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Stephens (DAVID STUBERT an American)

DAVID STUBERT, an American educator, born in Springfield, O., in 1847. He was educated at Wittenberg College (Ohio), Adrian College (Mich.), the University of Edinburgh, and Harvard University, and received honorary degrees from several American colleges. He saw service in the Civil War and was ordained to the Methodist Protestant ministry in 1880. In 1874 he became professor of logic and philosophy at Adrian College, serving as the president of this institution from 1881 to 1888. From 1888 to 1896 he was editor of the "Methodist Recorder." In 1896 he was made chance'lor of the Kansas City (Kan.) University. From 1900 to 1904 he was president of the General Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church, serving in 1901 as a representative from this church to the Ecumenical Conference at London, England. He was active in the movement for the union of the Congregational United Brethren and the Methodist Protestant churches, becoming the permanent chairman of their general council in 1906. He wrote "Wesley and Episcopacy" (1892), and numerous pamphlets on religious subjects.