Background
Young, Jesse Bowman was born on July 5, 1844 in Berwick, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review Jared H. and Sarah (Bowman) Young.
Young, Jesse Bowman was born on July 5, 1844 in Berwick, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review Jared H. and Sarah (Bowman) Young.
Graduate Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1866. Bachelor of Arts, Dickinson College, 1868, Master of Arts, 1871, Doctor of Divinity, 1907. Doctor of Divinity, DePauw, 1887.
Served 3 years in Union Army in Civil War, ending as captain 84th Pennsylvania Volumes In ministry, Methodist Episcopal Church from 1868. Pastor at York Springs, Gettysburg, Curwensville, Carlisle, Altoona, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1868-March 1, 1888, Kansas City, 1888-1892. Editor Central Christian Advocate, Saint Louis, 1892-1900, pastor Walnut Hills Church, Cincinnati.
1900-1908, Snyder Memorial Church, Jacksonville, Florida, 1908-1912, Bluffton, Indiana, till April 1, 1913, when retired from active pastorate for literature work.
Delegate General Conference, 1896, 1900, Ecumenical Conference of Methodism, London, 1901. Author: Days and Nights on the Sea, 1887.
What a Boy Saw in the Army, 1894. Helps for the Quiet Hour, 1900.
Our Lord and Master—A Brief Study of the Claims of Jesus Christ, 1903.
The Hungry Christ, and Other Sermons, 1904. Wellsprings in the Desert, 1905. Today: An Age of Opportunity, 1909.
Charms of the Bible, 1910.
The Battle of Gettysburg, 1913. Home: Chicago, Illinois.
Served 3 years in Union Army in Civil War, ending as captain 84th Pennsylvania Volumes In ministry, Methodist Episcopal Church from 1868.
Married Lucy M. Spottswood, December 22, 1870.