The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . bis]iastorate tliere a cliiirclidebl was li(jni(bited anda jtarsonaue built, liei-esinned in lsr)S, restedone year, and tlien ac-ce])ted a call from New-ton. N. J., where he was installed pastor of the Presbyte-rian Chnrch in October. IS.)!). While he had that (hariiethere were ;;e additions to tlie clun-ch r(dl and a par-sonai^e was built, lie resigned in .lanuary, ISdll, moved toI^leiniiiiitoii, -Vpril 1st, of the same year, and continued aspastor (d the Iresbylerian (linich there for nearly (weiity-se\-en years. Dr. ^fott has nev


The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . bis]iastorate tliere a cliiirclidebl was li(jni(bited anda jtarsonaue built, liei-esinned in lsr)S, restedone year, and tlien ac-ce])ted a call from New-ton. N. J., where he was installed pastor of the Presbyte-rian Chnrch in October. IS.)!). While he had that (hariiethere were ;;e additions to tlie clun-ch r(dl and a par-sonai^e was built, lie resigned in .lanuary, ISdll, moved toI^leiniiiiitoii, -Vpril 1st, of the same year, and continued aspastor (d the Iresbylerian (linich there for nearly (weiity-se\-en years. Dr. ^fott has never allowed his faculties to become dor-mant by disuse, and tin- years that have ])assed since heeiitere(l the ministry ha\e been devoted lo other and \arionsridi^ioiis and secular (dijecls. lie has found lime for liter-ary achievemenls as wcdl, and has written many books. Thefollowing are anioiiL; his best effoits, and are coiniiicini;that his c-oiitribnt ion to liistor\ has been in other ways thanmerely miuisteriul: The Prodigal Sou, l)<t,)3; The. GEORGE S. MOTT, I).I>. •114 THE PASSAIC VALLEY Resurrection of the Dead, 1866; The Perfect Law, has produced a great many articles for the religiouspapers, of which the folloAving are notable: In the Presby-terian Magasine, 1857, David and Goliath ; in the Prince-ton Revieio, 1863, Pauls Thorn in the Flesh, 1871, Ret-ribution, 1872, Annihilation, 1873, The SundaySchool: its Past and Present ; in Our Home, 1873, CapitalPunishment. He has written several religious tracts, not-ably Holding on to Christ, Gaming and Gambling, There is no Passing, Eating and Drinking Unworthily, Niirse them at Home. His miscellaneous writings have been widely published,a few of which are here mentioned: In 1864 A Discourseat the Funeral of Capt. V. Griggs, by request of CompanyK. ( Harris Light ), Second New York Cavalry; in 1865, Seven Weeks of Prayer, Newton, N. J.; in 1873, Open-ing Address at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of SomersetCou


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