(page 153). Two days after his funeral, a letter came to him stating that a fellow worker was giving $25,000 to open a Bible Training Institute in China. One year later, in September 1925, the Bible Training Institute was up and running in Shanghai. It was fittingly named, “The Cowman Memorial Bible Training Institute.” (page 155) References External links onemissionsociety.org 1868 births 1924 deaths People from Toulon, Illinois American Methodist missionaries Methodist missionaries in Japan American expatriates in Japan