Rev. James H. Brookes, D.D., Presbyterian clergyman, evangelist and Bible scholar. For 32 years, he pastored Walnut Street Presbyterian Church in St. Louis which adopted the name Washington and Compton Avenue Presbyterian Church when it moved westward in the city. Born in Tennessee, Brookes was educated at Miami University in Ohio and studied at Princeton Theological Seminary. He received the honorary Doctor of Divinity from the University of Missouri. Brookes married Susan Oliver from Oxford, Ohio, and accepted a call to pastor the Second Presbyterian Church of St. Louis in 1858. Congregational conflict arose when Rev. Brookes called from the pulpit for non-involvement in the debate which led to the Civil War. Brookes was a careful student of the Bible and a well-known teacher holding to dispensational and premillennial views. For many years he led the famous Niagara Bible Conference. Dwight L. Moody was his friend, and C. I. Scofield looked to Brookes as a mentor. Twenty years after his death, the Brookes Bible Institute (www.brookesbible.com) was named in his memory.
Cause of death: Nephritis
Wife: Susan D. Oliver Brookes
Children: Etta Oliver Brookes; Mary Susan Brookes Spencer; Sarah Lacy Brookes Warfield; Judith Bertha Brookes Knight; and Olive J. Brookes (Williams) Gregg
Cause of death: Nephritis
Wife: Susan D. Oliver Brookes
Children: Etta Oliver Brookes; Mary Susan Brookes Spencer; Sarah Lacy Brookes Warfield; Judith Bertha Brookes Knight; and Olive J. Brookes (Williams) Gregg
Rev. James H. Brookes, D.D., Presbyterian clergyman, evangelist and Bible scholar. For 32 years, he pastored Walnut Street Presbyterian Church in St. Louis which adopted the name Washington and Compton Avenue Presbyterian Church when it moved westward in the city. Born in Tennessee, Brookes was educated at Miami University in Ohio and studied at Princeton Theological Seminary. He received the honorary Doctor of Divinity from the University of Missouri. Brookes married Susan Oliver from Oxford, Ohio, and accepted a call to pastor the Second Presbyterian Church of St. Louis in 1858. Congregational conflict arose when Rev. Brookes called from the pulpit for non-involvement in the debate which led to the Civil War. Brookes was a careful student of the Bible and a well-known teacher holding to dispensational and premillennial views. For many years he led the famous Niagara Bible Conference. Dwight L. Moody was his friend, and C. I. Scofield looked to Brookes as a mentor. Twenty years after his death, the Brookes Bible Institute (www.brookesbible.com) was named in his memory.
Cause of death: Nephritis
Wife: Susan D. Oliver Brookes
Children: Etta Oliver Brookes; Mary Susan Brookes Spencer; Sarah Lacy Brookes Warfield; Judith Bertha Brookes Knight; and Olive J. Brookes (Williams) Gregg
Cause of death: Nephritis
Wife: Susan D. Oliver Brookes
Children: Etta Oliver Brookes; Mary Susan Brookes Spencer; Sarah Lacy Brookes Warfield; Judith Bertha Brookes Knight; and Olive J. Brookes (Williams) Gregg
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