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<p> Bruce, [[Robert]] (1), D.D. </p> <p> an [[Associate]] minister, was born in the parish of Scone, [[Perth]] County, Scotland, in 1776. He graduated at the university of [[Edinburgh]] in 1798, and in 1801 was admitted as a student of divinity by the Associate [[Presbytery]] of Perth, and for five years prosecuted his studies under the venerable professor A. Bruce. He was licensed by the Associate Presbytery of Perth in 1806, and was immediately sent by the Scottish [[Synod]] as a missionary to the United States. After travelling some years, he became pastor of the Associate congregation in [[Fort]] Pitt, now Pittsburgh. In 1820 he was chosen president of the Western University; here he served until 1843, when he resigned. After this he had an important agency in establishing another institution (Duquesne College), of which he became provost, and held the place till the close of his life, June 14, 1846. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, IX, 3:90. </p>
<p> Bruce, [[Robert]] (2) </p> <p> an Irish Wesleyan minister, was born at Ballycastle, County Antrim, in 1785. In 1810 he was received into the ministry, and for forty-five years fulfilled his duties with unwearied zeal, courage, faithfulness, and success. He clearly apprehended and lucidly expounded the doctrines of Methodism, was well acquainted with its constitution and history, and well read in the general history of the Church. He was a man of unimpeachable integrity, firmness of purpose, and gentleness of spirit. He became a supernumerary in 1855, and died at his residence in Skibbereen, June 5, 1863. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1863, page 25. </p>


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<ref name="term_28365"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bruce,+robert+(2)+(3) Robert Bruce from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Robert Bruce [1]

Bruce, Robert (2)

an Irish Wesleyan minister, was born at Ballycastle, County Antrim, in 1785. In 1810 he was received into the ministry, and for forty-five years fulfilled his duties with unwearied zeal, courage, faithfulness, and success. He clearly apprehended and lucidly expounded the doctrines of Methodism, was well acquainted with its constitution and history, and well read in the general history of the Church. He was a man of unimpeachable integrity, firmness of purpose, and gentleness of spirit. He became a supernumerary in 1855, and died at his residence in Skibbereen, June 5, 1863. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1863, page 25.

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