Background
Vincent, John Heyl was born on February 23, 1832 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Son of John Himrod and Mary (Raser) Vincent.
Vincent, John Heyl was born on February 23, 1832 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Son of John Himrod and Mary (Raser) Vincent.
Early life spent at Lewisburg and Milton, Pennsylvania. Began to preach at 18. Studied Wesleyan Institute, Newark, New Jersey.
Honorary Bachelor of Arts, Mount Union College, Ohio, 1875.
South.T.D., Ohio Wesleyan, 1870, Harvard, 1896. Doctor of Laws, Washington and Jefferson, 1885.
Father of George Edgar V. Traveled as junior preacher on Luzerne circuit (Baltimore Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church), 1851, on Newark (New Jersey) City Mission, 1852, North. Belleville, New Jersey, 1853-1854, Irvington, 1855-1856. Transferred to Rock River Conference and stationed at Joliet, Illinois, 1857-1858, Mount Morris, 1859, Galena, 1860-1861, Rockford, 1862-1865 (this includes 1 year spent on a trip to Europe and Palestine), Trinity Church, Chicago, 1865. Established Sunday School Quarterly, 1865, Sunday School Teacher, 1866.
Correspondent secretary South.S. Union and editor Sunday school publications, 1868-1884.
One of founders, 1874, Chautauqua Assembly. Founder, 1878, Chautauqua Literature and Scientific Circle, and chancellor, since 1878.
Preacher, Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Wellesley and other colleges Resident bishop in charge of European work of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1900.
Retired from active episcopate, May 1904.
Author: The Modern Sunday School. Studies in Young Life. Little Footprints in Bible Lands.
The Church School and Sunday School Institutes.
Earthly Footsteps of the Manitoba of Galilee. Better Not; The Chautauqua Movement.
To Old Bethlehem. Our Own Church. Outline History of England.
Outline History of Greece.
The Church at Home. Family Worship for Every Day in the Year, 1905.
Author: The Modern Sunday School. Studies in Young Life. Little Footprints in Bible Lands.
The Church School and Sunday School Institutes. Earthly Footsteps of the Man of Galilee. Better Not
The Chautauqua Movement.
To Old Bethlehem
Our Own Church. Outline History of England. Outline History of Greece.
The Church at Home
Family Worship for Every Day in the Year, 1905.
Married Elizabeth Dusenbury, November 10, 1858 (deceased).