DR. CHARLES A. BLANCHARD PRESIDENT OF WHEATON COLLEGE BORN NOV. 6, 1848 • ENTERED INTO REST DEC. 10, ig»i “A hood man. full of the Holy Ghost and of faith"-Ac* *«»4 |OR many years the editor o f this magazine had the pleasure o f a heart fellowship with this man o f God. W e loved him because he was lovable . . He had a _____ _ big heart and it was outflowing with love for men. Dr. Blanchard Was a man o f strong convictions which ,he never failed to express in definite and loving terms . . . There were two outlooks to his vision . . one was toward the face o f his Lord, and the other to the face o f his fel- low-man; and the radiance o f his upward look was always manifest as he looked into thft feces o f his earthly friends. God has great difficulty in getting Christian men to con form to His holy will, but He had a man after His own heart in Dr. Blanchard . W e thank God for his long life o f sacrificial service, for his influence upon many lives, and look forward to a happy handshake with him when we shall meet him in the glory.-T. c. h .
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called to his. reward on Sunday, December 20 , 1925 , while sitting quietly by his own fireside. Until the moment when the Lord called him home, Dr. Blanchard had been “ about his Father’s business.” In addition to his life-longministry in church and college, he had a nation wide ministry as author, Bible Teacher and executive. His last years have been especially honored of God, not only as the counsellor and spirit ual father of the thousands of students who have gone out from Wheaton, but as one of " the outstanding spiritual leaders and prophets of his generation.
Charles Albeit Blanchard was bom November 6 , 1848 , at Galesburg, Illinois, during the time that his father, Jonathan Blanchard, was pres ident of Knox College. In i 860 his father be came the founder and first president o f Wheaton College. In 187 a Dr. Blanchard became a member of the faculty of Wheaton College, and served as pastor o f Wheaton College church, o f the Streator Congregational Church and of Moody Church, Chicago. In 1884 he became President o f Wheaton College, and continued in that position until
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