Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, April 6th, 2025
the Fifth Sunday of Lent
There are 14 days til Easter!
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Bible Encyclopedias
Cowper, Charles Philip

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Cownley, Joseph
Next Entry
Cowper, John
Resource Toolbox

a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Baden, Germany, April 8, 1851. He emigrated to New York city with his parents when four years of age; experienced conversion in 1864; assisted in establishing the first mission for colored people, under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in New York city; gave himself to that wnork with remarkable zeal and self-denial; studied three years at the Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, preaching nearly every Sunday; and in 1873 entered the New York East Conference, wherein he labored with abundant success till his death, July 11, 1875. Mr. Cowper was a young man of considerable promise, sweet in spirit, unassuming in manner, and irreproachable in conduct. His mind was strong, and his will consecrated. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1876, page 61.

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Cowper, Charles Philip'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/cowper-charles-philip.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile