Biographical Sketch of George F. Hall


Text from Haynes, Nathaniel S. History of the Disciples of Christ in Illinois 1819-1914, Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Company, 1915. Pages 524 - 525. This online edition © 1997, James L. McMillan.

Born: Near Clarksville, Ia., 1864.
Died:

Mr. Hall began his mundane career in a log cabin and grew up on the farm. He attended the district school and four and a half years in Drake University. He has read widely and written much. In 1904 he received the Ph.D. degree from what was then known as Ruskin University. The aggregate sale of his books has been about one hundred thousand volumes. He paid his way in school by his own labors. Thereafter he served as pastor five years in Kansas and seven in Illinois. Meanwhile, he was afield as a very forceful and successful evangelist. And he gave not a few lectures on a variety of subjects. For nearly seven years he preached Sunday mornings at Bush Temple of Music, Chicago, to multitudes of people. In this work he was unassisted save by the volunteer offering of the people who attended there. Mr. Hall is vigorous in body and brain. He is not easily abashed or discouraged. His sermons have always rung true to the word of God.


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