1859–1918

Introduction

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Born: June 17, 1859, Rich­mond, In­di­ana.

Died: De­cem­ber 25, 1918, New York Ci­ty.

Buried: Wood­lawn Ce­me­te­ry, Bronx, New York.

Biography

Wilbur was the son of Al­ex­an­der Ha­mil­ton Chap­man and Lo­rin­da Mc­Whin­ney. He mar­ried three times: to Ir­ene Sted­dom, Ag­nes Pruyn, and Ma­bel Cor­ne­lia Moul­ton.

He gra­du­at­ed from Lake For­est Col­lege in 1879, and Lane Se­mi­na­ry, Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio, in 1882.

Ordained a Pres­by­te­ri­an min­is­ter, his first pa­sto­rate was split be­tween church­es in Lib­er­ty, In­di­ana, and Col­lege Cor­ner, Ohio. In 1883 he be­came min­is­ter of the Old Sa­ra­to­ga Dutch Re­formed Church in Schuy­ler­ville, New York. In 1885, he moved to the First Re­formed Church in Al­ba­ny, New York, and in 1890 to the Be­tha­ny Pres­by­te­ri­an Church in Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

He was one of the foun­ders of the Wi­no­na Lake Bi­ble Con­fer­ence and, in 1900, tra­veled to the Ho­ly Land.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Hail! All Hail!
  2. Holy Spi­rit, Come In
  3. Inside the Veil
  4. Jesus Is All in All to Me
  5. Jesus, What a Friend for Sin­ners
  6. Judgment, The
  7. Just to See Je­sus
  8. Living He Loved Me
  9. My Sins Like a Chain
  10. Name of All the Names the Dear­est
  11. One Day
  12. Savior Has Died to Re­deem You, The
  13. There’ a Full Re­ward Await­ing Us in Glo­ry
  14. ’Tis Je­sus
  15. When We Go Home We Know Not When