BIO:John Wilbur Chapman

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.

ARTIST'S NOTE: The conservative blues and browns show a man 
who was not at all sensational, but unobtrusive, yet 
effective.

