We come with joy and gladness

Author: E. W. Chapman

Anzentia (Angie) Igene Perry Chapman, was born on Feb. 13, 1849, in Ingham County, MI, and became the wife of preacher Edwin Willard Chapman (some books identify her as Mrs. F. W. Chapman, but this is probably due to smudging of print on the page and should be Mrs. E. W. Chapman). They had three children, and Angie helped her husband cover several rural circuits for the Free Methodist movement, as well as assisting on evangelistic tours. In 1866, they were working in Sparta, MI, and helped found the first Free Methodist Church in Grand Rapids, MI, about that same time. In 1882, she published her first hymn, "Thou Shalt Rest At Eve," and over the next few years produced several others, most of which were not published until after her death.… Go to person page >