Albert Arnold Bennett
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Albert Arnold Bennett (April 6, 1849 – October 12, 1909) was a Baptist missionary and hymn composer{{cite book |title=Baptist hymn writers and their hymns |url=https://archive.org/details/baptisthymnwrit00burrgoog |last=Burrage |first=Henry Sweetser |page=[https://archive.org/details/baptisthymnwrit00burrgoog/page/n548 516] |year=1888 |publisher=Brown Thurston & company |oclc=3322567 }} who founded the Baptist Theological Seminary of Yokohama, which later became Kanto Gakuin University.
Early life
Albert was born in Pennsylvania, United States. His mother died when he was just seven. His father was a deacon of the Fifth Baptist Church of Philadelphia. Albert was a very "gentle baby and child"; because of this, his parents did not expect him to grow up.
He was baptized at the age of thirteen, and began to take part in church work, such as teaching in a mission school, calling on aged people and invalids, and conducting a weekly neighborhood meeting.
Kanto Gakuin University
After Albert sailed to Japan he decided to establish a university where people of all skin colors could be taught. That was the Baptist Theological Seminary of Yokohama,{{cite book |title=The sesquicentennial of Brown university, 1764-1914: a commemoration |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924032693149 |editor=Kellen, William Vail |page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924032693149/page/n83 70] |year=1915 |publisher=Brown University |oclc=1116574 }} which later became Kanto Gakuin University.
Family
Albert was married to Mela Isabel Barrows Bennett and had seven children; Charles, Edwin, Mela, Bertha, Albert Jr., Harriet and Raymond.
Death
Albert died in Yokohama in 1909. His gravestone bears the epitaph "He Lived to Serve".{{cite book |title=A Sketch of the Life and Character of Albert Arnold Bennett, D.D., Part 4 |last=Bennett |first=Mela Isabel |page=3 |year=2009 |orig-date=1913 |publisher=READ Books |isbn=978-1-4446-6236-8 }}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |title=Albert Arnold Bennett, teacher, preacher, friend: missionary of the American Baptist Missionary Union at Yokohama, Japan, 1879-1909 |last=Parshley |first=Wilbur Brown |year=1909 |oclc=3377137 }}
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