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<p> a Presbyterian minister, was born in [[Scotland]] in 1771 or 1772. Whenyoung, he migrated with his parents to America. Little is known of his early years but that he spent some time at the [[Transylvania]] University (Kentucky), and completed his studies at Bardstown, when he connected himself with the Prebyterian Church. In 1795 he was licensed, and, as a missionary, distributed his labors in the counties of Nelson, Shelby, and Jefferson. He was installed in 1796 over the churches of [[Akron]] and Fox Run, Shelby, and Big [[Spring]] in Nelson, and for several years the field of his labors embraced a circuit of from thirty to forty miles. [[Seven]] churches were organized by his instrumentality, and he was often obliged to swim the swollen streams to do his duty. During a revival in 1828 large additions were made to his churches, and from this time he supplied the congregations of Shelbvville and Mulberry. He died December 4, 1836. He published The [[Faithful]] [[Steward]] (1806): — The Monitor, on [[Religious]] Liberty, etc. (1806): — An [[Appeal]] to the Scriptures, etc. (1811): — A [[Discourse]] between the [[Confession]] of [[Faith]] of the Presbyterian Churchand a Preacher who holds the [[Doctrine]] of an Indefinite and Universal [[Atonement]] (1814): — A [[Defence]] of the Doctrines of [[Grace]] (a series of Letters, 1816): — A Reply to Questions on Predestination, etc. (1822). — Sprague, Annals, 4:168. </p>

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