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J. Edwin Orr Papers
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Collection
Identifier: CN 355
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, academic papers, clippings, reports, films, videos, and other materials relating to Orr’s life as an evangelist active around the world and as a professor and historian of spiritual awakenings (revivals) and evangelism. The collection is an excellent source on Protestant Evangelicalism as a global movement in the twentieth century.
Dates
- Created: 1907-1993
- Majority of material found in 1933-1987
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.
Biographical Information
James Edwin Orr was born January 15, 1912, in Belfast, Ireland, to William Stewart and Rose (Wright) Orr. William Orr, who was a jeweler, had United States and British citizenship, so his children did as well. There were eventually to be five children in the family, although one died as a baby and one as a very young man. January 15 was to be an important day in Orr's life. On that day he was born, converted, married, and ordained.
At the age of nine, he became a Christian through his mother's influence. But his faith was not very active as yet. In 1922, his father and baby sister, Margaret Louise, died and the famil
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From the writings of description Rev. Billystick Graham
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Do It Again Lord
In 1940 Dr. J. Edwin Orr took a group of Wheaton College students to study abroad in England. One of their stops included the Epworth Rectory. The rectory now serves as a Methodist museum, but it was the home of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement.
“In one of the bedrooms, there are two impressions where it is believed that John Wesley regularly knelt in prayer. As the students were getting back on the bus, Dr. Orr noticed that one student was missing. Going back upstairs, Dr. Orr found a young Billy Graham kneeling in those kneeholes and praying, ‘O Lord, do it again!
Now it’s our turn. “O Lord, do it again.
Are you praying for God to do it again in your life?
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Dr. Michael Sprague is the Louisiana State Chaplain with the Capitol Commission and President of Grace Adventures. He is engaged in relational outreach and discipleship, teaching, coaching, writing and speaking. He spends lots of time at the Capitol in Baton Rouge, working with Legislators, lobbyists, administration and Capitol staff in a non-political, non-partisan pastoral/chaplain role. The focus is not to lobby for legislation, but to help leaders with their faith and life. Days are filled with Bible studies, prayer, listening, caring appoin