Class of 1877 DECENNIAL RECORD PRINCETON SEMINARY ,t m moment s PRINCETON, N. J. Divisu ion A^^ Section ♦V^vx^-- Shelf Number ^ Sec DECENNIAL RECORD Class of 1877 PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY V BY THE SECRETARY 'JuaM^ 1888. Printed by C. S. ROBINSON & CO., Princeton, N.J. PREFACE. The short notice of the Class Reunion will account for the appearance of this Eecord. A large part of the material for it was gathered by Adriance, the present Secretary's predecessor, to whom the thanks of the Class are due for his voluntary services in the matter. Only one of our number has died during these ten years — David Scott. The livmg are distributed in twenty-one states and territories of the United States, two being in Canada, and one in Scotland. We have been scattered, literally, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the G-reat Lakes to the G-ulf of Mexico. With reference to the money contributed for a memorial chapel to Scott in Persia, the Secretary has been unable to learn anything definite. The proba- bility is that it has been expended in the general mission work of that field. JOSEPH H. DULLES, Secretary. Princeton, N. J., Jan. 1888. CLASS REUNION. Nine members of the class were present at the decennial meeting held in the old Oratory on the 10th of May, 1887. These were : Allen, Anderson, Deems, Dulles, Moran, Patterson, Reid, Eoss, and Van Dyke. Deems was called to the chair, and Dulles was appointed Secretary. A letter was read from Adriance, who was unavoidably absent, in which he resigned his position as Class Secretary. Dulles was elected to fill the vacancy. On motion the Secretary was directed to prepare, secure funds for, and publish a Decennial Eecord of the class. On a further motion the Secre- tary was directed to inquire of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church what disposition had been made of the one hundred dollars given by certain members of the class for the building of a chapel in Persia to the memory of David Scott. After reading parts of the material already gathered by the retiring Secretary for the Record the meeting adjourned. DECENNIAL RECORD. Adams, Lewis J., Jr., Dennison, Texas. Was ordained April 29, 1878, by the Presbytery of Free- port, 111., and at the same time was installed pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Gi-alena, 111. He had received a call to this church Dec. 17, 1877. Here he remained until 1887, when he moved to Dennison, Texas. He has been moderator of his Presbytery, and was delegate to the G-eneral Assembly in 1882. He is unmarried. He writes: " The years have glided pleasantly and peacefully (I have no wife as yet) and nothing beyond the petty cares and trials of an ordi- nary pastorate has occurred to interrupt the even tenor of my way." He uses manuscript. Adriance, S. Winchester, Lowell, Mass. Unlike the preceding, is now in his third pastorate. After graduation from the Seminary he was almost immedi- ately ordained by the Presbytery of North Eiver, May 8 Decennial Record 22, 1877, and installed pastor of the Lloyd Pres- byterian Church, Highland, N. Y. In the early Fall of 1880 he was settled over the Congregational Church, Woodfords, Me., a suburb of Portland. Here he remained four years, during which he represented his conference at the National Conference of Congrega- tional Churches. He accepted a call to become the first pastor of the newly organized Highland Cong. Church, Lowell, Mass., and began work there Nov. 1, 1884. He served a brief time in the Fall of 1885, as the First Secretary of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, but a Council advised his remaining pastor of the Lowell church, and he resigned the secretaryship. Is Associate Editor of The Grolden Rule, Boston, fur- nishing a column and a haK each week, having charge of the Prayer-meeting department. Adriance has written repeatedly for the Congrega- tionalist, N. Y. Observer, Homiletical Eeview, Chris- tian at Work, Christian Union, &c. Though many sermons and articles have been published, none are important enough to notice. Has delivered addresses at each of the National Conferences of the Societies of Christian Endeavor, and makes numerous addresses during the winter before conventions. A tract entitled Class of 1877. 9 "The Begiunings of a Society of Christian Endeavor" of 19 pages, has been published in some 10,000 copies, and is now to be stereotyped. In 1880 he published "Seven Years," being a sketch of the class of 1873, Dartmouth College, 65 pp. quarto. He was married, Oct. 16, 1877, to Lizzie P. Whit- comb of Concord, Mass. They have two boys ; Wil- liam, born Dec. 23, 1880; and Eobert Irving, born Feb. 16, 1884. Allen, Arthur H., Troy, N. Y. Is pastor of the Woodside Presbyterian Church, Troy, N. Y. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Brooklyn, N. Y., April 4, 1876. After graduation from the Sem- inary, he supplied from June 10, 1877, to Nov. 18, 1877, the Second Presbyterian Cliurch, Lexington, Kv., and although great pressure was put upon him to remain in Kentucky, he returned to Princeton, to continue his studies. There he remained through the winter of 1877-8. In Sept. 1878 he began work at Islip, L. L, but was not ordained until April 15, 1879, when the services of ordination and installation were performed by the Presbytery of Nassau. He con- tinued pastor of the church at Islip, until January 18, 10 Decennial Record 1885, when tlie relation was dissolved, in order that he might accept a call tendered Dec. 12, 1884, asking him to become pastor of the Woodside Presbyterian Church, Troy, N. Y. During his residence at Islip, Allen presided as moderator of the Presbytery of Nassau, from Oct. '79 to April '80, and was delegate in 1882 to the G-eneral Assembly, at Springfield, 111. He was installed over the church in Troy, by the Presbytery of Troy, Feb. 12, 1885, where he remains wedded to none but his church, dehghting in the daily study of Hebrew, and performing the duties of Stated Clerk for the Presbytery of Troy. About half the time he preaches written sermons from man- uscript, and the other half extempore from skeleton of sermon before him. He says; "my place is here (D. Y.) for a good while to come." Anderson, Matthew, Philadelphia, Pa. No report has been received. After leaving the Seminary, he went to New Haven, Conn., and supplied the Temple St. Congregational Church there from 1877 to 1879. June 12, 1878, he was ordained as an evangelist by the Presbytery of Carhsle, Pa. From 1879 to 1880 he supplied the Gloucester Mission, Philadelphia, Class of 1877. 11 and then became pastor of the Berean Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, where he still is, and where he has done a good work among his own people. Banta, Daniel B., Lebanon, Ind. Was licensed by the Presbytery of Indianapolis in Sept., 1878, and became stated supply of the Presbyterian Church of Shiloh, Ind. He was ordained some time in 1880, and in that year became stated supply of the churches of Lebanon and Hopewell, Ind. These are his pres- ent charges, according to the Minutes of 1887. He has sent no report. Boyd, Robert, West Elizabeth, Pa. Was ordained as an evangelist by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 27, 1877, at Princeton. Prof. Moffat preached the sermon, Eev. Dr. Sheldon delivered the charge, and Rev. Dr. James Macdonald offered the ordaining prayer. In August of the same year Boyd went to Walla Walla, Washington Territory, and organized there the pioneer Presbyterian church of the eastern part of that territory, on Nov. 11, 1877. A week later he did the same important service for eastern Oregon, organizing a church at Weston, not many miles over 12 Decennial Record the border. For two years he supplied these churches. From the autumn of 1879 to the summer of 1885 that at Walla Walla occupied his entire attention. Dur- ing this time he raised $2,000 for a lot and $8,000 for a church building. In the fall of 1885 Boyd left his work in Walla Walla and came east. In May, 1 887, he was installed pastor of the Presbyterian church of West Elizabeth, Pa., his native state, where he is at present. He was at one time moderator of the Presbytery of Oregon, and also of the Presbytery of Idaho, as well as of the Synod of Columbia. In 1882 he was a com- missioner to the General Assembly that met at Spring- field, 111. Like the others of our far western workers he has seen thoroughly our great country in its wide stretch from east to west. He has been a correspon- dent of the New York Evangelist and the Presbyterian . Banner. He writes his sermons in full and delivers from an outline. Of his present charge he says: " We are pleasantly located in a good parsonage, with a good sanctuary free from debt, and a good people — work very encouraging, field large, prospects bright." On Sept. 25, 1879, he married Mary C. Coleman, of Cleveland, Ohio. They have one child, Mildred May, born June 14, 1883. Class of 1877. 13 Boyd, Thomas M., Lewiston, Idaho. Was ordained at Princeton by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 27, 1877, and went at once west. His first set- tlement was at Waitsbiirg, Washington Ter., where he remained from 1877 to 1879. Then he removed to Lewiston, Idaho, becoming pastor of the First Pres- byterian Church there. He has been moderator of the Presbytery of Idaho, and of the Synod of Columbia, and twice a delegate to the General Assembly. The church of which he is the pastor was organized in 1880 with five members, last year reported thirty-eight members, and this year sixty-two. It enjoyed a revival during the past year, and on March 6th twenty- two were received into membership. Oct. 4, 1882, he married Mary E. McCarthy, and they have two children, one born May 10, 1884, and the other Jan. 10, 1886. BuREOUGHS, George S., D.D., Amherst, Mass. Was ordained at Slatington, Pa., July 10, 1877, by the Presbytery of Lehigh. On the same day he was installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Slat- ington. There he remained until Feb. 26, 1880. Feb. 7, 1880, he became pastor of the First Church of 14 Decennial Record Christ (Congregational), Fairfield, Conn., where he remained until he assumed the pastorate of the First Church of Christ (Congregational), at New Britain, Conn., in Feb. 1884. This church is regarded as one of the most important, as it is one of the largest, in all New England. In his work there he was assisted by an associate pastor. Nov. 10, 1886, he was elected to the Samuel G-reen Professorship of Biblical History and Interpretation in Amherst College, Mass., and on the same date was called to the pastorate of the Congregational Church in Amherst College. He entered upon the duties of both during the month of January, 1887, and speaks of the pleasant welcome accorded him, and the promising field of influence openiDg before him in each depart- ment of his work. He says : " I have a class of ten seniors and a resident in Hebrew and lectures on the Semitic languages. Next year I shall also have a class probably Juniors, in the History and Literature of the Bible." May 30, 1877, Burroughs was married to Emma Frances Plumley, and has one child living, Mabel, born March 5, 1878, at Slatington, Pa. Harold, born at Fairfield, Conn., May 31, 1883, died April 12, 1885. Glass of 1877. 15 He was elected a Member of The American Oriental Society in May, 1880; Member of The Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis in June, 1884. In February, 1884, he received the honorary degree of Ph.D. from Princeton College, and that of D.D. from the same institution — his alma mater — in June, 1887. He preaches both with and without manuscript. He published a Decennial Record of the class of 1873 of Princeton College, pp. "IQ ; also a Manual of the First Church of Christ, New Britain, Conn., pp. 126. Cameron, Malcolm C, Harriston, Canada. Writes pleasantly from his second pastorate in the Dominion. After graduation in Princeton he spent a year in the Divinity School of Yale University, obtaining there the degree of B. D. He found the theological atmos- phere in New Haven different from that of Princeton, and much preferred the positive instruction of the latter. Returning to Canada he soon received and accepted a unanimous call to the Knox Presbyterian Church of Milton in the province of Ontario. He was ordained and installed by the Presbytery of Toronto, March 25, 1879. He had two preaching stations, one in Milton and the other the Boston 16 Decennial Record Church of Esquesino^, with a united membership of seventj-nine. He reraaiued in this double chare^e until August, 1887, when the work had so prospered that it was too gi-eat for one man, and was divided by the Presbytery into two separate fields. The small charge that he had taken in 1879 had grown by the blessing of God into two strong self-supporting churches. Cameron deenied it his duty to resign. The day after his pulpit was declared vacant he received a unanimous call to the Knox Church of Harriston, where he is at present. In addition to his ordinary ministerial duties he has been a zealous advocate of the Temperance cause, in the line of pro- hibition. He extends an earnest invitation to any of the Class who may pass through Ontario to stop and see him. He married, Jan. 19, 1881, Lillie Johnston. They have two children, Stewart, born Sept. 27, 1885, and Laura, bom Sept. 13, 1887. Chisolm, James J., Harrodshurg, Ky. Sends the following report which will speak best for itself. "Proceeding after my graduation to Baltimore, Md., I supplied the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Class of 1877. 17 Church iu that city until October. I was then called to the First Presbyterian Church of Harrodsburg, Ky., where I began my labors as stated supply early in November. After preaching there for a year I went abroad in company with the Rev. R. Cecil of Nicholas- ville, Ky., and Warren of our class, then in Louis- ville. We studied at Edinburgh several months, preaching on Sunday, when we desired, in different places in Scotland. We then travelled on the Conti- nent and in the far East. At Naples we fell in wth the Rev. Dr. S. C. Logan, of Scranton, Pa., and at Cairo in Egypt we met by previous appointment the late Rev. Dr. John W. Dulles, his son of our class, and the Rev. C. C. Dickey, all of Philadelphia. Forming there a party of seven congenial souls, all Presbyterian divines and all but one Priuceton men, we made a delightful six weeks' tour through Pales- tine to Beirut. A permanent record of those mem- orable days of camp life in the Holy Land has been made in a book, The Ride Through Palestine, pub- lished by Dr. Dulles on his return to America. At Beirut the two parties that had united in Cairo sep- arated again, four of us traveling westward by way of 18 Decennial Record Constantinople and Athens, the other three remaining longer in Syria. On mj return from Europe I settled in Harrods- burg, Ky., with my former charge, being ordained by the Presbytery of Transylvania, and installed pastor, Oct. 19, 1879. Here I have been ever since. We have passed together ** through sunshine and through stormy weather." We have enjoyed a precious revival season, when in a meeting of four weeks there were 120 conversions and 90 additions to our communion. We have enjoyed a " Centennial Celebration," and as a memorial of the occasion have put our house of worship in a comfortable and comely condition. We have now a membership of 225, and a record for the last eight years, in the general work of the church at large, which shows decided progress over all previous years. Plans are now afoot which, when perfected, will inaugurate, I hope, a new era of spiritual prosper- ity for the church in the future. The Lord's name be praised for all we have received, and the Lord's grace forgive all wherein we have failed or done amiss ! " Chisolm is unmarried. Class of 1877. 19 CoNDiT, E. N., AsieHa, Oregon. Was ordained as an evangelist by the Presbytery of Newton, N. J., May 9, 1877, and immediately went west. From May to November of the same year he acted as travelling synodical missionary for the Synod of Columbia, embracing Oregon, Washington Territory, and Idaho. He then became the first pastor of the First Presby- terian Church in Astoria, Oregon, serving this church until May, 1879. At this time he became stated sup- ply of the church of Albany, Oregon, and president of the Albany Collegiate Institute. He stiU performs the arduous double duties of pulpit and class-room. He has recently built and dedicated a church in an outlying district near Albany. The Institute of which he is the head, is steadily improving, He was a com- missioner to the G-eneral Assembly that met in Sara- toga in 1879, and was appointed one of the assistant clerks of that body. He has been moderator of both Presbytery and Synod. July 23, 1884, he married Clara Jennie Clark. They have one child, Anna Melita, born April 23, 1885. [The Secretary is indebted to Condit's brother, the Rev. I. H. Condit, of Elizabeth, N. J., for the above facts.] 20 Decennial Record Cook, Milton L., Merry all, Pa. Is pastor of the Wyalusing First Presbyterian Churicli, Merrvall, Pa., where he succeeds his father, who was laid aside by paralysis nearly two years ao^o. Cook was ordained as an evangelist in April, 1877, by the Presbytery of Lackawanna, at Towanda, Pa, He began work at Missoula, Montana, in May, 1877, and continued there until May, 1882. While there, the settlements were threatened by Joseph and the Nez Perces Indians, and there was for a time great excitement. Cook armed himself with the other settlers, and bore himself bravely in a bloodless battle at Lolo, where a bloody engagement was expected. Many of his friends were afterwards killed in the Big Hole battle. In October, 1882, he began work at Wysok, Pa., and in January, 1884, at Phillipsburg, Pa. After his father was laid aside, he began work, in December, 1885, at Merryall. He speaks of having broken down with mental and nervous prostration, a year ago, so that he was obliged for a long time to stop work entirely. He is now gaining slowly, but is doing only half work. He was one of the speakers in the Synod of New Jersey in 1882 (the Secretary heard him, and a rousing good speech he made), and at Springfield, Class of 1877. 21 111. ; has been twice moderator of Presbytery, and twice delegate to General Assembly. He preaches almost entirely without manuscript, although he writes his sermons. He says: *'I have met many of the class in different parts of the land. Five of us sat down to dinner together in Denver in 1878. T have several times seen McNiece in Salt Lake City. I had the pleasure of hearing van Dyke and Deems in New York, in October, 1886, and met Ledwith, who had his bride with him in New York at the time." He married, Sept. 4, 1878, Mary Thomas. They have four children — Mary Gr., bom December 16, 1879; Welling Thomas, born Sept. 16, 1881; Paul Darwin, born Nov., 1883; Alice Harriet, born Feb. 7, 1886. Ctjmmings, John W., Nankin. 0. Is pastor of the Orange Presbyterian Church of Nankin. He was ordained at Shelby, O., June 12, 1878, by the Presby- tery of Wooster, J. W. Thompson of our class being ordained at the same time. He was called to the church at Nankin, April 5, 1878, and installed June 29, 1878. He offered his services to the Board of Foreign Missions, but was refused on account of poor 22 Decennial Record health. He has been moderator of Presbytery, and was delegate to G-eneral Assembly m 1883. September 4, 1879, he married Harriet De Ford, and has one child, William DeFord, born Oct. 6, 1881. Davies, John M., Knoxville, Tenn. For reasons of "health and observation" did not take up ministe- rial work immediately after graduating. In December of 1877 he began supplying the Presbyterian Church of Hanover, O., remaining there until May of the fol- lowing year. He was ordained, Nov. 7, 1878, at Dayton, O., by the Presbytery of Dayton. Meanwhile he had become, in May, 1878, pastor-elect of the church of Osborn, 0. He served this church a year, and then had the following settlements : from May, 1879, to Feb., 1881, he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Brecksville, O. ; from Feb., 1881, to Oct., 1883, pastor at Niles, O. ; from Oct., 1883, to Feb., 1885, stated supply of the church of Kingsville, O. Jan. 1, 1886, he was appointed by the Board of Home Missions Superintendent of Home Missions in the Synod of Tennessee. He is still engaged in this use- ful position. Davies was a commissioner to the Gen- eral Assembly that met in Minneapolis, in 1886. He Class of 1877. 23 assisted in founding a Prt^sbyterian Academy at Elizabetlitown, Tenn., "and the trustees chartered the institution as Davies Academy." He writes that he has enjoyed good health since graduation, with the exception of a severe attack of pneumonia in 1887. He is the author of the Tennessee Letters that appear in the Herald and Presbyter. Aug. 23, 1880, he married Mary Catherine Jynkins, of Ironton, 0. A daughter, Harriet Storrs, was born June 15, 1881 ; and a son, Kendall Coile, was bom Dec. 21, 1886, and died Jan. 28, 1887. Deems, Edward M., Neiv York City. Is pastor of the Westminster Presb. Church of New York. He was ordained and installed at Longmont, Col., Oct. 23, 1877, by the Presbytery of Denver, Eev, John G. Reid giving the charge to the people. Here he remained until March 1, 1879, when he returned east, and July 18, 1879, became pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, New York City. While in the West, he spent parts of 1877, '78 and '79 in extensive travel through Nevada, Colorado, and California, and in the summer of 1879 went to Europe. He was mar- ried, in Norfolk Va., April 17, 1884, to Virginia W. 24 Decennial Record Price. They have one child, Charles Price,born April 22, 1885. His wedding tour was in 1884 to Grreat Britain and the Continent. He has been moderator of the Presbytery of New York, and in 1886 was delegate to the General Assembly. He reads his morning sermon, and preaches without manuscript in the evening. Dewey, Finley M., Montreal, Canada. Was ordained on the 9th of August, 1877, by the Presby- tery of Quebec, and at the same time installed pastor of the congregations of Richmond and Windsor MiUs, Can. After three years he was given charge of the church of Lower Windsor, seven miles from Rich- mond, instead of Windsor Mills. He writes : " For six years I remained in charge of these two congrega- tions, preaching three times each Sabbath, teaching two Bible classes, and driving fourteen miles. While one dare not speak confidently of the results of his own work, I may thankfully say that these nine years of labor were as fruitful in spiritual results as one could expect in the circumstances. During this period I was clerk of the Presbytery of Quebec, and for two years was convener of Presbytery's Home Mission Class of 1877. 26 Committee. I was also on three occasions appointed a delegate to the General Assembly. In 1886 I received a unanimous call to the Stanley St. Presby- terian Church of Montreal, accepted, and was installed Sept. 30, 1886. My congregation is one of the last organized in the city, and is not yet very large, but is growing satisfactorily. I feel that God is greatly blessing me in my work here." He is unmarried. DuFFiELD, Howard, Detroit, Mich. Is pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Detroit. He was ordained and installed by the Presbytery of Westminster, at Paradise, Pa., June 26, 1877. There he remained as pastor of the Leacock Presbyterian Church until February, 1880. He was married May 24, 1877, to Catherine N. Greenleaf, of New York City. Two children are living, Eleanor Van Dyck, aged six years, and Stuart Kennedy, aged four years. Three children have died. In February, 1880, he became pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Beverly, N. J. In April 1884 he began his pastorate in Detroit. He has been moderator of the Presbytery of Mon- mouth, N. J., and was delegate to General Assembly in 1883. He preaches entirely without manuscript. 26 Decennial Record Dulles, Joseph H., Princeton, N. J. Immediately after graduation from tlie Seminary assumed charge of chapels at Jenkintown and Edge Hill, in the vicin- ity of Philadelphia, closing this engagement on the last Sabbath of October in the same year. Dec. 9, 1877, he was ordained as an evangelist, in the Walnut St. Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia. He left for the West, and from Dec, 1877, to June, 1878, he was stated supply of the First Presbyterian Church, Nebraska City, Neb. Eeturning east on account of impaired health, he started, Nov. 14, 1878, on a trip abroad, and was gone almost a year, until Oct. 20, 1879, including in his travels Southern Europe, Egypt, Palestine, Constantinople, G-reece, and three months study in G-ermany. In Dec, 1880, he assumed the pastorate of the Second Presbyterian Church, Belvidere, N. J., and was installed Jan. 24, 1881. A second failure of health led him to resign this charge in January of 1883. He made a second tour abroad remaining almost two years, from December, 1883, until Oct, 28, 1885, visiting Spain, Algeria, Switzer- land, Italy, Austria, and Germany. Oct. 27, 1886, he was elected Librarian of Princeton Theological Sem- inar v. He is unmarried. Class of 1877. 27 HuGGART, Thomas S., Lancaster, 0. "Was prin- cipal of Salem Academy, Ohio, from 1877 to to 1884. In September, 1884, he was licensed by the Chillicothe Presbytery ; ordained by the Marion Presbytery, Dec, 1884. He was pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Ostrander, 0., from October, 1884, to April, 1886. In May, 1886, he became pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Lancaster, O., where he is at present. Kerr, Oliver A., Bordentown, N. J. Was ordained by the Presbytery of Monmouth, N. J., Sept. 4, 1877, and installed pastor of the Presbyerian Church of Bordentown, N. J. He has remained in that charge until the present time. He is married and has two children, both boys. He sends no report. Led WITH, William L., Philadelphia. Pa. Was ordained by the Presbytery of Westminster, Pa., June 27, 1877, and at the same time installed pastor of the Bellevue Presbyterian Church of Gap, Pa. He served this church for six years. During that time he was moderator of the Westminster Presbytery and a commissioner to the G-eneral Assembly of 1883. In the autumn of 1883 he accepted a call to the South 28 Decennial Record Presbyterian Chui'cli of Philadelphia, and was installed over this new charge in October of the same year. He has served a term as moderator of the Presbytery of Philadelphia. On Oct. 25, 1886, he married Sarah W. Cooper of Philadelphia. Deems was present and assisted in the ceremony. Ledwith seized an opportunity before his marriage to take a flying trip to Europe. Lloyd, John E., NyacJc, N. Y. Was ordained by the Presbytery of Boston, June 5, 1878. He became stated supply of the Church at Ryegate, Vt., in 1877, and pastor of the same church 1878-79. From Eye- gate he moved to Booneville, N. Y., where he was pastor 1879-81. He is now settled over the Presby- terian Church of Nyack, N. T. He sends no report. McMeen, William H., Charlotte, N. C. Was ordained as an evangelist, May 9, 1878, by the Pres- bytery of Colorado. He supplied the Presbyterian Church of Beatrice, Neb., during 1878-79, and in 1880 the church of Frederick City, Md. He writes : " As you know I was prostrated by hemorrhages of the lungs just before our graduation, and for nearly four years Class of 1877. 29 was unable to take up my life work. By advice of my physician I spent these years in travel and in most careful attention to the details of health-seeking. During my stay in Colorado, Deems contributed greatly to my improvement by his thoughtfulness and patience. I received invitations to become a pastor, but was unable to accept them, although I supplied churches for a limited season. In 1881 1 was so much better that I accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church of Milford Centre, Ohio. The membership of this church was small but wealthy. They built me a handsome parsonage, and with a "hired housekeeper" I was very comfortable. The years passed quietly and pleasantly. The winters proving trying to my lungs I concluded to test the southern climate. My friends' in Ohio refused to allow the pastoral relation to be dissolved, but engaged a supply for the winter of 1883-84, as they thought I would soon get tired of the South and be willing to return to them. The pastoral relation was not formally dissolved until I had been one year in Georgia. Through some friends I had been called to the Presbyterian Church of Bain- bridge in that state. This field proved very pleasant and the climate was delightful. Every summer I had 30 Decennial Record a loDg vacation, so that I knew very little of the hottest season. My health improved wonderfully, and now no one would judge from my appearance that I had ever been an invalid." McMeen speaks in glow- ing terms of his associations with the people of Georgia. He found them " intelligent, refined, and hospitable, as only southern people raised upon large plantations know how to be." He experienced no difficulty on account of his northern sentiments. His congregation was the largest of any denomination in the county and was responsive to the gospel preached, and remarkably faithful to their Christian duties. To quote again from his letter: " You may recall Eoderick Henderson, a Canadian, who left our class at the close of the Middle Year, and finished his course at Columbia Seminary. I found him, when I went to G-eorgia, pastor of the Anderson Street Presbyterian Church of Savannah. He assisted me in protracted meetings held in my church during two winters. He was very highly esteemed as a preacher, but over- worked himself and died of brain-fever." McMeen remained with his church in Bainbridge until the Fall of 1886, when at the solicitation of some friends in the North, who were interested in the work Class of 1877. 31 of Biddle University at Charlotte, N. C, and thought his experience in the South gave him special qualifica- tions to be helpful in that work, he resigned his charge and went to his present useful position, that of Pro- fessor of Mathematics in Biddle. He " supposes " that he should count among his misfortunes the fact that he is still a bachelor. McNiECE, Eobert G., D. D., Salt Lake City, Utah. Was ordained as an Evangelist by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 27, 1877, in the First Presby- terian Church of Princeton, and went immediately to Salt Lake City to become pastor of the First Presby- terian Church of that place. This relation he has con- tinued to hold until the present time. He occupies one of the most important and most difficult posts within the bounds of the Presbyterian Church, stick- ing to it in spite of earnest invitations to churches in Indianapolis and Columbus, as well as to the professor- ship of English Literature in Dartmouth College. He has become a recognized authority on the Mormon question, and is no doubt an unusually irritating thorn in the side of the " saints." At the request of one of the editors of the Preshyterian Review he wrote 32 Decennial Record an article on Mormonism, which was published in the April number, 1881. There has also been published a lecture he delivered in Salt Lake City in reply to a talented champion of infidelity from Australia. McNiece still holds to the views he expressed so vigorously when in the Seminary with reference to preaching unencumbered by a manuscript, He gen- erally preaches from a brief — one must add — a short brief. The years have wrought no change in his con- victions. He writes : " My observation confirms me in saying that, with few exceptions, the man who uses a MS. puts a stone-wall between himself and the people ; the man who uses notes puts a low picket-fence between himself and the people ; while the man who speaks after careful thought, does so without any ob- struction separating him from his hearers." He records visits from Nesbit, Warren, and Duffield. The last strengthened the above convictions by preaching in his church without notes three sermons which made a profound impression upon both pastor and people. McNiece has been moderator of the Presbytery and also of the Synod of Utah, and was a commissioner to the Q-eneral Assembly of 1880. He received the Class of 1877. 33 degree of Doctor of Divinity from both Wabash Col- lege, Ind., and Kaox College, 111, in June, 1883. He was married in G-alesburg, 111., Aug. 4, 1881, to Sarah J. Irwin, of Galesburg, a graduate of Knox College. They have two children, Irwin, born June 17, 1882, and Eenwick Sloane, born June 28, 1886. MoRAN, E. E., Ironton, Ohio. During the winter months previous to his graduation, supplied the united churches of Cream Eidge and New Egypt, N. J. These labors were so acceptable that a unanimous call was given him by each of these churches for his permanent services. He accepted the united call, and on June 20, 1877, was ordained by the Presbytery of Mon- mouth and installed pastor of these two charges. In this work he remained six years, enjoying comfort, peace, and prosperity. But we will let Moran tell his own story, as he does in the third person. In the mean time, by his own personal efforts, he raised the money, and in April, 1882, bought and paid for a parsonage. On May 4th, he was married to Mary E. Purdy of Wheel- ing, West Ya., and returning with her took possession of the parsonage on May 18. Both churches worked 34 Decennial Record in perfect harmony, and were p^reatly increased in material and spiritual prosperity during his ministry, where he is held in the highest esteem for his faith- fulness and devotion to them, even to this day. In April, 1883, he received a unanimous call to the Presbyterian Church, Asbury Park N. J. This opened up to him a wider field of usefulness; and hence after due consideration he accepted the call, and was installed over the Seaside Church at a meeting of Pres- bytery held for that purpose on June 15th, 1883. The church grew rapidly in membership and in material strength. A handsome and commodious parsonage was built for their pastor at a cost of $3,200. and taken possession of by him, March 15, 1884. But trouble soon arose because of the pastor's disapproval of a certain theatrical entertainment proposed by the young people for the benefit of the church. The dif&culty spread from this to other matters and grew in spite of the pastor's efforts toward conciliation, until at length it seemed wise for him to resign. The majority of the people were with difficulty persuaded to allow the suggestion of his resignation to be taken to Presbytery. When this was done, Presbytery refused to dissolve the pastoral relation, and Moran returned to his work. Class of 1877. 36 All went well for a time, but the old trouble reappear- ing he came before Presbytery, in session in Allentown, April 12, 1887, and insisted upon being released from his charge. His request was granted and the pastoral relation was dissolved. The following summer months were spent in rest and recreation, and in occasional preaching. In October, 1887, he received a hearty and unanimous call to the Presbyterian Church of Ironton, O. This he at once accepted, and entered upon his new work on the 13th of November. The church is one of the largest and most influential in the Presbytery of Portsmouth, the field promising, and so once more he has peace of mind and rest of soul, and is filled with hopeful anticipation of doing much for the Master, who has brought him out of perplexing difficulties into a peaceful haven on the banks of the Ohio. There are two young Morans who enliven the Ironton parsonage, " a black-eyed son," Henry Ellsworth, born May 1, 1885, and "a blue-eyed daughter," Ethel Virginia, born December 2, 1886. Nesbit, a. W., Pomona, Cal. Was ordained by the Presbytery of Missouri, August 24, 1877, and 36 Decennial Record became stated supply for the churclies of Marshall, Miami, and Triplett, Mo., in connection with the Presbyterian Church South. He soon concentrated his labors in Marshall, where he remained three years. Then on account of poor health, he gave up his work and spent two years in foreign travel, "visiting all the points of interest in Europe and the Orient, and winding up with a trip around the world." Returning to America in 1882, he became stated supply of the Broadway Presbyterian Church of Sedalia, Mo., where he remained five years. In this time the membership of the church was doubled, and a fine church building was erected. The failure of his father's health com- pelled him to resign his charge, that he might under- take the settlement of his father's business affairs. In this he is still engaged, but hopes to resume his ministerial labors in the Fall of 1888. Since graduat- ing he has declined two professorships and two editorial positions. He married, Nov. 6th, 1884, Emma Howard, of Fulton, Mo. They have one child, Marie Mont- gomery, born Oct. 14, 1885. Patterson, William P., Newcastle, Bel. Was licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, May 5, Class of 1877. 37 1877. He was ordained June 12, 1877, at Titusville, N. J., by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, and in- stalled on the same date pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Titusville. Eev. R. M. Patterson, D. D., of Philadelphia (his uncle), preached the sermon. His pastorates have been as follows : Titusville, N. J., June 12, 1877; Marple, Pa., Nov. 13, 1879; Newcastle, Bel., from Oct. 30, 1884, to present date. In Aug. 14, 1877, he was married to Margaret W. Beck, and has four children, Paul Canning, born Jan. 28, 1879; Margaret Elizabeth, Oct. 16, 1880 ; Eaymond Parker, Sept. 30, 1882, and Ealph Hamilton, Nov. 29, 1883. He has written a memorial volume of the life of his predecessor at Newcastle, Eev. J. B. Spots- wood, D. D. Was delegate to General Assembly, at Saratoga, in 1884, He has written several articles to Presbyterian journals. Preaches fully three-quarters of the time from manuscript, in accordance with the preference of his people. Peyton, Charles S., Bohinson, Texas. Is pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Eobinson, and also of what is known as the Carolina Church, supplying each one- half of the time. Was licensed to preach at Atchison, 38 Decennial Record Kansas, April, 1876, by the Highland Presbytery. He was ordained at Weatherford, Texas, April, 1878, by the Presbytery of Central Texas, Rev. Hillery Mosely preached the sermon. He was settled at Ber- ton, Tex., from Oct., 1877, to April, 1885, a part of this time serving also the Temple Church in connection with that at Berton. Has been moderator of Presby- tery of Central Texas. He writes : " Much of my work has necessarily been a pioneer work in this compara- tively new country. Both Berton and Temple put up their first church-buildings under my pastorate." He is unmarried. E.EID, John Gr., Greeley, Col. Was licensed April 3, 1876, by the Presbytery of New York, in the Scotch Church, New York City. The next year, April 4, 1877, he was ordained by the same Presbytery, as an evangelist for Home Mission Work. The prayer was offered and the charge given by Rev. William Adams, D. D., then moderator of the Presbytery. From May 1 to Nov. 1, 1876, while in the Seminary, was Home Missionary supply for the church at Delanco, N. J., on tlie Delaware River, above Phila- delphia. May 1, 1877, became stated supply of the Class of 1877. 39 First Presbyterian Church, Boulder, CoL, and was regularly installed as pastor of the church by the Presbytery of Denver, Jan. 17, 1878, continuing there until July 21, 1881. He married, Oct. 26, 1881. S. Sophia Stewart, daughter of Eev. John F. Stewart, of Evans, Col. They have three children, Helen Stewart, born July 15, 1882 ; Donald Alexander, Feb. 23, 1884; Albert Graeme, Nov. 4, 1885. After the close of his labors at Boulder, he became Superintendent of Pres- byterian Missions for the Synod of Colorado, embracing at that time Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico. This position he held until May 1, 1884, travelling an average of 1,200 to 1,500 miles per month, and preaching 200 to 250 sermons per year. In connection with this he says: "It was my boast in 1884 that there was not a considerable town or village of more than 200 inhabitants in Colorado or Wyoming, that I had not visited, and but few in New Mexico ; that there was not a point of interest in Colorado, in the matter of scenery or historical associations, that I had not seen ; that there was scarcely a hamlet in the state where I had not preached at least once." May 1, 1884, he became stated supply of the First Presbyterian Church at Greeley, Col., where he now is. He was delegate 40 Decennial Record to two of the G-eneral Assemblies, in 1879 and 1883, the first time from the Presbytery of Colorado, and the second from that of Denver. In 1880 was moderator of the Presbytery of Colorado. He preaches without manuscript, writing the sermon fully in short-hand, but not taking anything into the pulpit, save a very brief card with the heads of the sermon. E-OSEBOEOFGH, Jamos W., Palmyra, Mo. Was licensed to preach Sept. 22, 1877, at Water Yalley, Miss., by the Presbytery of Northern Mississippi, and ordained at Oxford, Miss., in April, 1878. He writes: " I preached two years at Water Yalley and Hopewell, Miss., and then gave up the former on getting a wife and finding it expedient to move to the latter church to keep the manse in repair. For two years longer I served Hopewell in connection with the Tallahatchie church. Was then called to Cape Girardeau, Mo., where I remained three years, and after that removed to Palmyra, Mo., where I labored two years. At the end of this time I was elected State Evangelist by the Synod of Missouri. I am engaged in this work at present, and the Loi'd is graciously blessing my humble efforts, having added one hundred souls to the church Class of 1877. 41 at Potosi, where I last held meetings. I usually write my sermons in full, or make an extended brief, and then preach altogether without manuscript or notes, close the Bible and rely on the Holy Spirit and previ- ous preparation." Roseborough married Annie Laurie Jeffries, Dec. 17, 1878^ and they hare three children; Carol, born Jan. 16, 1880 ; Irving, born Feb. 13, 1883 ; and James W., Jr., born Oct. 29, 1884. One child, Outhrie, born in Aug., 1881, lived only six months. Ross, James H., South Norwalk, Conn. Was ordained in 18781 and installed pastor of the Fourth CoDgregational Church, Newburyport, Mass. Rev. William B. Wright, of Boston, preached the sermon ; the charge to the pastor was given by Rev. W. Irvin, D. D., of Troy, N. Y. He continued there for five years, and was dismissed May 17, 1882, being com- pelled to resign on account of much impaired health. He went into the woods of Northern New Hampshire to recruit, and engaged in religious work among the lumbermen at Berlin Falls, N. H. This work was blessed with many conversions, and the out-of-door life so far restored his health that he was installed 42 Dece7inial Record May 6, 1884, pastor of the Congregational Church, South Norwalk, Conn., where he still remains. A number of his sermons and addresses have been pub- lished, and he continues his journalistic work by frequent contributions both to the secular and religious press. He is married, but has no children. Scotland, Alexander, Brooklyn N. Y. Was ordained by the Presbytery of West Jersey, Oct. 30, 1877. He was pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Williamstown, N. J., from 1887-1879. Leaving Wil- liamstown he went west, and in 1880 became stated supply of the Presbyterian Church of Longmont, Col. After a time he left the ministry and entered the medical profession. He is now practicing medicine in Brooklyn. David Scott. The first one of our class removed by death was the only one who devoted himself to the Foreign Mission work. Scott was born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 13, 1849. He prepared for college in Lawrenceville, N. J., and graduated with honor from Princeton College in 1873. He was ordained by the Class of 1877. 43 Presbytery of New York, June 24, 1877. On the 10th of the same month he had been united in marriage to Letitia Kennedy, of New York City, and in September they set sail together for their distant field of labor in Persia. What follows is taken from an obituary notice written by the Rev. S. D. Alexander, D. D., of New York, Scott's former pastor. David Scott, Jr., was the son of David and Mary Baxter Scott — worthy members of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church. David became a member of the Sabbath-school in 1863 or 1864. On the 9th of June, 1865, he made a profession of his faith and united with the Fifteenth Street Church. Soon after he expressed to his pastor his earnest desire to become a minister of the Grospel. At this time he was a clerk in the oflBce of the Manhattan Gas Company, receiving a salary of ^900 a year. His pastor at first dis- couragjed him from seeking the ministry on account of his entire want of education, and because he was at an age which would render it difiicult for him to make up his deficiencies. Nothing more was said of the matter until a year had elapsed, when David again approached his pastor, stating that his mind was irrevocably made up to be a minister if it was possible. 44 Decennial Record He said that during the past year he had been attend- ing the night schools at Cooper Union, and had made great advances in his studies. His pastor could no longer oppose what seemed to be a call of God. He was immediately sent to the High School at Lawrence- ville, N. J., and through the liberality of the Eev. Samuel M. Hamill, 1). D., the Principal of the school, his expenses were merely nominal. At the end of two years he was prepared for coUesre. Dr. Hamill, writing to his pastor at this time, says : " I will take as many young men of the same kind, on the same terms, as you choose to send me. David has been a blessing to the school." In the fall of 1869 he joined the Freshman Class at Princeton College, where he remained four years, graduating with high honors, and taking the classical fellowship of the year. This involved his spending a year in classical studies either in this country or in Europe. Entering the Theological Seminary at Prince- ton immediately after his graduation, he remained a year, and then proceeded to Germany, where he spent the next year at the University of Leipsic, according to the terms of his fellowship. Here, while pursuing his classical studies, he gave all his spare time to the Class of 1877. 45 study of the Oriental languages, having already deter- mined to give his life to the foreign missionary work in the East. Returning to Princeton in 1876, he was appointed a tutor in the College, prosecuting at the same time his theological studies in the Seminary. Having fin- ished his course in Princeton, he offered himself to the Board of Foreign Missions, and was accepted and appointed to the mission at Teheran, Persia, with the understanding that, while engaging in ordinary mis- sionary work, he was to give himself more particularly to the production of a Christian literature. In a letter written to his pastor at this time, he says : "It had been a subject of much prayer with me that the Board would be guided in their decision as to where they should send me. I felt that I could not decide the question for myself, but was willing to go where I could be most useful. I look, then, upon this decision of the Board as an answer to prayer." Mr. Scott was ordained by the Presbytery of New York on the 24th of June, 1877, and, having been united in marriage to a young lady of this city, he, with his wife, set sail for his far-off field of labor in September. 46 Decennial Record After a most arduous journey, made more difficult by the approaching war between Eussia and Turkey, he arrived at Teheran in November and entered at once upon the study of the Persian and the Turkish lan- guages, acting on the Sabbath as chaplain to the Eng- lish residents at the capital. In the spring of 1878, his wife having, given birth to a son, was attacked by a dangerous and most painful sickness, which threat- ened her life if she remained in Persia. By the advice of the English and French physicians in the city, as well as of his brethren of the mission, he determined to bring his suffering wife home, and, after a winter's journey of almost inconceivable trial, he arrived safely in New York in March. Soon after his arrival he called upon his pastor, who congratulated him on his manifestly I'obust health. But God's ways are not as our ways, for on the 2d of April, instead of the suffer- ing and delicate wife, the strong man after a brief illness was suddenly called to his reward. He had been permitted in infinite mercy to bring his wife and child from among strangers and heathen, and deposit them safely in the bosom of sympathizing friends before he was called to his higher work. Class of 1877. 47 One of the most striking traits in Mr. Scott's character was his persevering industry. When once his mind was made up that he must serve his Master in the ministry, nothing could stand in his way. Relinquishing a position with a respectable salary, with an early promise of increase, he entered upon his long course of preparation, relying for support upon that God whose service he had espoused, Without any brilliancy of parts but with an indomitable spirit, he mastered all the subjects which he undertook, and came out of the college and seminary a finished scholar. David Scott's piety was unobtrusive, but deep and growing. His one object in life was to devote all his acquirements and his very life, if necessary, to the advancement of his Master's kingdom on earth. This, I Diay say, was the master passion of his life from his very boyhood. I think that he had many of the char- acteristics of his Scotch ancestors, and I believe that he would have gone to the stake, if called to do so, as quietly as he went to his books. David Scott never talked much about his feelings, but a great deal about his work. The simplicity that was in Christ Jesus clarified his entire life. Throughout the whole of his 48 Decennial Record college career he was a bright example to his fellow- students, who honored him because he was so humble, so consistent, so gentle, so unassuming. Faithful, pure, modest, earnest David Scott. He has gone quickly to his reward. Thompson, James W., Great Bend, Ka. Was licensed by the Presbytery of Wooster, O., in June, 1876. After leaving the Seminary he spent the sum- mer in visiting and recreating. Became stated supply of the Presbyterian Church of Shelby, 0., in August, 1877, and received and accepted a call to become the pastor of this church in April 1878. Was ordained and installed on the second Tuesday of June, of this year, by the Presbytery of Wooster in Shelby. Was moderator of this Presbytery in 1882, and delegate to the Greneral Assembly in 1883. His health failing early in 1885 he took a vacation from February to July of that year. Then needing a change of climate he left his Shelby charge after eight years of service, and moved to great Bend, Kan., taking up a new organization there. He acted as supply until April, 1887, when he became pastor, being installed in May Class of 1877. 49 of the same year by the Larned Presbytery. This is his present charge. He is retiring moderator of his Presbytery. 1886 he was elected a trustee of the Central Kansas College by the Congregational Asso- ciation of Arkansas Valley, and also to the chair of Belles Lettres in the same institution. He served one year, 1886-87, and then resigned on account of over- work. In October, 1887, he was elected a trustee of the Presbyterial College, located at Dodge City, Kan., and made President of the Board, as well as President of the City Board of Education of G-reat Bend. He had held a similar office while in Shelby. Thompson preached the Tenth Anniversary Sermon for his college class, Wooster '74. His present church is the second one of the Presbyterian denomination organ- ized in Kansas, has always been self-supporting, and generously meets the wants of its pastor. He reports himself as contented and happy in his own home, with his wife and boy. He married May 24, 1877, Martha Ebright, of Wooster, Ohio. They have one child, Winfield Otis, born September 29, 1878. Todd, Francis M., Manassas, Va. Reports briefly that he was ordained by the Presbytery of Washing- 50 Decennial Record ton City, Oct. 27, 1878, and became pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Manassas, Ya., and at the same time stated supply of the First Church of Prince William County, Ya. He is still serving these two churches. Yan Dyke, Henry, D.D., Neiv Yorlc City. Is pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church, cor. 5th Ave. and 37th St., New York. Was licensed to preach by the Brooklyn Presbytery in 1876. Was ordained in Brooklyn, Feb. 12, 1879, in the Clinton St. church. Rev. J. T. Duryea, D.D., preached the sermon. In- stalled, March 18, 1879, pastor of the United Congre- gational Church, Newport, E. I., Eev. W. M. Taylor, D. D., preaching the sermon, Eev. Dr. Yan Dyke, Senior, giving the charge to the pastor, and Eev. Greo. Harris (now Professor at Andover) the charge to the people. In 1876 he delivered the Master's Oration at Princeton Commencement, and in the same year was made Associate Editor of the Presbyterian, and an editor of the Princeton Book. After graduating in 1877 from the Seminary, declining calls to settle, he went to the University of Berlin to study New Testa- ment Criticism and Christology under Professors Class of 1877. 51 Dorner and Weiss. In March, 1879, he preached the sermon before the Ehode Island Association of Con- gregational Churches. 1881, Dec. 13, he married Ellen Reid, daughter of Andrew Reid, Esq., of Balti- more, Md., and a great-niece of George Washington. Fanny Burke van Dyke was born June 25, 1883 ; a son, born March 9, 1885, died in infancy ; Henry Jackson van Dyke was born Jan. 13, 1886. In March 1, 1883, he preached the sermon at the installation of Rev. C. B. Chapin ; and Jan. 12, 1887, the sermon at the induction of our class-mate Bur- roughs as College Pastor at Amherst. Sermons have also been preached before Princeton and Wellesley Colleges, and in special courses in Collegiate Reformed Church, New York, First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn. The papers have contained at various times the reports of addresses at the Commencement of the Brooklyn Polytechnic, of the University of Vermont, and at the annual meetings and dinners of societies, the Holland, the St. Nicholas, the New Eng- land, the Harvard Alumni, the Woman's Hospital, the New York Congregational Club, and others. In the issue of Harper's Monthly for February, 1881, appears a finely illustrated article from the pen of 52 Decennial Becord van Dyke, pp. 18, on "The Grospel History in Italian Painting." In the Homiletic Review for May, 1886, in a Symposium on " The Ministry," appears as No. Ill of the series an article from him on the ques- tion, '• How may the Ministry increase its Efficiency and Usefulness? " Other articles, of which I do not happen to possess the title, have appeared in the Forum, the New Princeton, the North American Review, Presbyterian Review, Century, etc. " The Reality of Religion," was published by the Scribners in New York, republished by T. Fisher XJnwin in London, and is now in its second edition. He writes : "I have traveled in England, Scotland, Holland, France, Germany, and Italy, on foot, by horse, and by rail ; have visited every eastern State from Maine to Florida, and westward as far as the Little Missouri, and north- ward as far as Winnipeg. Have lived in army camp, on the plains, in lumberman's shanty in the woods, with G-erman peasants in the Tyrol, and Scotch in the Orkneys; have tried to see life on many sides, cast a line on many waters, preached everywhere, as oppor- tunity offered, in Berlin, Edinburgh, the Highlands, London, the South and the West. Men are the same everywhere, and the G-ospel fits the world." Van Dyke Class of 1877. 53 received the degree of D.D. in 1884 from Princeton College. On Jan. 16, 1883, he was installed over his present charge, the Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City. He preaches with manuscript, although often prefers to depart from it. He has lately put forth a second book, " The Story of the Psalms," published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. In 1885 he was elected a director of Princeton Theological Seminary. Yedder, Albert P. Was ordained by the Pres- bytery of Albany, N. Y., March 6, 1878, and became pastor of the church at West Milton, N. Y. In April, 1884, he was arraigned for complicity in a case of malpractice, was convicted by the civil court and sentenced to three years imprisonment in the State prison at Clinton, N. Y. He was tried also by the Presbytery of Albany, and being convicted was deposed from the ministry and excommunicated June 17, 1884. Having served his term he was released from prison in April, 1887. His present whereabouts are unknown. [The Secretary regrets the necessity that compels him to make this sad record of one so pleasantly remembered as a fellow-student.] 54 Decennial Record Warren, Edward L., Louisville, Ky. Was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Louisville, April 6th, 1876, and ordained at the same place, Oct. 25, 1877. Eev. S. R. Wilson, D.D., presided and offered the ordaining prayer. Rev. W. C. Matthew, D.D., gave the charge, and Rev. C. F. Beach, D.D., preached the sermon. He was installed pastor of the Olivet Church, Louisville, Ky., Nov. 23, 1879, in which he had previously worked as stated supply. About this time he went abroad in company with Chisolm of our class, and Cecil of '78. In 1882 he was moderator of the Louisville Presbytery, and in 1884 commissioner to G-eneral Assembly at Saratoga; also stated clerk of the Synod of Kentucky Oct. 14, 1884. He was married Oct. 28, 1884, to Lizzie J. Craw- ford, and went to Europe on his wedding tour. In 1885 he visited California, and the West, and has just returned from a Florida trip. During the sessions of the G-eneral Assembly that met in Minneapolis in 1886 the Secretary came upon Mr. and Mrs. Warren, as they with one or two others were being photo- graphed at the foot of the Falls of Minnehaha. Chisolm has noted the fact that Warren was one of Class of 1877. 55 a congenial company that tented together for six weeks in the Holy Land. Whiteford, Mathew M. Was ordained by the Presbytery of Muncie, Oct. 16, 1877, and became pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Peru, Ind., in the same year. He remained in this charge until some time in 1882. In June, 1883, he was dismissed to the Irving Presbytery of the Free Church of Scotland, of which country he is a native. His present address and work are unknown. WiKOFF, Harry Holmes, Sonoma, Col. Was ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Winne- bago, Oct. 10, 1877, at Fort Howard, Wis. Was stated supply of the Presbyterian Church of Juneau, Wis., from 1877 to 1879. During this time he was once moderator of Winnebago Presbytery. In the late Fall of 1879 he moved to Sonoma, Cal., and assumed charge of a Congregational church in that town, where he has remained ever since. His name disappears from the Minutes of the Presbyterian Church after 1882, being found in 1883 on the roll of ministers of the Congregational Church. It is assumed 56 Decennial Record from this fact that he has changed his ecclesiastical connection, and is now one of the three of our class who are .Congregational ministers. Wikoff was married on Nov. 20, 1879, at Juneau, to Josephine McCune, and has three children, two girls and a boy. WiTTENBERGER, Joseph, Alexandria, Neb. Was ordained by the Presbytery of Milwaukee before com- ing to the Seminary, in the Fall of 1873, or the Spring of 1874. After graduation he became stated supply of the Presbyterian Church at Platteville, Wis., and pastor of the same church in 1879. In 1882 he moved to Plattsmouth, Neb., becoming stated supply of the German Presbyterian Church in that town. In 1885 he became stated supply of the Meridian G-erman Presbyterian Church of Alexandria, Neb., where he is at present. No report has been received from him. The following facts coucerning Banta came too late for insertion in the regular place. On account of impaired health he was unable to preach for two jears and a half after graduation. In the fall of 1879 he supplied a church in Garrison, la.; and then one in Marion, Ind., for the same length of time, and subsequently the Shiloh church, Johnson Co., Ind. On December 1, 1887, he terminated his labors in the church of Lebanon, Ind., adding to his work in Hopewell the charge of the church of Eliza- ville, Ind. He was commissioner to the General Assembly in 1887. He married, Feb. 17, 1881, Mary S. Heckman, daughter of Rev. Geo. C. Heckman, D.D., of Cincin- nati, 0. They have two children, Mary Derland, aged three years (in Feb. 1888), and Frederic Heckman, aged one year. ERRATUM, p, 11.— Boyd, R. Rev. Dr. Mac- donald died April 19, 1876. Class of 1877. 57 CLASS ROLL. Names Addresses. Rev. Lewis James Adams, Jr., Deunison, Texas. " Samtjel Winchester Adriance, Lowell, Mass. " Arthur Huntington Allen, Troy, N. Y. " Matthew Anderson, 1926 S. College Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. *' Daniel Brewer Banta, Lebanon, Ind. " Egbert Boyd, West Elizabeth, Pa. ** Thomas McKeen Boyd, Lewiston, Idaho. " Prof. G-eo. Stockton Burroughs, D.D., Amherst, Mass. " Malcolm Cameron Milton, Canada. *♦ James Julius Chisolm, Harrodsburg, Ky. " Elbert Nevius Condit, Astorkr, Oregon. ** Milton Lewis Cook, Merryall, Pa. " John Wallace Cummings, Nankin, Ohio. " John Morris Davies, Knoxville, Tenn. " Edward Mark Deems, 404 West 20th St., New York, N. Y. 58 JDecennial Record Re^. Finley McNatjghton Dewey, 53 Metcalf St., Montreal, Can. Howard Dtjffield, 26 Sproat St., Detroit, Mich. Joseph Heatly Dulles, Princeton, N. J. Thomas S. Huggart, Lancaster, Ohio. Oliver Alexander KERR,...Bordentown, N. J. William Lawrence Ledwith, 306 Eedwood St., Philadelphia. Pa. John Elwy Lloyd, Njack, N. Y. Prof. William Harry McMeen, Charlotte, N. C. EOBEBT GrIBSON McNiECE, D.D., Salt Lake City, Utah. Ellsworth Elza Moran, Ironton, Ohio. Achilles W. Nesbit, Pomona, Cal. William Parker Patterson, . . .Newcastle, Del. Charles William Peyton,... Robinson, Texas. John Graham Reid, Greeley, Col. James Williamson Roseborough, Palmyra, Mo. James Henry Ross, South Norwalk, Conn. Alexander Scotland, M.D., -471-Halsey St., Brooklyn, N. Y. *David Scott. Class of 1877. 59 Rev. James Winfield Thompson . . . G-reat Bend, Kan. " Francis Makemie Todd, Manassas, Va " Henry van Dyke, D.D., 105 E. 39th St., New York, N.Y. Albert Fulton Vedder, Unknown. " Edward Leroy Warren, Louisville, Ky . ** Matthew Mackie Whiteford, Scotland. " Harry Holmes Wikoff, Sonoma, Cal. *' Joseph Wittenberger, Alexandria, Neb. Deceased.