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 . nt in Chicago hewas looked upon as an independent thinker, but notas holding any views that would justify a charge ofunsoundness in doctrine. In May, 1874, however,he was arraigned
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 . nt in Chicago hewas looked upon as an independent thinker, but notas holding any views that would justify a charge ofunsoundness in doctrine. In May, 1874, however,he was arraigned before the Chicago Presbytery onthe ground of heresy, with thirty specifications oncomplaint of Rev. Francis L. Patton. He defendedhimself with ability and eloquence, and was acquitted,but, as the prosecution appealed the case to Synod,thus threatening him with further annoyance. withdrew from the denomination and con-tinued his work as an independent minister. It maybe added that although many of his former co-laborers in the Presbyterian church could not giveunqualified assent to his theological views, they havecontinued to admire, without stint, his zeal, his abilityas a thinker, and above all, the beauty of his personalcharacter. He has published Sermons (Chicago,1874); Truths for To-Day (1874-76); Motivesof Life (1879); Club Essays (1881), and Ser-mons (1884). He died in Chicago, Oct. 3, OF AMERICAN BIOGBAPHY. 17
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