The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . , anddied at Nth. Berwick, June 11, 1899; ordained in theScotch Church, he came out at the disruption in1843, and became a pastor in the Free Church;later he was professor of apologetics and pastoraltheology in New College and president of the Alli-ance of Presbyterian churches at Toronto in edited several religious periodicals and wrotemany devotional and theological works, amongthe best known of which are Bible History; BetterDays for Working People; For the Work of theMinistry; Personal Life of D
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . , anddied at Nth. Berwick, June 11, 1899; ordained in theScotch Church, he came out at the disruption in1843, and became a pastor in the Free Church;later he was professor of apologetics and pastoraltheology in New College and president of the Alli-ance of Presbyterian churches at Toronto in edited several religious periodicals and wrotemany devotional and theological works, amongthe best known of which are Bible History; BetterDays for Working People; For the Work of theMinistry; Personal Life of David Livingstone; Lead-ers of Modern Philanthropy; Life of Chalmers. BLAINE, James Gillespie, an American states-man; born of Scotch-Irish parentage at WestBrownsville, Pennsyl-vania, Jan. 31, a boy at school heexcelled in literatureand mathematics, andat the early age of 13entered WashingtonCollege, in his nativecounty, graduating in1847. Subsequentlyhe became a teacher inthe military instituteat Blue Lick Springs,Kentucky, where hemarried Miss HarrietStanwood, a teacher in. JAMES G. BLAINE. a neighboring after his marriage he removed to Pennsyl-vania, and after studying law for a short timebecame a teacher in the Institution for the Blindat Philadelphia. In 1854 he removed to Augusta,Maine, entering the journalistic ranks, first aseditor of \.\\q Kennebec Journal, and later as editorof the Portland Advertiser. In 1858 he was electedto the state legislature, and served two terms,officiating as speaker during the last two the same year (1858) he was made chair-man of the Republican state committee, whichoffice he held for a score of years. In 1862 theRepublicans electv^d him to the House of Repre-sentatives, and for 20 years he served in one orthe other of the two Houses of Congress. Duringthe war he favored all judicious and practicalresolutions for its vigorous prosecution, and atits close he bore an active part in the reconstruc-tion measur
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