JOHN HEYL VINCENT
\d͡ʒˈɒn hˈe͡ɪl vˈɪnsənt], \dʒˈɒn hˈeɪl vˈɪnsənt], \dʒ_ˈɒ_n h_ˈeɪ_l v_ˈɪ_n_s_ə_n_t]\
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An American clergyman, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church; and founder of the Chautauqua Assembly. He was born Feb. 23, 1832, at Tuscaloosa, Ala.; educated at the Wesleyan Institute, and began to preach at 18. He was pastor at Galena, Ill., and Chicago, and in 1865 established the Sunday School Quarterly, and in 1866 the Sunday School Teacher, which contained the lesson system since become international. He was general secretary of the Methodist Sunday School Union, and also of the Tract Society. In 1874, with the Hon. Lewis Miller of Akron, O., he established the Chautauqua Assembly, and has been superintendent of instruction and chancellor up to the present time. In 1888 he became bishop, with residence at Topeka, Kan. Among his published works are: "Little Footprints in Bible Lands" (1861); "The Chautauqua Movement" (1886); "The Home Book" (1886); "The Modern Sunday School" (1887); "Better Not"; a series of Chautauqua textbooks (1887); "The Church at-Home".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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dust storm
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