Bishop Matthew Simpson

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Bishop Matthew Simpson was a prominent 19th-century American Methodist bishop and influential orator, closely associated with Abraham Lincoln and a leading voice in the Methodist Episcopal Church during and after the Civil War.

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instanceOf Christian theologian
Methodist bishop
abolitionist
human
orator
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
denomination Methodist Episcopal Church NERFINISHED
educatedAt Madison College (Pennsylvania) NERFINISHED
employer Indiana Asbury University NERFINISHED
familyName Simpson NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork church administration
homiletics
theology
genre religious lecture
sermon
theological reference work
givenName Matthew NERFINISHED
hasHonorificPrefix Bishop
hasPart role as advisor to political leaders
influenced 19th-century American Protestantism
American Methodism NERFINISHED
influencedBy John Wesley NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Methodist Episcopal Church NERFINISHED
notableFor close association with Abraham Lincoln
influential Methodist leadership during the American Civil War
national reputation as a Methodist preacher
powerful public speaking
support for the Union cause
notableWork Cyclopaedia of Methodism NERFINISHED
Funeral oration for Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED
Lectures on Preaching NERFINISHED
occupation bishop
clergyman
educator
orator
opposed slavery in the United States
participantIn American Civil War era public discourse
placeOfBurial Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
West Laurel Hill Cemetery NERFINISHED
positionHeld Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
President of Indiana Asbury University
religion Methodism NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
supported Union (American Civil War) NERFINISHED
workLocation Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED

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Methodist Episcopal Church notableLeader Bishop Matthew Simpson