Presbypedia - User contributions [en]

Brainerd, Thomas

2015-06-17T22:08:15Z

Salyards: Created page with "=Brainerd, Thomas= *Born: 17 June 1804, Leyden, Lewis County, New York *Died: 21 August 1866, Scranton, Pennsylvania From Encyclopaedia of Presbyterian '''Thomas Brainerd'''..."

=Brainerd, Thomas=
*Born: 17 June 1804, Leyden, Lewis County, New York
*Died: 21 August 1866, Scranton, Pennsylvania

From Encyclopaedia of Presbyterian

'''Thomas Brainerd''' sprung from an old English family that had emigrated to Haddam, Connecticut, in 1649. The celebrated missionary brothers David and John Brainerd, and the poet John Q. C. Brainerd, were of the same stock. The subject of this sketch was born June 17th, 1804, in Leyden, Lewis county, N. Y. He early showed a fondness for reading, but had not the opportunity of studying at any college. At the age of seventeen he taught school, and afterwards studied law in Rome, N. Y. He was converted under Mr. Finney's preaching in 1825, and soon after, under the pressure of a sore affliction, he gave up the law for the gospel ministry. To obtain the means of study he taught school for a year in the northern part of Philadelphia. After a three years' course in Andover Seminary, he was ordained by the Third Presbytery of New York, and immediately turned his face westward with a commission from the Home Missionary Society. His first charge was in the suburbs of Cincinnati, the

B

2015-06-17T21:28:22Z

Salyards:

Index for - A ([[Index Page]]) - B - [[C]] - [[D]] - [[E]] - [[F]] - [[G]] - [[H]] - [[I]] - [[J]] - [[K]] - [[L]] - [[M]] - [[N]] - [[O]] - [[P]] - [[Q]] - [[R]] - [[S]] - [[T]] - [[U]] - [[V]] - [[W]] - [[X]] - [[Y]] - [[Z]]

== B ==
[[Beecher, Willis Judson]] (29 April 1838 - 10 May 1912; pastor in New York and Illinois, long serving Old Testament Professor at [[Auburn Theological Seminary]])

[[Brainerd, Thomas]] (17 June 1804 - 21 August 1866; lawyer "converted under Mr. Finney's preaching" who took up the ministry, 1864 Moderator [[New School]] General Assembly)

Buchan, John (26 August 1875 - 11 February 1940; Raised in Free Church, statesman, 12th Governor General of Canada, prolific author, ruling elder, Lord High Commissioner to multiple Church of Scotland General Assemblies, close friend of [[Thomas Nelson]]) biography from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchan Wikipedia]

Buchanan, George (February 1506 - 25 September 1582; Ruling elder, Scottish academic, Moderator 1567 Church of Scotland General Assembly (the next ruling elder to be Moderator would be in 2004)) biography from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Buchanan Wikipedia]

Burr, Aaron, Sr. (4 January 1716 - 24 September 1757; Noted pastor and educator in colonial New Jersey, Co-founder of the [[College of New Jersey]], served as its second president (and its youngest), son-in-law of [[Jonathan Edwards]] and father of Aaron Burr, Jr., politician and third Vice-President of the United States)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Burr,_Sr. Wikipedia]
* [http://www.princeton.edu/pub/presidents/burr/ Princeton official biography]
* [http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/burr_aaron_sr.html Princeton extended biography]

Somerville, Thomas

2015-05-15T18:49:52Z

Salyards:

=Thomas Somerville=
*Born: 15 February 1740-1, Hawick, Roxburghshire
*Died: 16 May 1830, Jedburgh, Scotland

Article from [https://books.google.com/books?id=migJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA255#v=onepage&q&f=false Dictionary of National Biography, 1855, v. 53, pp 255-256]

'''SOMERVILLE, THOMAS'''(1741-1830), divine and historian, born at Howick, Roxburghshire, on 15 Feb. 1740-1, was the only son of William Somerville, minister of Howick, by his first wife, Janet, daughter of John Grierson, minister of Queensferry in Linlithgowshire. The father was descended from the Somervilles of Cambusnethan [see SOMERVILLE, HUGH, fifth LORD SOMERVILLE].

Thomas was educated at Hawick and afterwords, under the care of his relative, Adam Dickson [q.v.], at Duns in Berwickshire. He entered Edinburgh University in November l756. His father, dying in the following year, left him and his sisters in narrow circumstances, and he accepted the office of tutor in the family of George Burges of Greslee, Berkshire, commissioner of the excise and father of Sir James Bland Burges [q. v.] He was licensed by the Edinburgh
presbytflry on 28 Nov. 1764. Shortly after
Sir Gilbert Elliot [ q. v.] appointed him tutor
to his son Hilbert (afterwards first Earl of
l\Iinto)[q. v.], and from that. time Somer\'ille
found in the Elliot familv constant friends
and patrons. In December I il6 he was presented
by Sir Gilbert to the parish of Minto in
Roxburghshire, and was ordained on 24 April
1767. In 1769 he visited London in the
company of Sir Gilbert, and was introduced
by him to many literary men, among others
to John Blair, author of 'The Chronology
and History of the \Vorld,' to Dr. Vincent,
master of West.minster school, and to Dr.
Rose of Chiswick. In the society or William
Strahan, the printer, he also met Da\'id
Hume, Sir John Pringle, Benjamin Franklin,
and other well-known men.' Subsequently
he came to know Sir Walter Scott (LocxHA.
RT1 Life of Sir Walter Scott, ed. 1845, pp.
71, 636), and befriended man] of the younger
generation. ToJohnLoganLq.v.J,in particular,
his friendship was invaluable in support-

Somerville, Thomas

2015-05-15T16:31:03Z

Salyards: Created page with "=Thomas Somerville= *Born: 15 February 1740-1, Hawick, Roxburghshire *Died: 16 May 1830, Jedburgh, Scotland Article from [https://books.google.com/books?id=migJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA..."

S

2015-05-15T16:26:28Z

Salyards: /* S */

Index for - A ([[Index Page]]) - [[B]] - [[C]] - [[D]] - [[E]] - [[F]] - [[G]] - [[H]] - [[I]] - [[J]] - [[K]] - [[L]] - [[M]] - [[N]] - [[O]] - [[P]] - [[Q]] - [[R]] - S - [[T]] - [[U]] - [[V]] - [[W]] - [[X]] - [[Y]] - [[Z]]

== S ==

Smith, Walter Chalmers ( 5 December 1824 - 19 September 1908; [Free Church of Scotland] minister, poet and hymn writer including "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise" )
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Chalmers_Smith Wikipedia]

Soga, Tiyo ( 1829 - 12 August 1871; First native black South African ordained to the ministry; educated in Scotland and ordained by the United Presbyterian Church, planted mission stations in South Africa )
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiyo_Soga Wikipedia]

[[Somerville, Thomas]] ( 15 February 1740-1 - 16 May 1830; Noted Scottish divine and historian )

[[Strong, William]] ( 6 May 1808 - 19 August 1895; Active ruling elder, lawyer, Member of U.S. Congress, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Judge, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, V.P. American Bible Society, member PCUSA reunion committee )

Presbyterian branches

2015-05-11T18:50:18Z

Salyards:

=Australia=
==National and Multi-state==
*Australian Free Church
**[http://www.australianfreechurch.com.au Web Page]
*Evangelical Presbyterian Church
**[http://www.epc.org.au/ Web Page]
*The Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia
**[http://www.pcea.org.au Web Page]
*Presbyterian Church of Australia
**[http://www.presbyterian.org.au/ Web Page]

=Europe=
==Scotland==
[http://www.christianstogether.net/Images/content/658/491754.JPG Chart of Scottish Presbyterian Branches]
*Church of Scotland - founded 1560
**[http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/ Web Page]
**Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Moderators_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland]

Presbyterian branches

2015-05-11T18:35:29Z

Salyards:

=Australia=
==National and Multi-state==
*Presbyterian Church of Australia
*Australian Free Church
**[http://www.australianfreechurch.com.au Web Page]
*The Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia
**[http://www.pcea.org.au Web Page]
*Presbyterian Church of Australia
**[http://www.presbyterian.org.au/ Web Page]

=Europe=
==Scotland==
[http://www.christianstogether.net/Images/content/658/491754.JPG Chart of Scottish Presbyterian Branches]
*Church of Scotland - founded 1560
**[http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/ Web Page]
**Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Moderators_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland]

Presbyterian branches

2015-05-08T21:33:45Z

Salyards: /* Scotland */

=Europe=
==Scotland==
[http://www.christianstogether.net/Images/content/658/491754.JPG Chart of Scottish Presbyterian Branches]
*Church of Scotland - founded 1560
**[http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/ Web Page]
**Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Moderators_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland]

Presbyterian branches

2015-05-08T21:33:00Z

Salyards:

=Europe=
==Scotland==
[http://www.christianstogether.net/Images/content/658/491754.JPG Chart of Scottish Presbyterian Branches]
*Church of Scotland - founded 1560
**Web page [http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/]
**Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Moderators_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland]

Presbyterian branches

2015-05-08T21:31:05Z

Salyards:

=Europe=
==Scotland==
*[http://www.christianstogether.net/Images/content/658/491754.JPG Chart of Scottish Presbyterian Branches]
*Church of Scotland - founded 1560
**Web page [http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/]

Presbyterian branches

2015-05-08T21:30:03Z

Salyards: Created page with "=Presbyterian Branches= ==Europe== *Scotland ** [http://www.christianstogether.net/Images/content/658/491754.JPG Chart of Scottish Presbyterian Branches] ** Church of Scotlan..."

=Presbyterian Branches=

==Europe==
*Scotland
** [http://www.christianstogether.net/Images/content/658/491754.JPG Chart of Scottish Presbyterian Branches]
** Church of Scotland - founded 1560
***Web page [http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/]

Main Page

2015-05-08T21:26:00Z

Salyards:

Welcome to Presbypedia.

Consult the [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.

== Getting started ==
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]

== Presbypedia ==
Search or begin at [[Index_Page]]

Directory of [[Presbyterian branches]]

Abeel, John Nelson, D.D

2015-05-08T21:25:10Z

Salyards:

=John Nelson Abeel=
*Born: 1768, New York, New York
*Died: 20 January 1812

Article from Encyclopaedia of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, p. 9

'''Abeel, John Nelson, D. D.''', graduated at Princeton College in l787, and was Tutor in it for two years. He entered upon the study of theology under Dr. Livingston, and was licensed to preach in April, 1793. He first became pastor of a Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, but in l795 was installed as pastor of the Refonned Dutch Church in the City of New York. With a discriminating mind, a sweet and melodious voice, and his soul inflamed with pious zeal, Dr. Abeel as pre-eminent among extemporaneous orators. He was a man of unassuming manners, and a truly eloquent preacher. He died January 20th, 1812.

Another biographical sketch is available from the [http://www.thisday.pcahistory.org/2013/01/january-20-2/ PCA History Center] and his papers are collected at the [http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-367 Presbyterian Historical Society].

And a long entry from Annuls of the American Pulpit, v. 9, Reformed Dutch Section, pg 95

JOHN NELSON ABEEL, D.D.

1793-1812.

FROM THE REV. PHILIP MILLEDOLER, D.D.

New York, February 28, 1848.

Rev. and dear Brother: I regret that I have not been able sooner to comply with your request fur some account of my lamented and excellent friend, the Rev. Dr. Abeel; and I regret still more, now that I have set myself to the work, to find that I am in possession of only enough of the facts of his history to form but a very general outline of his life. With the material that I have, however, I will endeavour to serve you as well as I can.

JOHN NELSON ABEEL, a son of Colonel James and Gertrude (Nelson) Abeel, was born in the city of New York, near the close of the year 1768. The rudiments of his classical education he received at Morristown, N. J. In due time he was admitted as a student in the [[College of New Jersey]], where he graduated, an excellent scholar, in 1787.

Shortly after his graduation he commenced the study of the Law, under the direction of the Hon. William Patterson, of New Brunswick, afterwards Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. But within about a year from that time he experienced a change in his views and feelings, in regard to religion, that determined him to devote himself to the work of the ministry. Accordingly, he became a student of Theology, under the direction of the Rev. Dr. John H. Livingston; but, in 1791, accepted a Tutorship in the [[College of New Jersey]], which he held for two years. In 1793 he was licensed to preach the Gospel by the Classis of New York. Shortly after this the Second and Third Presbyterian Churches in Philadelphia entered into an arrangement to obtain his services, with an understanding that two-thirds of his time should be given to the Second Church, and the remaining third to the other. He was accordingly ordained, and installed as Colleague Pastor with Dr. Green, of the Second Church. The plan, however, did not work satisfactorily, though the relation between the two Pastors was altogether agreeable. In June, 1795, Mr. Abeel received a call from the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church, in the city of New York, to become one of its Pastors. He accepted the call, and was installed on the first Sabbath in October following. In August, 1805, be was called to the Pastorship of the First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia; and, if my memory serves me, he was invited to become the Pastor of one or two other prominent churches; but be declined in each case and remained with his charge in New York till the close of his life.

In the year 1804 the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by the Corporation of Harvard College.

In 1809 Dr. Abeel was assailed by that insidious and fatal malady, the consumption. This obliged him frequently to suspend his labours for a considerable time. He passed one winter in South Carolina, and also made a voyage to Rio Janeiro; but in neither case experienced any permanent benefit. No medical skill could arrest the progress of his disease. It was slow but sure, and on the 19th of January, 1812, he gently fell asleep in Christ, being in the forty-third year of ms age.

In person Dr. Abeel was of middle stature, of spare habit, and always appeared to be in delicate health. The expression of his countenance was decidedly and highly intellectual. He had an uncommonly amiable disposition, fine colloquial powers, and manners at once calm and dignified, polished and attractive.

Dr. Abeel possessed a mind of a naturally superior order, thoroughly disciplined and highly cultivated by the best advantages of education, and by a subsequent habit of close study. His style of preaching was simple, luminous, searching, pungent, and sometimes marked by extraordinary bursts of eloquence. He usually preached from short notes, and occasionally without any notes at all; but his sermons were never lacking in well-digested thought, logical accuracy, or close discrimination. They were especially remarkable as exhibiting an uncommon depth and richness of Christian experience; and while all were attracted by the eloquence that characterized them, they were most acceptable to those who received the truth in the love of it. He delivered a series of Discourses on Education, which were of a very high order, and were thought, by the best judges, worthy of being given to the world through the press; but I am not sure that they ever existed even in manuscript. He was celebrated for his fine efforts on charitable occasions--few preachers could make more powerful or successful appeals in behalf of human want and suffering than be. As a watchman on the walls of Zion, he was most vigilant and faithful. He took great delight in visiting his people, and his presence was always greeted by them as a benediction. He was especially attentive to the youthful members of bis flock. He lost no opportunity to place himself in contact with them; and, while be rarely, if ever, failed to win their hearts, he was always endeavouring to impress upon them, directly or indirectly, those great truths, the reception of which makes wise unto eternal life.

Though Dr. Abeel was himself, in his religious views, a decided Calvinist, be was distinguished for catholic feeling and action towards those whose creed was not, in all respects, in harmony with his own. Wherever be recognized the image of Christ, there his heart opened in expressions of fraternal sympathy and goodwill. He had no patience with that spirit of bigotry, which rends the seamless robe of Christ, hurls abroad its anathemas, and raises the senseless cry,--'The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord are we."

With such qualifications for usefulness, and pursuing such a course as this, it is no cause of wonder that be had an eminently successful ministry, and enjoyed in a high degree the affection and confidence of both the congregations that he served. A revival of religion occurred under his ministry in New York, as the result of which large numbers were gathered into the church, and a great and enduring influence for good is believed to have been secured.

I do not say that Dr. Abeel W88 fu.ultless,-for that cannot be said of any
human being; but I may safely say that I have known few men whose characters
had so little in them that seemed to require correction as bis. I have known
few ministers of the Gospel, whose course through life has been marked by
so much wisdom, dignity and quiet efficiency, or which bas secured such UDiversal
respect. I venture to say, you cannot find a person who knew him, who
does not etill hold him in cherished remembrance.

Dr. Abeel was married on the 29th of January, 1794, to Mary, daughter of
Mr. John Stille, of Philadelphia. This excellent and accomplished woman was,
in all respects, the suitable CQmpo.nion of such an husband. She survived
him several yeani, and died in New York, on the 13th of January, 1826,
unh·enially and deservedly esreemed by all who knew her. They bad seven
children, three of whom survived him. One of his sons, Jama, is an officer in
the United States army, and another, GustmntS, is now the Rev. Dr. Abecl, of
Geneva.•
Dr. Abeel's only publication, during his life time, was a Sermon delivered, in
April, 1801, before the New York Missionary Society, which attracted great
attention 88 a splendid effort of eloquence. In August, 1827, another of his
disoourseB was published, posthumously, entitled "An Old Disciple."
Wishing you, my dear Brother, the highest measure of success, both in your
ministerial and literary pursuits, 88 well as every other blessing,
I remain, most truly and affectionately,
Your friend and servant, in the Lord,
PH. MILLEDOLER.

FROM: THE REV. SAMUEL MILLER, D.D.
PlllNOll:TON, February 281 1848.
Reverend and dear Brother: You request me to give you my impressions
of the character of the late Reverend John N. Abeel, D.D., for a number of
years one of the Pastors of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Churches in the
city of New York. Though pressed with the burden of official duties, and
bending under the infirmities of age, I could hardly have been called to a
more welcome task. When the name of Dr. Abeel is mentioned, a chord is
touched which always vibrates with mournful pleasure to my heart; and calls
np the image of a brother, whose loveliness as a Man, whose piety, talents,
and fidelity as a Minister of the Gospel, and whose lamented removal, in the
midst of his days, from the Church Militant to the Church Triumphant,
crowd with the deepest interest on my mind.
Dr. Abeel was naturally one of the most amiable and benevolent of men.
This was evident to the most cursory observer of his character. No jealousy,
no suspicion, no species of littleness or social obliquity, seemed to have the
least place in his natural temper. In looking back over the whole course of
my long and unreserved intimacy with him, I cannot call to mind the minutest
instance of conduct which seemed to demand an apology, or which I could
wish to cover with the mantle of oblivion. I know not that I was ever
acquainted with a man who habitually manifested more simplicity, candour,
kindness, and straightforward, unaffected probity and honour, than did this
dear friend.
But the greatest glory of his character, as a Minister of the Gospel, was
his ardent and eminent piety. This was uniform, prominent, and habitual.
In every situation, public or private; in the pulpit or the prayer meeting; in
the chamber of disease or the social circle ; it was manifest that be walked
with God, and that his great concern was to lead souls to Christ, and to minister
to the spiritual good of all. His religion was personal, cordial, and
practical; not merely official. It was evident to all who conversed with him,
or who listened to his conversation, that his great object was, like his Master,
to "go about doing good."
Vo1 IX.
•Since remond to Newark, N. J.
As a Preacher, Dr. Abeel occupied a high rank in the estimation of enlightened
and pious hearers. In the commencement of his ministerial course, bia
preparations for the pulpit were in a high degree ornate and beautiful, abounding
in rich matter, and manifesting much taste ·and evangelical eloquence; and
in all these respects he was capable of great things. But, as he advanced 1n
life, his sermons became less elaborate and lest1 rhetorical,-not, however, less
instructive or less useful. He retained, indeed, to the last, a sufficient amount
of ornament in his preaching to attract and to gather round him the young
people of his congregation ; but his discourses, in the pulpit and in the lecture
room, were so clear, so unaffectedly faithful, so full of precious truth, and so
richly experimental, that probably no preacher in the city was more sought
after or admired by the anxious inquirer, or the mature, experienced believer.
I have known members of other churches beside11 his own to attend his weekly
lectures with steadfast perseverance and with the deepest interest.
Dr. Abeel was eminently a catholic Christian. Though he was warmly
attached to the Dutch Church, and spared no labour to promote her extension
and honour, yet he had nothing narrow or sectarian in his feelings. He had
no community of spirit with those who can see no good out of their own
denomination, and·no evil within it. He had a large mind, and a Jar~ heart
for real religion, wherever he found it ; and could sincerely rejoice in the
advancement of the Saviour's Kingdom, no matter by whom it was accomplished.
Hence he was ever ready to favour any plan which promised to do
good to the soul& of men, by whomsoever proposed or undertaken. Yet no
man was more tenacious than he of what he believed to be sound, scriptural
truth, or more ready to "contend earnestly" for it against all gainsayers.
His catholicism was not the offspring of either indifference or indolence ; but
of a sound, sanctified discrimination between the essentials and the nonessentials
of religion, joined with a strong predisposition to love all who
Se<'med to love the Saviour.
Dr. Abee! never published much. His talents and his learning were, indeed,
both such that he might have given instruction from the press with great
acceptance and profit. But he had no particular "publishing propensity;"
and bis mind and heart were so much absorbed in the great practical work of
doing good by personal labour, that he found less time than he desired for the
liberal use of the pen. To this may be added that, during the last seven or
eight years of his ministry, he was so much of a valetudinarian that the extra
labour necessary for preparing work for the press became irksome, if not
impracticable.
When, therefore, this eminent man was removed by death, at the age of
forty-two, he was universally lamented. The most enlightened and serious
Christians of New York felt as if one of the ablest and best of their spiritual
guides was taken away. Seldom, I believe, has a minister died, who left a
richer monument of affection and confidence in the hearts of thousands who
were best acquainted with him, than did this faithful servant of Christ.
I wish it were in my power to convey a more vivid and adequate impression
of the esteem and love with which this friend of my youth was regarded by
all who knew him. But little as has been the leisure, and less the strength,
which I have enjoyed in framing the present communication, I feel constrained
to thank you for giving me the opportunity to offer this humble testimonial to
his beloved memor-.
I am, Rev. and dear Brother,
Cordially yours, in Christian bonds,
SAMUEL MILLER.

Abeel, John Nelson, D.D

2015-05-08T19:14:40Z

Salyards:

Abeel, John Nelson, D.D

2015-05-08T15:10:50Z

Salyards:

Strong, William

2015-05-06T18:24:00Z

Salyards: Created page with "=William Strong= *Born: 6 May 1808, Somers, Connecticut *Died: 19 August 1895, Lake Minnewassa, New York Article from Encyclopaedia of Presbyterianism in the United States of..."

=William Strong=
*Born: 6 May 1808, Somers, Connecticut
*Died: 19 August 1895, Lake Minnewassa, New York

Article from Encyclopaedia of Presbyterianism in the United States of America, pg. 873-874

'''Strong, William, LL. D.''', is one of the most eminent jurists of our country. His life has been signally marked with honor and usefulness. He was born at Somers, Conn., May 6th, 1808. His father was the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lightbourn_Strong Rev. William L. Strong], who for twenty-five years was pastor of the Congregational Church at Somers, succeeding Rev. Dr. Backus, and subsequently pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Vienna, N. Y. He graduated from Yale College in 1828, and taught school three years, during which he studied law, part of the time at the New Haven Law School. He commenced legal practice at Reading, Pa., in l832; in 1843 was chosen an elder of the Presbyterian Church there; in 1846 was elected to Congress, and again in 1848. Declining a re-election, he returned to his legal practice. In 1857 he was elected a Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and then removed to Philadelphia, connecting himself with Calvary Presbyterian Church, of which he was immediately chosen an elder.

Judge Strong resigned his judicial commission October 1st, 1868, and commenced the practice of the law in Philadelphia. In January, 1870, he was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, when he removed to Washington. He continued in that Court until the close of the year 1880, faithfully meeting the demands of the position, and then resigned. He has been an elder of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Avenue_Presbyterian_Church New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, of Washington], from a short time after his removal there. He was for many years a corporate member of the A. B. C. F. M., and until the union of the two branches of the Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the committee that prepared and reported the plan of union. He has been many years a Vice-president of the American Bible Society and of the American Sunday School Union, and for some years has been President of the American Tract Society. He has been honored with the degree of LL.D. by his Alma Mater, Yale College, by Princeton, and by Lafayette. He was a member of the Second General Council of the [[Presbyterian Alliance]], which convened at Philadelphia, September, 1880. He is highly esteemed for his dignity, uprightness, social qualities and intellectual ability, and in the judicatories of the Church and other spheres of Christian activity exerts a commanding influence.

S

2015-05-06T17:55:20Z

Salyards:

Index for - A ([[Index Page]]) - [[B]] - [[C]] - [[D]] - [[E]] - [[F]] - [[G]] - [[H]] - [[I]] - [[J]] - [[K]] - [[L]] - [[M]] - [[N]] - [[O]] - [[P]] - [[Q]] - [[R]] - S - [[T]] - [[U]] - [[V]] - [[W]] - [[X]] - [[Y]] - [[Z]]

== S ==

Smith, Walter Chalmers (5 December 1824 - 19 September 1908; [Free Church of Scotland] minister, poet and hymn writer including "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise")
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Chalmers_Smith Wikipedia]

Soga, Tiyo (1829 - 12 August 1871; First native black South African ordained to the ministry; educated in Scotland and ordained by the United Presbyterian Church, planted mission stations in South Africa)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiyo_Soga Wikipedia]

[[Strong, William]] ( 6 May 1808 - 19 August 1895; Active ruling elder, lawyer, Member of U.S. Congress, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Judge, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, V.P. American Bible Society, member PCUSA reunion committee )

Abeel, John Nelson, D.D

2015-05-04T21:33:37Z

Salyards: Created page with "=John Nelson Abeel= *Born: 1768, New York, New York *Died: 20 January 1812 Article from Encyclopaedia of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, p. 9 '''Abe..."

Adams, William

2015-05-04T04:00:18Z

Salyards: Created page with "=William Adams= *Born: 25 January 1807, Colchester, Conneticuit *Died: 31 August 1880, New York, New York Taken from his article in [https://books.google.com/books?id=rPoUAAA..."

=William Adams=
*Born: 25 January 1807, Colchester, Conneticuit
*Died: 31 August 1880, New York, New York

Taken from his article in [https://books.google.com/books?id=rPoUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA37#v=onepage&q&f=false Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, Volume 1, p. 37-38, 1903]

'''ADAMS, William''', clergyman, was born at Colchester, Conn., Jan. 25, 1807, son of John and Elizabeth Ripley Adams. His father was for twenty-three years principal of Phillips academy,

Index Page

2015-05-04T03:49:02Z

Salyards: /* A */

Index for - A - [[B]] - [[C]] - [[D]] - [[E]] - [[F]] - [[G]] - [[H]] - [[I]] - [[J]] - [[K]] - [[L]] - [[M]] - [[N]] - [[O]] - [[P]] - [[Q]] - [[R]] - [[S]] - [[T]] - [[U]] - [[V]] - [[W]] - [[X]] - [[Y]] - [[Z]]

== A ==
[[Abeel, John Nelson, D.D]] (1768 - 20 January 1812; Pastor in Philadelphia and New York City)

[[Adair, William]] (1758 - 11 December 1848; Irish-born, Scottish trained and ministering in Ireland but fled in 1804 to Mid-Atlantic states)

[[Adams, William]] ( 25 January 1807 - 31 August 1880; Pastor in New York City, Moderator New School General Assembly)

Beecher, Willis Judson

2015-04-29T19:02:52Z

Salyards: Created page with "=Willis Judson Beecher= *Born: 29 April 1838, Hampden, Ohio *Died: 10 May 1912, Auburn, New York Obituary from [https://books.google.com/books?id=bJjNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA65#v=onepa..."

=Willis Judson Beecher=
*Born: 29 April 1838, Hampden, Ohio
*Died: 10 May 1912, Auburn, New York

Obituary from [https://books.google.com/books?id=bJjNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA65#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The Biblical World'', v. 40, n. 1, pp. 65-67]

'''Willis Judson Beecher''' The ranks of our veterans in Old Testament scholarship are once more
reduced by the death on May 10, at his home in Auburn, N.Y., of Dr.
Willis Judson Beecher. He has been best known to this and the preceding
generation as professor of the Hebrew language and literature in
Auburn Theological Seminary, where he lived his life and did his work.
The remarkable and loving tributes which the citizens of Auburn, the
members of the Theological Seminary, the various civic, literary, and
mercantile associations of that and adjoining cities paid to his memory
at the funeral revealed a character of rare exemplary worth, whose
endowments and ideals and methods deserve more than passing notice.

Willis Judson Beecher was born in Hampden, Ohio, April 29, 1838,
of sturdy Christian parents. They early moved to New York state,
where the lad was trained in Augusta and Vernon academies. He was
graduated from Hamilton College at the age of twenty (1858) with the
degree of A.B. After teaching three years in Whiteside Seminary, he
entered [[Auburn Theological Seminary]] in 1861 and was graduated and
also ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian church, in 1864. For
the next year he was pastor at Ovid, N.Y.; and from 1865-69 was
professor of moral science and ''belles lettres'' at [https://www.knox.edu/ Knox College], Galesburg,
Ill. In 1869-71 he was pastor of the First Church of Christ at Galesburg.
In 1871 he was called to Auburn Theological Seminary, to the chair which
he so acceptably filled for thirty-seven years, until his voluntary retirement
in 1908, when seventy years of age. Since retirement from the
Seminary he has devoted his time to writing and to the service of the
several boards and organizations of which he was a member. Physically
robust until about a month before his death, he was then stricken with
the sudden illness which has removed a rare man and a widely beloved
friend.

Dr. Beecher was a man among men. He was one of those persons
who never lost his humanness. He was interested in everything that
made for the uplift of the life about him. More than this, he willingly,
gladly shared his burden of responsibility as a citizen in the city of
Auburn. Even his habits as a scholar did not make him a recluse, nor
dehumanize him. Among the educated and uneducated he was equally
a man abounding in human sympathy and helpfulness. Modest,
retiring, yet firm, he commanded the highest regard of everyone.

As a member of the Presbyterian church he was a pillar of support.
He was always an official in the local church at Auburn, a teacher in the
Bible school, a genial friend and helper, and one of the most cordial welcomers
of those whom others would be likely to overlook. In denominational
work in the synod and in the whole country he was naturally a
leader, wise adviser, and counselor. Pastors and teachers eagerly
consulted him and availed themselves of his sympathy and wisdom in
the prosecution of their work. In the community at large he wielded
a forceful influence for good. The Y.M.C.A., the city library, the
historical society, Wells College at Aurora-all were enriched by his
active efforts and counsel.

But the one department to which he gave the bulk of his time and
strength since 1871, a period of forty-one years, was that of the Old
Testament.

He was known among his students as patient and kind toward the
hard-working, earnest, yet mediocre student, and always severe on
himself. He had the spirit of the true scholar in the thoroughness which
he required; and the humility of the real scholar in his treatment of
difficult questions. His students testify that they received some of their
best lessons in sincerity in the modest reply he gave to some difficult
question: "I do not know; I'll investigate the matter and see if I can
give a satisfactory answer." He rarely if ever gave an answer to weighty
questions based on his own assumption of knowledge, or the superiority
of his methods of investigation. With this modesty was linked an
open-mindedness that always seeks the truth and welcomes it from
any quarter. He was not merely a student of books, but a thinker, who
made his own investigations and reached his own conclusions. Though
hospitable to truth from any source, he was by nature conservative, and
very tenacious of the conclusions he had once reached. While he recognized
the scientific method, he could not always accept the conclusions
of his fellow-workers. The old paths were more acceptable to him than
the untrodden ways of new theories.

As an Old Testament scholar he devoted much time to lecturing, and
wrote extensively for religious journals, especially those denominational,
and the ''Sunday School Times''. His published books have been mainly
of a popular character. In 1874 he issued ''Father Tompkins and His Bibles''; in 1905, ''The Prophets and the Promise''; in 1906 ''The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Future Life''; in 1907, ''The Dated Events of the Old Testament''; and in 1911, ''Reasonable Biblical Criticism''. Though somewhat mediating in character, his last works cling firmly to the principles
of the conservative school of thought on Old Testament themes.

Dr. Beecher had another very desirable trait for these times. He
had a greater regard for life than for intellectual conclusions. As over
against the spiritual life of men, he felt that the biblical scholar often
pursued the base of a rainbow. This attitude necessarily made him a
mediator, a judge. His chief question was not, "What is truth?" but
"What is the truth for men? "

As a kind friend, by the written and printed testimony of the professors
of Auburn Seminary, to which credit must be given for our information,
Dr. Beecher was unsurpassed. His unselfishness and fidelity
toward others had the ring of true friendship. He had a heart that was
always thoughtful, warm, and tender. He put himself in the place of
others. He was free from envy and any semblance of self-seeking,
preferring others before himself. He was the first to rejoice in the successes
of his friends and the most sympathetic in their sorrows. Since
the death of his wife twenty years ago, his only child, Miss Elizabeth
Beecher, has been his constant companion and the sharer of all his joys and sorrows.

Life to Dr. Beecher was something sacred. He made drudgery
divine. He moved among even the common things of life with the sense
of their divineness. With all his passing years he was always young
and fresh in thought. His life broadened and enriched with the years.
His love of nature, of the woods, brooks, and mountains, the joys of
friendship, the loss of himself for the good of others—all made his years
youthfully happy. To those who knew him best, he was a great man and a great Christian.

IRA M. PRICE

B

2015-04-29T18:33:57Z

Salyards:

Index for - A ([[Index Page]]) - B - [[C]] - [[D]] - [[E]] - [[F]] - [[G]] - [[H]] - [[I]] - [[J]] - [[K]] - [[L]] - [[M]] - [[N]] - [[O]] - [[P]] - [[Q]] - [[R]] - [[S]] - [[T]] - [[U]] - [[V]] - [[W]] - [[X]] - [[Y]] - [[Z]]

== B ==
[[Beecher, Willis Judson]] (29 April 1838 - 10 May 1912; pastor in New York and Illinois, long serving Old Testament Professor at [[Auburn Theological Seminary]])

Buchan, John (26 August 1875 - 11 February 1940; Raised in Free Church, statesman, 12th Governor General of Canada, prolific author, ruling elder, Lord High Commissioner to multiple Church of Scotland General Assemblies, close friend of [[Thomas Nelson]]) biography from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchan Wikipedia]

Buchanan, George (February 1506 - 25 September 1582; Ruling elder, Scottish academic, Moderator 1567 Church of Scotland General Assembly (the next ruling elder to be Moderator would be in 2004)) biography from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Buchanan Wikipedia]

Burr, Aaron, Sr. (4 January 1716 - 24 September 1757; Noted pastor and educator in colonial New Jersey, Co-founder of the [[College of New Jersey]], served as its second president (and its youngest), son-in-law of [[Jonathan Edwards]] and father of Aaron Burr, Jr., politician and third Vice-President of the United States)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Burr,_Sr. Wikipedia]
* [http://www.princeton.edu/pub/presidents/burr/ Princeton official biography]
* [http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/burr_aaron_sr.html Princeton extended biography]

Main Page

2015-04-29T18:29:38Z

Salyards:

Main Page

2015-04-29T18:29:14Z

Salyards:

Hazen, James King

2015-04-29T18:01:08Z

Salyards: Created page with "=James King Hazen= *Born: 27 April 1833, West Springfield (now Agawam), Mass. *Died: 22 August 1902, Bon Air, Virginia [Note: Birth date on his [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi..."

=James King Hazen=
*Born: 27 April 1833, West Springfield (now Agawam), Mass.
*Died: 22 August 1902, Bon Air, Virginia

[Note: Birth date on his [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=11121498&PIpi=7706365 grave marker] is 27 April, and the encyclopedia article below says 29 April.]

'''Hazen, James King, D. D.''', was born in West Springfield (now Agawam), Mass., April 29th, 1833. He was the son of Rev. R. S. Hazen and Eunice (King) Hazen. At an early age his parents removed to Connecticut, where he prepared for college. He entered Williams College, Mass., September, 1852, and graduated, with full honors, in the class of 1856. For nearly a year after his graduation he taught in Connecticut, and in 1857 removed to Prattville, Ala., where, for three years, he was engaged in manufacturing business, with which interests he was more or less identified for many succeeding years. His collegiate course had been pursued with a view to the ministry, which had been abandoned, for reasons that seemed, at the time, to be imperative. An active Christian life attracted the attention of leading men in the Church, and Mr. Hazen was urged to enter the ministry, with a view to the pastorate of the Prattville Presbyterian Church. He was licensed by the Presbytery of East Alabama, in 1860, and assumed charge of the Prattville Church January 1st, 1861, being ordained and installed the March following. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by the Southwestern University, Clarksville, Tenn., in 1878. The General Assembly of the "Presbyterian Church in the United States," at New Orleans, May, 1877, elected him Secretary of the Presbyterian Committee of Publication, which position he has filled with marked ability and rare business tact, bringing its affairs into a sound financial condition, and placing the work upon a basis that promises a prosperous future.

Dr. Hazen's life and labors in Alabama were marked with peculiar success, and his influence for good, in Prattville and all the surrounding country, is felt to this day. Commencing his work there with a church of some twenty-four members, it grew and strengthened, under his faithful ministration, until its numbers reached nearly two hundred, with three branch churches, in a circuit of some fifteen miles, and four comfortable church buildings, as the tokens of God's blessing upon the consecrated labors of His servant.

Image and article from [https://books.google.com/books?id=pd4xAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA313#v=onepage&q&f=false Encyclopaedia of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, p. 322]

H

2015-04-29T17:20:41Z

Salyards:

Index for - A ([[Index Page]]) - [[B]] - [[C]] - [[D]] - [[E]] - [[F]] - [[G]] - H - [[I]] - [[J]] - [[K]] - [[L]] - [[M]] - [[N]] - [[O]] - [[P]] - [[Q]] - [[R]] - [[S]] - [[T]] - [[U]] - [[V]] - [[W]] - [[X]] - [[Y]] - [[Z]]

== H ==

[[Hall, John]] (11 August 1806 - 1894; Lawyer, then pastor in Trenton, NJ, temporary professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, editor for the American Sunday-School Union producing several volumes)

[[Hazen, James King]] (27 April 1833 - 22 August 1902; teacher, manufacturing and pastor in Alabama, secretary of the PCUS Board of Publications)

H

2014-08-11T20:26:55Z

Salyards: Created page with "Index for - A (Index Page) - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - ..."

K

2014-08-11T18:10:32Z

Salyards:

Index for - A ([[Index Page]]) - [[B]] - [[C]] - [[D]] - [[E]] - [[F]] - [[G]] - [[H]] - [[I]] - [[J]] - K - [[L]] - [[M]] - [[N]] - [[O]] - [[P]] - [[Q]] - [[R]] - [[S]] - [[T]] - [[U]] - [[V]] - [[W]] - [[X]] - [[Y]] - [[Z]]

== K ==

Knox, John (c. 1514 - 24 November 1572; Scottish theologian and student of [[C#Calvin | John Calvin]] who helped lead the Scottish Reformation)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Knox Wikipedia]
* [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/knox Christian Classics Ethereal Library]
* [http://www.theopedia.com/John_Knox Theopedia]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08680a.htm New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia]