484 FAMOUS LIVING AMERICANS tion, eminently qualify him for the dnties of this high office, which he successfully discharged until his retirement because of advanced age. Bishop Vincent is a great bishop, a great preacher and lec- turer, and a man of wonderful versatility of talent; but that which especially distinguishes him from his associates in the episcopal office and among church workers, in all denomina- tions of Protestant Christians, is his preeminence in Sunday school work. He will long be remembered as a tender hearted, sympathe- tic pastor ; as an eloquent preacher of the gospel ; as an en- tertaining and instructive lecturer ; as a graceful and charm- ing writer; as a worthy and dignified bishop of the church; and as a resourceful and inspiring teacher of Biblical truth. But with all these characteristics and achievements, the move- ment instituted and directed by him, exemplified in the numer- ous and constantly increasing Chautauquas throughout the land, must ever be the evidence and crown of his triumph. This is the golden harvest of his planting, that, self -multiply- ing, will continue to feed the multitudes long after the sower shall have passed to his reward. BIBLIOGRAPHY BOOKS Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography. (D. Appleton & Co.) Chautauqua Movement (Chautauqua Presa) By J. H. Vincait National Cyclopedia of American Biography. (J. T. White & Co.) Universal Cyclopedia and Atlas. (D. Appleton & Co.) PERIODICALS Chautauqua of To-day. By W. Prank McClure. Review of Re- views 50:53. Founder of Chautauqua. Outlook 100 :648. Founder of ' ' Chautauquaa ' ' By Henry Oyen. World* s Work 24: 100. n
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