{"id":2071,"date":"2013-04-22T13:07:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T20:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2071"},"modified":"2013-11-06T14:43:17","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T21:43:17","slug":"vincent-john-heyl-1832-1920","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2071","title":{"rendered":"VINCENT, JOHN HEYL, 1832-1920"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clergyman; Methodist bishop; founder of the modern Sunday School movement and the Chatauqua institution.. Born– February 23, 1832, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.; moved to Pennsylvania with his family at the age of six. \u00a0Parents– John Himrod and Mary (Raser) Vincent. Married–\u00a0\u00a0Sarah Elizabeth\u00a0Dusenbury, November 10, 1858. Children– One. Education– Lewisburg, Academy; \u00a0Wesleyan Institute, Newark, N.J., and special tutors.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Began preaching at eighteen, in the Methodist Episcopal Church; ordained deacon, 1855. Preached in Maryland, New Jersey and Illinois. Founder of Chautauqua Assembly, Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. Established Northwestern Sunday School Quarterly, 1865; Sunday School Teacher, 1866. Corresponding secretary, Sunday School\u00a0Union, 1868-1888. Elected bishop 1888; stationed in Buffalo, N.Y., and Topeka, Kan. Bishop in Charge of European work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1890-1904. Awarded honorary A.B. from Mt. Union College, 1875; S.T.D. Ohio Wesleyan, 1870; D.D., Harvard, 1896; LL.D., Washington & Jefferson, 1885. Died May 9, 1920.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who was Who in America, Vol. 1. National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 24.<\/p>\n

Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the Table Altar; Meditations. New York; Fleming H. Revell, 1896.<\/p>\n

Better Not. New York; Funk & Wagnall Co., 1887.<\/p>\n

The Chautauqua Movement. Boston; Chautauqua Press, 1886.<\/p>\n

The Chautauqua Normal Guide. New York; Hitchcock & Walden, 1872.<\/p>\n

The Church and Its Officers. Cincinnati; Hitchcock & Walden, 1872.<\/p>\n

The Church at Home. Cincinnati; Curtis & Jennings, 1898.<\/p>\n

The Church School and Sunday School Institutes. Cincinnati; Cranston & Stowe, s.d.<\/p>\n

The Country Sunday School. Cincinnati; Hitchcock & Walden, 1871.<\/p>\n

Earthly Footprints of the Man of Galilee. St. Louis; N.D. Thompson Pub. Co., 1893.<\/p>\n

Family Worship for Every Day in the Year. New York; Christian Herald, 1905.<\/p>\n

First Year With Jesus (Senior Grade); Historical Outline, Journeys and Miracles. Cincinnati; Hitchcock & Walden, 1869.<\/p>\n

Greek History. Cincinnati; Hitchcock & Walden, 1879.<\/p>\n

The Home Book for Very Little People. New York; Phillips & Hunt, 1887.<\/p>\n

The Inner Life; a Study in Christian Experience. Boston; United Society of Christian Endeavor, 1900.<\/p>\n

Society of Christian Endeavor, 1900.<\/p>\n

The Modern Sunday School. New York; Phillips & Hunt, 1887.<\/p>\n

Opening and Closing Services for Five Sundays. New York; Hiblow and Main, 1878.<\/p>\n

Outline History of Greece. New York; Chautauqua Press, 1888.<\/p>\n

Outline History of Rome. New York; Chautauqua Press, 1889,<\/p>\n

Roman History. Cincinnati; Hitchcock & Walden, 1879.<\/p>\n

The Second Year with Jesus. New York; Sunday School Union, 1868.<\/p>\n

Studies in Pedagogy for People Who Are Not Professional Teachers. New York; W. B. Ketcham, 1890.<\/p>\n

Studies in Young Life. New York; Phillips & Hunt, 1887.<\/p>\n

Sunday School Institute and Normal Classes. New York; Carlton & Lanahan, 1872.<\/p>\n

The Sunday School Reader for Opening Services…. New York; Carlton & Porter, 1866.<\/p>\n

To Old Bethlehem. Meadville, Pa; Flood & G. E. Vincent, 1890.<\/p>\n

Two Letters to a Minister. New York; Hunt & Eaton, 1893.<\/p>\n

Two Years with Jesus. New York; Carlton & Porter, 1867.<\/p>\n

Unto Him. New York; F. H. Revell, 1899.<\/p>\n

A Year With Moses. New York; Carlton & Lanaham, 1870.<\/p>\n

Papers;<\/strong><\/p>\n

A collection of the papers of John Heyl Vincent and other members of his family is held by Bridwell Library at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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