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Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...and distinguished himself at Baltimore and Washington by his superior eloquence and courtly manners. In 1872 he was elected Corresponding Secretary of the Missionary Society, which office he held when, on October 7, 1874, he died. As a pulpit and platform orator he had a national reputation. The secret of his power lay in his large faith in the verities of the Gospel. He was an expounder of the peculiar tenets of Methodism. His earnest soul, his nervous energy, his delicate appreciation of the operations of the human mind and his remarkable adaptability to social changes he consecrated to the work of soul saving. His eloquence was that of an earnest soul baptized with Holy Ghost fire. He was happiest when in the straw at camp meeting pointing a weeping sinner to Jesus and hearing the shouts of the newly redeemed souls. And what shall be said of Matthew Simpson? The whole English-speaking Church has already crowned him princeps among pulpit orators. His career emphasizes the possibility of success and preeminence despite disadvantages of health and voice. Simpson succeeded in doing his best for God and humanity, and the world stood still and wondered at the fiery eloquence of a soul burning with zeal. He was born in Ohio in 1811. His early educational opportunities were fair. He was a born teacher, hence early found himself in the position of pedagogue. He studied and practiced medicine, but soon feeling that God wanted him to preach he entered the Pittsburg Conference of the Methodist Bishop Simpson 1205 Episcopal Church. Then he became a teacher again, the professor of natural science at Allegheny College, Pa., and in '1839 tne President of Asbury (now De Pauw) University in Indiana. Nine years thereafter he became editor of the Western Christian Advocate,...
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