. History of Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College, 1787-1853; Marshall College, 1836-1853; Franklin and Marshall College, 1853-1903. fruitless. The result proved that Mr. Fisher wasright when he said at Synod: If we can satisfy Dr. Xevinthat it is his duty to take charge of the professorship atMercersburg, the whole Presbyterian Church combinedcannot prevent him from doing so. He accepted the callas a matter of duty, believing that the Lord was sendinghim on a mission to a special work. In taking this step hehad the full approval of Dr. Archibald Alexander andother leading Presbyter
. History of Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College, 1787-1853; Marshall College, 1836-1853; Franklin and Marshall College, 1853-1903. fruitless. The result proved that Mr. Fisher wasright when he said at Synod: If we can satisfy Dr. Xevinthat it is his duty to take charge of the professorship atMercersburg, the whole Presbyterian Church combinedcannot prevent him from doing so. He accepted the callas a matter of duty, believing that the Lord was sendinghim on a mission to a special work. In taking this step hehad the full approval of Dr. Archibald Alexander andother leading Presbyterians, who regarded him as simplypassing from one branch of the Reformed Confession toanother which offered a more promising field of did not, however, accept the call in any half-heartedway. In his letter of acceptance he said: I give myselfwholly to the German Reformed Church, and find nodifficulty in making her interests my own. From the firsthe so completely identified himself with German thoughtand life that the Reformed Church accepted him withunreserved confidence. Dr. Nevin was at this time thirty-seven years of
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