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Charles McCallon Alexander

1867 – 1920

American gospel singer

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Lived 1867 – 1920 (aged 52). Charles McCallon Alexander was an American singer and music publisher.

Charles McCallon Alexander (24 October 1867 – 13 October 1920 ) a native of East Tennessee, was a popular nineteenth-century gospel singer who worked the evangelistic circuit for many years. Over the course of his ministry, he toured with R. A. Torrey and John Wilbur Chapman, most notably. In 1904, Alexander married Helen Cadbury, daughter of the Cadbury Chocolate Company president. She toured with him on the evangelistic circuit as a women's worker. Together they spread The Pocket Testament League around the world.

Alexander's early Christian influence came from his mother, who was in the habit of reading Dwight L. Moody sermons to the family every night around the fireplace. At an 1880 revival, a thirteen-year-old Charlie Alexander committed to the Christian faith. He attended Moody Bible Institute from 1892 to 1894,

By the end of 1910, Chapman's "mass evangelism" technique was losing favor in evangelistic circles, and Chapman and Alexander were back to large meeting revivals by 1912. The final Chapman-Alexander revival tour was conducted January 6 to February 13, 1918. After the conclusion of that crusade, Alexander retired to England, where he lived out the remaining two years of his life. He died in 1920 in Birmingham, England and was interred in Lodge Hill Cemetery.

Alexander was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1991.

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Moody Bible Institute
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Who was Charles McCallon Alexander?

American gospel singer

When was Charles McCallon Alexander born?

Charles McCallon Alexander was born on 24 October 1867 in United States.

When did Charles McCallon Alexander die?

Charles McCallon Alexander died on 13 October 1920.

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Charles McCallon Alexander was a singer and music publisher.

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Charles McCallon Alexander was American.

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· Wikipedia: Charles McCallon Alexander

· Wikidata: Q5080771

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