The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . ssessed for influencing young men,for wielding aright the potential instru-mentalities belonging to the professorschair, aided by the power which gavehis sermons a baptism of fire when oc-casionally he was able to preach, DoctorOlin did more for the Church than if hehad ever worn a miter. We never knewa professor or preside
The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . ssessed for influencing young men,for wielding aright the potential instru-mentalities belonging to the professorschair, aided by the power which gavehis sermons a baptism of fire when oc-casionally he was able to preach, DoctorOlin did more for the Church than if hehad ever worn a miter. We never knewa professor or president half so idolizedby his students. Colossal ia physicalproportions, he towered equally abovehis fellows in intellectual and moral qual-ities. The founder of De Pauw Universitywas a philanthropic manufacturer, whohad succeeded in creating at New Al-bany the largest establishment in Amer-ica devoted to the making of plate his sixtieth year, finding himself awealthy man, he resolved to devote hiswealth to social and religious ends. Wash-ington Charles De Pauw was the secondson of General John De Pauw, an Amer-ican of Huguenot descent. The familyoriginally came, as the name signifies,from Pau, the capital of Navarre, butmigrated to Holland during the religious. PROFESSOR G. W. CI,ARK,Of Allegheny College. From 1837 to 1839 Matthew Simpson wasprofessor of natural science in the insti-tution. A visible memorial of its firstpresident, who died in 1838, remains inthe building known as Ruter Hall, erectedin 1855, and subscribed for by the citizensof Meadville. In the year 1870 the college enteredupon a new phase of its existence, byadmitting young women as students, astep taken mainly through the influenceof Dr. A. B. Hyde, now professor of Greekin the University of Denver, and wellknown as author of The Story of Meth-odism. The subsequent career of theinstitution has been singularly prosper-ous. Among the notable alumni andformer students are President McKinley,Senator W B. A
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