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<p> a Presbyterian minister, was born in 1799. He graduated from [[Cumberland]] College, Ky., and was immediately appointed professor of Latin and Greek in that college. He afterwards spent five years as professor in [[Sharon]] College, and in 1843 was elected president of Cumberland College, where he remained ten years and a half. When the chair of systematic theology was established in the Cumberland University, he was called to it, and continued actively in discharge of its duties until a few davs before his death, which occurred in Lebanon, Tenn., Nov. 6, 1880. He published Systematic [[Theology]] (3 vols. 8vo); '''''—''''' Biographical Sketches (2 vols.): '''''—''''' one volume of Essays and Reviews, and Why am I a Cumberland Presbyterian? He was in favor of the union of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Northern Presbyterian. Church, and was appointed by the General [[Assembly]] to consider the matter. He was called to the moderator's chair several times. See N; Y. Observer, Dec. 16, 1880. (W. P. S.) </p>

 

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