The centennial memorial of the Presbytery of Carlisle; a series of papers, historical and biographical, relating to the origin and growth of Presbyterianism in the central and eastern part of southern Pennsylvania . life, to take a run of a winters morning of twentymiles before breakfast, without any painful effort or exhaus-tion. Ill middle life he became suddenly corpulent, and con-tinued so, despite all his efforts to abate or arrest it, to the endof his days. Dr. Samuel Miller and Dr. Matthew Brown, twoof his pupils and two of the writers teachers, always spoke ofhim with the utmost venera
The centennial memorial of the Presbytery of Carlisle; a series of papers, historical and biographical, relating to the origin and growth of Presbyterianism in the central and eastern part of southern Pennsylvania . life, to take a run of a winters morning of twentymiles before breakfast, without any painful effort or exhaus-tion. Ill middle life he became suddenly corpulent, and con-tinued so, despite all his efforts to abate or arrest it, to the endof his days. Dr. Samuel Miller and Dr. Matthew Brown, twoof his pupils and two of the writers teachers, always spoke ofhim with the utmost veneration, gratitude and love. Dr. Nisbets earnest and active life was terminated, January19, 1804, and his remains were interred in the old graveyard, MONUMENT OF REV. CHARLES NISBET, O, D., OLIGRAVEYARD, CARLISLE, PA. 66 Presbytery of Carlisle—Centennial. Rev. John Bl£Lck. The above-named minister was pastor of Upper Marsli Creek,now (jettysburg church, for nineteen years. He was a man ofsuperior talents, good scholarship, of devoted piety, an earnestand successful preacher of the gospel, and a most highlyesteemed friend and neighbor of Dr. William Paxton, of LowerMarsh Creek church. ? Mr. Black was born in Nortii Carolina. He entered thejunior class in the College of New Jersey, and graduated, in1771. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Donegal, in 1773,and was installed pastor of Upper Marsh Creek church, August15, 1775. He had supplied the pulpit at intervals for morethan a year previously. The greater part of his ministry in this charge was very ac-ceptable to and highly appreciated by the people. He was aman of rare natural gifts, of thorough scholarship for that day,and a popular and impressive preacher. Soon after he t
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