Word: presbyterianism
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...retirement and the writing of his great epic poem. Milton went to college to become a minister in the Anglican Church, but he never carried out this intention for he believed that the people should rule in religious matters, not the bishops. He joined the Presbyterian Church but as that did not conform to his ideas he left it, for he did not hesitate to do what he thought right. Another example of his fearlessness in this respect is shown in the stand he took against the king of England, who he said should be judged by the laws...
...Coffin is the minister of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, Madison avenue and 72nd street, New York...
...Moffatt was graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1869 and received the degree of D.D. from Hanover College, Ind., in 1882, and from Princeton in 1883. He was pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church at Wheeling, West Virginia, from 1871 to 1882, and has been assistant editor of the Presbyterian Banner, Pittsburg, since...
...McClure was graduated from Yale in 1870, and from the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1873, and received the degree of D.D. from Lake Forest University in 1888. The year after his graduation from the Princeton Theological Seminary he was ordained a Presbyterian minister, and has since held pastorates at New Scotland, N. Y., and Lake Forest, Ill. From 1897-1901 he was president of Lake Forest University, and since 1905 has been president of McCormick Theological Seminary. He has been preacher to the University for the past two years...
...welcome accorded to the Review, two motives may be expected to exert their influence. The first is the interest excited by suspicion. We have heard of the Presbyterian Elder who usually slept during the sermon when his own minister was the preacher, but who, when a stranger occupied the pulpit, remained wide awake and keenly alert. He gave as his reason for this change of attitude, his assurance of the soundness of his minister, and his conviction that when a stranger came, he needed watching. There are many dormant minds to whom this Review with its new and unknown character...