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 . m-proved the building, and great-ly increased the here, to redeem a promise to a little girl, who,on her death-bed gave him her missionary box, con-taining $,
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 . m-proved the building, and great-ly increased the here, to redeem a promise to a little girl, who,on her death-bed gave him her missionary box, con-taining $, lie began in 1876 a mission which soongrew more vigorous than the parent congregation,and demanded his entire service. Since 1882 hehas been pastor of the Memorial church, with areading-room and library of his founding. Hebuilt a collegiate church corner 19th and Yorkstreets. In 1874 he became chief proprietor of thePresbyterian. He has been able and successfulas a preacher, active and influential in ecclesiasticalaffairs, and possesses marked metaphysical attain-ments and unusual executive ability. His letterswritten during a journey around the world in 1887,have been in part reprinted in three volumes: first, A Visit of Japheth to Shem and Ham: second andthird, The Mogul, the Mongol, the Mikado and theMissionary. He received the (fegree of from Centre college, and that of D. D. from Lafayette ^AJkMXc^miatsi 132 THE NATIONAL
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