OBITUARY
Dr. Henry Bannister, of Garrett Biblical Institute.
Dr. Henry Bannister, of Garrett Biblical Institute, died at his home in Evanston at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The illness, caused by heart and lung troubles, which terminated with his death attacked him just a week ago. During the week he rallied, but Thursday night the course of the disease changed and he grew rapidly worse. His last moments were peaceful, he being buoyed up by the Christian's hope.
Dr. Bannister was born Oct. 5, 1812, at Conway, Mass. His father, Amos Bannister, dying when he was 2 years old, his mother moved to St. Lawrence, N. Y. He remained on his stepfather's farm until 17 years old, when he went to Cazenovia Seminary to prepare for college. Thence he went to Middleton, Conn., where he graduated from Wesleyan University in 1836. During 1837-'39 he was a student at the Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1840 he was married to Miss Lucy Kimball, in Lewis County, New York, who survives him. Between 1840 and 1842 he was Principal of Fairfield and Lowville, N.Y., academies. In 1842 he became Principal and Professor of Classics in Cazenovia Seminary, where he remained until 1856. At that date he came to Evanston to take the chair of Exigetical Theology in Garrett Biblical Institute, which was then a young institution. This chair he filled until his death part of the time being at the head of the institution by virtue of being the senior Professor.
Dr. Bannister has for many years stood in the front rank of men in the Methodist denomination. As a man he was simple and quiet in his tastes, warm in his sympathies, positive in his convictions, and enthusiastic in labor. As a scholar, and especially a Biblical scholar, he had few equals. His learning was extensive, thorough, and catholic. As an educator he was sympathetic, sturdily honest, and successful in an unusual degree. It has been given to few to write their names so deeply on so many grateful hearts. He had superior power as a writer. His articles for the reviews, and his occasional discourses show wealth of learning and a rare felicity of diction. For the last years of his life he has been engaged in the preparation of several works on themes theological and biblical. One of these works, a commentary on the Book of Isaiah, is now in press, and will soon be given to the public.
Dr. Bannister has been repeatedly called by his denomination to a seat in its highest ecclesiastical council, and was a member of the Book Committee at the time of the famous book-room troubles. In 1870 and 1871 he made an extended tour through Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land. As few men have been so widely known and warmly loved, so few will be so sincerely mourned.
A widow and six children are left—Dr. M. Bannister, of Kankakee; Charles K., of South Evanston; John C., of the Senior Class of the Northwestern University; Mrs. Mary B. Willard and Mrs. O. H. Merwin, of Evanston; and Mrs. Irving Queal, of Ellsworth, IA. The funeral will occur Wednesday.
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, April 16, 1883, Pg 1
Henry M. Bannister.
The funeral services of Dr. Bannister yesterday were attended in a manner that showed the universal respect in which he was held. In the Biblical Institute and the departments of the Northwestern University all exercises were suspended, and, besides the townspeople, many prominent ecclesiastics of the Methodist Church were present. Addresses were made by Dr. W. X. Nindie, paying a loving tribute to the purity of the life lived by the deceased, and especially of the service he had performed for the institute; Dr. Joseph Cuumangs, President of Northwestern University, reviewed his relations with the university; Dr. G. C. Noyes, of the Presbyterian Church, Evanston, spoke of his catholicity, and enumerating the good citizen's duties, showed that Dr. Bannister did not fail in any of them; the Rev. A. W. Patton, his pastor, represented the alumni who had sat at his feet and received instruction. The funeral cortege went by carriages to Rosehill, where the burial service was conducted by Dr. R. M. Hatfield.
The Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, April 19, 1883, Pg 2.∼Henry was the son of Amos Bannister and Mary Nash Confey. He married Lucy Kimball on August 8, 1840.
Henry a professor in the Garrett Biblical Institute. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, a descendant of John Bannister.
Dr. Henry Bannister, of Garrett Biblical Institute.
Dr. Henry Bannister, of Garrett Biblical Institute, died at his home in Evanston at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The illness, caused by heart and lung troubles, which terminated with his death attacked him just a week ago. During the week he rallied, but Thursday night the course of the disease changed and he grew rapidly worse. His last moments were peaceful, he being buoyed up by the Christian's hope.
Dr. Bannister was born Oct. 5, 1812, at Conway, Mass. His father, Amos Bannister, dying when he was 2 years old, his mother moved to St. Lawrence, N. Y. He remained on his stepfather's farm until 17 years old, when he went to Cazenovia Seminary to prepare for college. Thence he went to Middleton, Conn., where he graduated from Wesleyan University in 1836. During 1837-'39 he was a student at the Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1840 he was married to Miss Lucy Kimball, in Lewis County, New York, who survives him. Between 1840 and 1842 he was Principal of Fairfield and Lowville, N.Y., academies. In 1842 he became Principal and Professor of Classics in Cazenovia Seminary, where he remained until 1856. At that date he came to Evanston to take the chair of Exigetical Theology in Garrett Biblical Institute, which was then a young institution. This chair he filled until his death part of the time being at the head of the institution by virtue of being the senior Professor.
Dr. Bannister has for many years stood in the front rank of men in the Methodist denomination. As a man he was simple and quiet in his tastes, warm in his sympathies, positive in his convictions, and enthusiastic in labor. As a scholar, and especially a Biblical scholar, he had few equals. His learning was extensive, thorough, and catholic. As an educator he was sympathetic, sturdily honest, and successful in an unusual degree. It has been given to few to write their names so deeply on so many grateful hearts. He had superior power as a writer. His articles for the reviews, and his occasional discourses show wealth of learning and a rare felicity of diction. For the last years of his life he has been engaged in the preparation of several works on themes theological and biblical. One of these works, a commentary on the Book of Isaiah, is now in press, and will soon be given to the public.
Dr. Bannister has been repeatedly called by his denomination to a seat in its highest ecclesiastical council, and was a member of the Book Committee at the time of the famous book-room troubles. In 1870 and 1871 he made an extended tour through Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land. As few men have been so widely known and warmly loved, so few will be so sincerely mourned.
A widow and six children are left—Dr. M. Bannister, of Kankakee; Charles K., of South Evanston; John C., of the Senior Class of the Northwestern University; Mrs. Mary B. Willard and Mrs. O. H. Merwin, of Evanston; and Mrs. Irving Queal, of Ellsworth, IA. The funeral will occur Wednesday.
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, April 16, 1883, Pg 1
Henry M. Bannister.
The funeral services of Dr. Bannister yesterday were attended in a manner that showed the universal respect in which he was held. In the Biblical Institute and the departments of the Northwestern University all exercises were suspended, and, besides the townspeople, many prominent ecclesiastics of the Methodist Church were present. Addresses were made by Dr. W. X. Nindie, paying a loving tribute to the purity of the life lived by the deceased, and especially of the service he had performed for the institute; Dr. Joseph Cuumangs, President of Northwestern University, reviewed his relations with the university; Dr. G. C. Noyes, of the Presbyterian Church, Evanston, spoke of his catholicity, and enumerating the good citizen's duties, showed that Dr. Bannister did not fail in any of them; the Rev. A. W. Patton, his pastor, represented the alumni who had sat at his feet and received instruction. The funeral cortege went by carriages to Rosehill, where the burial service was conducted by Dr. R. M. Hatfield.
The Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, April 19, 1883, Pg 2.∼Henry was the son of Amos Bannister and Mary Nash Confey. He married Lucy Kimball on August 8, 1840.
Henry a professor in the Garrett Biblical Institute. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, a descendant of John Bannister.
OBITUARY
Dr. Henry Bannister, of Garrett Biblical Institute.
Dr. Henry Bannister, of Garrett Biblical Institute, died at his home in Evanston at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The illness, caused by heart and lung troubles, which terminated with his death attacked him just a week ago. During the week he rallied, but Thursday night the course of the disease changed and he grew rapidly worse. His last moments were peaceful, he being buoyed up by the Christian's hope.
Dr. Bannister was born Oct. 5, 1812, at Conway, Mass. His father, Amos Bannister, dying when he was 2 years old, his mother moved to St. Lawrence, N. Y. He remained on his stepfather's farm until 17 years old, when he went to Cazenovia Seminary to prepare for college. Thence he went to Middleton, Conn., where he graduated from Wesleyan University in 1836. During 1837-'39 he was a student at the Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1840 he was married to Miss Lucy Kimball, in Lewis County, New York, who survives him. Between 1840 and 1842 he was Principal of Fairfield and Lowville, N.Y., academies. In 1842 he became Principal and Professor of Classics in Cazenovia Seminary, where he remained until 1856. At that date he came to Evanston to take the chair of Exigetical Theology in Garrett Biblical Institute, which was then a young institution. This chair he filled until his death part of the time being at the head of the institution by virtue of being the senior Professor.
Dr. Bannister has for many years stood in the front rank of men in the Methodist denomination. As a man he was simple and quiet in his tastes, warm in his sympathies, positive in his convictions, and enthusiastic in labor. As a scholar, and especially a Biblical scholar, he had few equals. His learning was extensive, thorough, and catholic. As an educator he was sympathetic, sturdily honest, and successful in an unusual degree. It has been given to few to write their names so deeply on so many grateful hearts. He had superior power as a writer. His articles for the reviews, and his occasional discourses show wealth of learning and a rare felicity of diction. For the last years of his life he has been engaged in the preparation of several works on themes theological and biblical. One of these works, a commentary on the Book of Isaiah, is now in press, and will soon be given to the public.
Dr. Bannister has been repeatedly called by his denomination to a seat in its highest ecclesiastical council, and was a member of the Book Committee at the time of the famous book-room troubles. In 1870 and 1871 he made an extended tour through Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land. As few men have been so widely known and warmly loved, so few will be so sincerely mourned.
A widow and six children are left—Dr. M. Bannister, of Kankakee; Charles K., of South Evanston; John C., of the Senior Class of the Northwestern University; Mrs. Mary B. Willard and Mrs. O. H. Merwin, of Evanston; and Mrs. Irving Queal, of Ellsworth, IA. The funeral will occur Wednesday.
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, April 16, 1883, Pg 1
Henry M. Bannister.
The funeral services of Dr. Bannister yesterday were attended in a manner that showed the universal respect in which he was held. In the Biblical Institute and the departments of the Northwestern University all exercises were suspended, and, besides the townspeople, many prominent ecclesiastics of the Methodist Church were present. Addresses were made by Dr. W. X. Nindie, paying a loving tribute to the purity of the life lived by the deceased, and especially of the service he had performed for the institute; Dr. Joseph Cuumangs, President of Northwestern University, reviewed his relations with the university; Dr. G. C. Noyes, of the Presbyterian Church, Evanston, spoke of his catholicity, and enumerating the good citizen's duties, showed that Dr. Bannister did not fail in any of them; the Rev. A. W. Patton, his pastor, represented the alumni who had sat at his feet and received instruction. The funeral cortege went by carriages to Rosehill, where the burial service was conducted by Dr. R. M. Hatfield.
The Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, April 19, 1883, Pg 2.∼Henry was the son of Amos Bannister and Mary Nash Confey. He married Lucy Kimball on August 8, 1840.
Henry a professor in the Garrett Biblical Institute. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, a descendant of John Bannister.
Dr. Henry Bannister, of Garrett Biblical Institute.
Dr. Henry Bannister, of Garrett Biblical Institute, died at his home in Evanston at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The illness, caused by heart and lung troubles, which terminated with his death attacked him just a week ago. During the week he rallied, but Thursday night the course of the disease changed and he grew rapidly worse. His last moments were peaceful, he being buoyed up by the Christian's hope.
Dr. Bannister was born Oct. 5, 1812, at Conway, Mass. His father, Amos Bannister, dying when he was 2 years old, his mother moved to St. Lawrence, N. Y. He remained on his stepfather's farm until 17 years old, when he went to Cazenovia Seminary to prepare for college. Thence he went to Middleton, Conn., where he graduated from Wesleyan University in 1836. During 1837-'39 he was a student at the Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1840 he was married to Miss Lucy Kimball, in Lewis County, New York, who survives him. Between 1840 and 1842 he was Principal of Fairfield and Lowville, N.Y., academies. In 1842 he became Principal and Professor of Classics in Cazenovia Seminary, where he remained until 1856. At that date he came to Evanston to take the chair of Exigetical Theology in Garrett Biblical Institute, which was then a young institution. This chair he filled until his death part of the time being at the head of the institution by virtue of being the senior Professor.
Dr. Bannister has for many years stood in the front rank of men in the Methodist denomination. As a man he was simple and quiet in his tastes, warm in his sympathies, positive in his convictions, and enthusiastic in labor. As a scholar, and especially a Biblical scholar, he had few equals. His learning was extensive, thorough, and catholic. As an educator he was sympathetic, sturdily honest, and successful in an unusual degree. It has been given to few to write their names so deeply on so many grateful hearts. He had superior power as a writer. His articles for the reviews, and his occasional discourses show wealth of learning and a rare felicity of diction. For the last years of his life he has been engaged in the preparation of several works on themes theological and biblical. One of these works, a commentary on the Book of Isaiah, is now in press, and will soon be given to the public.
Dr. Bannister has been repeatedly called by his denomination to a seat in its highest ecclesiastical council, and was a member of the Book Committee at the time of the famous book-room troubles. In 1870 and 1871 he made an extended tour through Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land. As few men have been so widely known and warmly loved, so few will be so sincerely mourned.
A widow and six children are left—Dr. M. Bannister, of Kankakee; Charles K., of South Evanston; John C., of the Senior Class of the Northwestern University; Mrs. Mary B. Willard and Mrs. O. H. Merwin, of Evanston; and Mrs. Irving Queal, of Ellsworth, IA. The funeral will occur Wednesday.
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, April 16, 1883, Pg 1
Henry M. Bannister.
The funeral services of Dr. Bannister yesterday were attended in a manner that showed the universal respect in which he was held. In the Biblical Institute and the departments of the Northwestern University all exercises were suspended, and, besides the townspeople, many prominent ecclesiastics of the Methodist Church were present. Addresses were made by Dr. W. X. Nindie, paying a loving tribute to the purity of the life lived by the deceased, and especially of the service he had performed for the institute; Dr. Joseph Cuumangs, President of Northwestern University, reviewed his relations with the university; Dr. G. C. Noyes, of the Presbyterian Church, Evanston, spoke of his catholicity, and enumerating the good citizen's duties, showed that Dr. Bannister did not fail in any of them; the Rev. A. W. Patton, his pastor, represented the alumni who had sat at his feet and received instruction. The funeral cortege went by carriages to Rosehill, where the burial service was conducted by Dr. R. M. Hatfield.
The Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, April 19, 1883, Pg 2.∼Henry was the son of Amos Bannister and Mary Nash Confey. He married Lucy Kimball on August 8, 1840.
Henry a professor in the Garrett Biblical Institute. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, a descendant of John Bannister.
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