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DA N I E L
GEORGE
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-oRever end Geor e D. Yinger was brought u p
on a f arm near Homer, Michigan, and attended
Albion Preparatory school and Albion college,
from whic h he and his bride were gr aduated in
1904.
He met Emma Bancroft in the college en-
vir onment, and discovered that their interests
were in common.
ministry.
Both were preparing for the
They were married in 1902, found-
in g a rare Christian home.
To this un ion were born ei ght children,
six boys and two girls: Clement Bancroft,
Geor g e Dempster, Eleanor Eunice, Homer Vincent,
Floyd
endell, Pa ul
Marian Vir ginia.
esley, John Milton and
Their exceptional family
solid ti rity was cre a ted in part through music.
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r. Yinger, an ab le musician, t rained his
four old e st children to sin g four part har mony
with ac cur acy and drama tic skill.
Juvenile
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The "Yinger
u a rtetteu wa s i mm edi ately popul a r,
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and for nearly t wenty ye a rs a pp e r ed on pro gr ams
in an ever widening reco gnition.
This group be-
c ame the "Yinger Quartet t e of Albion Colle ge"
and exxanded through ma rri ag e i nto the "Yinger
Sextette of Boston University."
In like manner
t h e younger Yingers were trained, and on rare
occasions t h e entire Yinger singers appe ared
· to gether.
Though music hel p ed cement t he f amily, .
their chief i ntere s t wa s the church.
was such a genuine pastor and
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Yinger
reacher that
ev ery church thrived under his ministry.
Th ese
cha r ges include: Horton, Concord, Bellevue,
Union City,
uincy, Na shville, St. Louis, Gr e en-
ville, Grand Ra pids P lainfield Avenue, South
Ha ven and Three Ri ve rs.
All were in the Michi-
Two ot t h e churc h buildings,
gan Conference.
Horton and South Haven, were constructed during
his ministry.
His r a re good
s p irits~
liberal
mind, and poise left dee p im ressions upon a ll
kinds of peop le.
Perhaps his most lasting im -
pre s sion was upon those of
~is
own h ousehold;
whom ret i n a vital interes t in wh at he
"t he work of the r ingdom,
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and four of
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·I whom have
foll owed their father in the gos pel
ministry.
Dr. Yinger was an artist.
He worked by
inspiration, and when fir ed by a great idea,
he had the ca pacity to follow t hrough.
There
was a sturdiness about his way of holding to
gre~t
princi p les, softened by a sense of humor.
He ca r ried a genuine intere s t in people, but
was seldom sentimental.
He was always a gene-
rator, but had a genius for securing coo p eration.
He left an imp ression with those who knew him
that he would have been equally successful as
a Hollywood producer, a po ular lectur er, an
athletic coach, or psychiatrist.
But he gave
his heart to the church with all his e ger soul
and stren gth and mind, and his wor k s will live
after him.
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