Charles Chapin Tracy

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Excerpt from Charles Chapin Tracy: Missionary, Philanthropist, Educator, First President of Anatolia College, Marsovan, TurkeyIn early life Chapin developed a passion for music and was consumed with the desire for a violin. He had more genius than cash, so with his pocket knife and a few simple tools he manufactured a violin and became quite proficient in playing on it. Many years later he not only wrote the Anatolia College Hymn, which appears on another page, but he strummed on the organ the air that Professor Daghlian wrought into the music wedded to that hymn.On the beautiful Sabbath day, July 4, 1858, when at twenty years of age C. C. Tracy united with the church, as he walked home with his double cousin, John D. Tracy, he said, I have given my whole heart to Jesus.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.