Word: evangelists
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Unfortunately, but in some respects justly, the term evangelism has come to smack of sensationalism and emotionalism. Such is not the purpose of the true evangelist; he aims to present the truths of Christianity simply, directly and convincingly. We may not all approve of the methods of reaching men and women adopted in revival meetings, and we may not even understand an appeal that finds its way to more demonstrative natures. But although we cannot grasp its full significance, we can surely sympathize with an endeavor which aims, as we believe Dr. Chapman's does, to bring about such practical...
...Spence Burton '03, of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Boston, will deliver a short address before the St. Paul's Society in the Noble Room of Phillips Brooks House immediately after evening prayer at 7 o'clock this evening. Both the service and the address are open to all members of the University...
...Toronto. He was ordained a deacon in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1886, and a priest in 1887. During 1887 he was assistant minister of St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo, and in the following year he came to Boston and entered the clergy-house of St. John the Evangelist, which was in charge of the Cowley Fathers. In 1891, on the dissolution of this order, he was taken into the mission church of St. Stephen's, Boston, where he remained for the next ten years. The distinguishing feature of his life in Boston was his enthusiastic work among the colored...
...Alfred Lindsay Shapleigh '92 died on February 3 at Gankin, China. Dr. Shapleigh was born in 1869. He entered Harvard College in 1888, and the Medical School in 1891. Since graduating from the Medical School in 1894 he has been a missionary in China and an evangelist in Colorado and California...