The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . minary olE which John N. Mason was the head. He was a mis-sionary for some time, but in 1819 accepted a call tothe Associate Reformed churchat Milton, Northumberlandcounty.
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . minary olE which John N. Mason was the head. He was a mis-sionary for some time, but in 1819 accepted a call tothe Associate Reformed churchat Milton, Northumberlandcounty. Pa, During his resi-dence in New York he .assistedin organizing the first Sundayschool ever established in thatcity, and as pastor at Miltonhe was no less active in goodworks, and organized the firsttemperance societies and Sun-day schools in central Penn-sylvania. He also establishedthe Milton academy, and edit-ed the Religious Farmerfrom 1838 to 1839. In 1833he entered the Presbyterianchurch with Dr. Mason, andthe great body of the Asso-ciate Reformed church. In1830 he became manager ofthe Manual labor academy inGermantown, Pa., which brought him into the Pres-bytery of Philadelphia, and in 1831 he was chosenmoderator of the synod of Philadelphia. In 1833Dr. Junkinfounded Lafayette college at Easton, Pa.,and became its first president. In establishing thiscollege he used a large portion of his own fortune. and of that belonging to his wife, but becoming dis-couraged by pecuniary difficulties, in 1841 he ac-cepted the presidency of Miami university, Oxford,O. He remained there onlj three years, the aboli-tion sentiment surrounding him being too 0. Calhoun wrote that the best defence ofsouthern slavery* he ever read was Dr. Junkinsspeech before the synod of Cincinnati. He waselected of the old school general assemblyin 1844, and in the same year was Iecalled to thepresidency of Washington college, twenty-six of hisstudents following him, and held this o
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