (1899)
*The Surrendered Life (1899)
*Kadesh-Barnea (or) The Power of a Surrendered Life (1899)
*Spiritual Life of the Sunday School (1899)
*Spiritual Life of the Sunday School (1899)
*Present Day Parables (1900)
*Present Day Parables (1900)
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*Chapman's Pocket Sermons (1911)
*Chapman's Pocket Sermons (1911)
*Revival Sermons (1911)
*Revival Sermons (1911)
*The Personal Touch (1912)
*When Home Is Heaven (1917)
*When Home Is Heaven (1917)
*The Minister's Handicap (1918)
*Day After Day (1919)
*Evangelistic Sermons (1922)
*Light on the Way (date unknown)
*The Personal Workers Guide (date unknown)


==Hymnography==
==Hymnography==
* "All Hail to the Name" (1914)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hymnary.org/text/name_of_all_the_names_the_dearest_wonder | title=Hymnary-"All Hail to the Name" | accessdate=2021-02-20 | publisher=hymnary.org}}</ref>
* "[[One Day (hymn)|One Day]]"
* "All in All" (1914)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hymnary.org/text/jesus_is_all_in_all_to_me | title=Hymnary-"All in All" | accessdate=2021-02-20 | publisher=hymnary.org}}</ref>
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* "[[Our_Great_Savior|Our Great Savior (Jesus What A Friend of Sinners)]]"
* "The Full Reward" (1900)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hymnary.org/text/theres_a_full_reward_awaiting_us_in_glor#pagescans | title=Hymnary-"The Full Reward" | accessdate=2021-02-20 | publisher=hymnary.org}}</ref>
* "[['Tis Jesus]]"
* "God Bless Our Splendid Men" (1916-1917)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hymnary.org/text/god_bless_our_splendid_men | title=Hymnary-"God Bless Our Splendid Men" | accessdate=2021-02-20 | publisher=hymnary.org}}</ref>
* "Hail! All Hail!" (1912)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hymnary.org/text/hail_to_the_savior_whose_passion_is_wait | title=Hymnary-"Hail! All Hail!" | accessdate=2021-02-20 | publisher=hymnary.org}}</ref>
* "Holy Spirit, Come In" (1894)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hymnary.org/text/my_soul_crieth_out_for_the_spirit | title=Hymnary-"Holy Spirit, Come In" | accessdate=2021-02-20 | publisher=hymnary.org}}</ref>
* "The Judgment" (1911)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hymnary.org/text/the_judgment_day_is_coming_on_gods | title=Hymnary-"The Judgement" | accessdate=2021-02-20 | publisher=hymnary.org}}</ref>
* "Just to See Jesus" (1910)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hymnary.org/text/just_to_see_jesus_whose_love_is_so_preci | title=Hymnary-"Just to See Jesus" | accessdate=2021-02-20 | publisher=hymnary.org}}</ref>
* "The Love of the Spirit" (1913)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hymnary.org/text/holy_spirit_heavenly_dove_lift_my_heart_ | title=Hymnary-"The Love of the Spirit" | accessdate=2021-02-20 | publisher=hymnary.org}}</ref>
* "[[One Day (hymn)|One Day]]" see also "[[Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)]]" (1910)
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* "[[Our Great Savior|Our Great Savior (Jesus What A Friend of Sinners)]]" (1910)
* "Yield to Him Now (The Savior Has Died to Redeem You)" (1911)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hymnary.org/text/the_savior_has_died_to_redeem_you | title=Hymnary-"The Savior Has Died to Redeem You" | accessdate=2021-02-20 | publisher=hymnary.org}}</ref>
* "'Tis Jesus" (1909)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hymnary.org/text/i_know_of_a_world_that_is_sunk_in_shame | title=Hymnary-"'Tis Jesus" | accessdate=2021-02-20 | publisher=hymnary.org}}</ref>
* "When We Go Home" (1915)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hymnary.org/text/when_we_get_home_we_know_not_when | title=Hymnary-"When We Go Home" | accessdate=2021-02-20 | publisher=hymnary.org}}</ref>
* "Wonderful Grace" (1926)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hymnary.org/text/my_sins_like_a_chain_have_fettered_my_so | title=Hymnary-"Wonderful Grace" | accessdate=2021-02-20 | publisher=hymnary.org}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/077.htm Papers of John Wilbur Chapman]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060509151202/http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/077.htm Papers of John Wilbur Chapman]
*[http://www.swordofthelord.com/biographies/ChapmanJWilbur.htm J Wilbur Chapman biography]
*[http://www.swordofthelord.com/biographies/ChapmanJWilbur.htm J Wilbur Chapman biography]
*[http://www.believersweb.org/view.cfm?ID=116 BelieversWeb biography (detailed)]
*[http://www.believersweb.org/view.cfm?ID=116 BelieversWeb biography (detailed)]
*[http://www.cblibrary.org/dev_stud/chapman/secret/shd_toc.htm Chapman’s ''The Secret of a Happy Day'', 1899]
*[http://www.cblibrary.org/dev_stud/chapman/secret/shd_toc.htm Chapman’s ''The Secret of a Happy Day'', 1899]
*[http://www.cblibrary.org/dev_stud/chapman/power/jc_pw_toc.htmlChapman’s ''The Power of a Surrendered Life'']
*[http://www.cblibrary.org/dev_stud/chapman/power/jc_pw_toc.htmlChapman’s ''The Power of a Surrendered Life'']
* {{Gutenberg author | id=3220| name=John Wilbur Chapman}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=John Wilbur Chapman |sopt=t}}


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Chapman

John Wilbur Chapman (June 17, 1859, Richmond, Indiana – December 25, 1918, New York City) was a Presbyterian evangelist in the late 19th century who traveled with gospel singer Charles Alexander. His parents were Alexander H. and Lorinda (McWhinney) Chapman.

Early life and education

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Chapman grew up attending Quaker Day School and Methodist Sunday School. At age 17, he made a public declaration of his Christian faith and joined the Richmond Presbyterian Church. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Lake Forest College and his seminary degree from Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati. He completed his ordination into the ministry on April 13, 1881, while still attending Lane. He was later awarded a doctorate in divinity from the College of Wooster and an LL.D. from Heidelberg University.

Family

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In May 1882, Chapman married Irene Steddom. In April 1886, they had a daughter, Bertha Irene Chapman. Irene Steddom Chapman died in May 1886. Chapman remarried on November 4, 1888, to Agnes Pruyn Strain; they had four children: Robert (who died in infancy), John Wilbur Jr., Alexander Hamilton, and Agnes Pruyn. His second wife died on June 25, 1907. Chapman married a third and final time on August 30, 1910, to Mabel Cornelia Moulton.

Ministry

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Chapman took on several pastorates before shifting to the evangelistic circuit. He began preaching with the legendary D.L. Moody in 1893, and leading many evangelistic events of his own. While not personally responsible for his conversion, Chapman was a strong influence on the ministry of Billy Sunday.

In late 1895, Chapman was appointed Corresponding Secretary of the Presbyterian General Assembly's Committee on Evangelism, overseeing the activities of 51 evangelists in 470 cities. In 1904, Chapman began work on an evangelistic campaign to maximize the efforts of his field evangelists and result in more converts. The testing ground for his theories was in Pittsburgh, which he divided into nine zones in which simultaneous tent meetings would be occurring. Syracuse, New York was the second city in the campaign, meeting with a satisfactory level of success.

In 1905, John H. Converse, a wealthy Presbyterian philanthropist, offered to underwrite Chapman's expenses if he would re-enter the evangelistic field full-time. Converse also set up a trust fund so as to finance Chapman's crusades posthumously. Chapman accepted the offer and in 1907, joined forces with popular gospel singer Charles McCallon Alexander to launch the "Chapman-Alexander Simultaneous Campaign."

The duo assembled an impressive team of evangelists and songleaders and took to the streets. The first joint campaign was held in Philadelphia from March 12 to April 19, 1908. They partitioned the city into 42 sections covered by 21 evangelist-musicians teams. They spent three weeks on each half of the city, resulting in approximately 8000 conversions. It was at a similar Chapman-Alexander event in North Carolina that the legendary King James Only proponent, David Otis Fuller, committed to the Christian faith. [citation needed]

In 1909, Chapman demanded that any field evangelist who doubted the inerrancy of Scripture be removed from ministry. Chapman's biography reports, "The first Chapman-Alexander worldwide campaign left Vancouver, British Columbia on March 26, 1909, and returned on November 26, 1909.

The itinerary included: Melbourne, Sydney, Ipswich, Brisbane, Adelaide, Ballarat, Bendigo, and Townsville in Australia; Manila in the Philippines; Hong Kong, Kowloon, Canton, Shanghai, Hankow, Peking and Tientsin in China; Seoul, Korea; Kobe, Kyoto, Tokyo, and Yokohama in Japan."[1]

During these years, Chapman was also heavily involved in the promoting of religious summer conferences. He was at one point the director of the Winona Lake Bible Conference in Indiana and also helped to establish bible conferences in Montreat, North Carolina and the Stony Brook Assembly summer conferences on Long Island, founded in 1909.[2] Chapman became heavily involved in the Stony Brook conferences in his later years, seeing that it had the most promise of flourishing because of its close proximity to New York City. After his death, his widow, Mabel Cornelia Moulton, gave to the Stony Brook Assembly the gift of a paved driveway in his memory. Today, 1 Chapman Parkway still serves as the address of The Stony Brook School, which was founded in 1922 as an extension of the summer conferences.

By the end of 1910, Chapman's "mass evangelism" technique was losing favor in evangelistic circles, and Chapman and Alexander were back to large meeting revivals by 1912. The final Chapman-Alexander revival tour was conducted January 6, 1918 to February 13, 1918. In May 1918, Chapman was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, a position which inundated him with such a high level of stress that he developed a serious enough case of gall stones to need emergency surgery on December 23, 1918, and died two days later, on Christmas Day, aged 59.

Pastorates

[edit]

Published works

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  • Ivory Palaces of the King (1893)
  • Received Ye the Holy Ghost (Power) (1894)
  • And Peter (1895)
  • The Lost Crown (1899)
  • The Secret of a Happy Day (1899)
  • Kadesh-Barnea (or) The Power of a Surrendered Life (1899)
  • Spiritual Life of the Sunday School (1899)
  • Present Day Parables (1900)
  • Revivals and Missions (1900)
  • From Life to Life (1900)
  • The Life and Work of D.L. Moody (1900)
  • Present Day Evangelism (1903)
  • Fishing for Men (1904)
  • Samuel Hopkins Hadley of Water Street (1906)
  • Another Mile (1908)
  • The Problem of Work (1911)
  • Chapman's Pocket Sermons (1911)
  • Revival Sermons (1911)
  • The Personal Touch (1912)
  • When Home Is Heaven (1917)
  • The Minister's Handicap (1918)
  • Day After Day (1919)
  • Evangelistic Sermons (1922)
  • Light on the Way (date unknown)
  • The Personal Workers Guide (date unknown)

Hymnography

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References

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  1. ^ Billy Graham Collection Archived 2006-05-09 at the Wayback Machine, Papers of John Wilbur Chapman
  2. ^ Truthful Words, J. Wilbur Chapman
  3. ^ "Hymnary-"All Hail to the Name"". hymnary.org. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  4. ^ "Hymnary-"All in All"". hymnary.org. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  5. ^ "Hymnary-"The Full Reward"". hymnary.org. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  6. ^ "Hymnary-"God Bless Our Splendid Men"". hymnary.org. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  7. ^ "Hymnary-"Hail! All Hail!"". hymnary.org. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  8. ^ "Hymnary-"Holy Spirit, Come In"". hymnary.org. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  9. ^ "Hymnary-"The Judgement"". hymnary.org. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  10. ^ "Hymnary-"Just to See Jesus"". hymnary.org. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  11. ^ "Hymnary-"The Love of the Spirit"". hymnary.org. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  12. ^ "Hymnary-"The Savior Has Died to Redeem You"". hymnary.org. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  13. ^ "Hymnary-"'Tis Jesus"". hymnary.org. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  14. ^ "Hymnary-"When We Go Home"". hymnary.org. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  15. ^ "Hymnary-"Wonderful Grace"". hymnary.org. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
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Religious titles
Preceded by
The Rev. John Abner Marquis
 Moderator of the 129th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
1918–1919 		Succeeded by
The Rev. J. Frank Smith
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