Mabon, William August us Van Vranken

D.D. (Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N.J., 1861), LL.D. (Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., 1882), b. at New Brunswick, N.J., Jan. 24, 1822; graduated at Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., 1840, and at New Brunswick Theological Seminary, N.J., 1841; became home mi ionary at Buffalo, N.Y., 1844; pastor at New Durham, Hudson Co., N.J., and superintendent of the county schools, 1846; profe or of didactic and polemic theology in the Reformed (Dutch) Theological Seminary at New Brunswick, N.J., 1881. He edited The Sower, New York, 1878-79. See Appendix. McALL, Robert Whitaker, F.L.S., Congregationalist; b. at Macclesfield, Cheshire, Eng., Dec. 17, 1821; studied architecture under Mr. Walters, architect of the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, and Sir Gilbert Scott, R.A.; afterwards turned his attention to theology, and studied in the Lancashire Independent (Congregational and theological) College, Manchester; graduated B.A. at London University in 1847; and for twenty-four years was a 146 Congregational pastor in England, during which time he ministered to four churches. In 1871, while pastor at Hadleigh, Suffolk, he and his wife made a brief holiday visit to Paris, and were so struck with the spiritual destitution of the working cla es there, that they resolved to devote themselves to the effort to evangelize them. Accordingly he left his charge, much to its regret, and single-handed they began their mi ion. Their succe has been beyond their hopes. In 1885 there were a hundred stations in Paris and throughout France. The money required to carry on their operations comes from France, Great Britain, and America. See article McAll Mi ion, in Encyclopcedia. Mac ARTHUR, Robert Stuart, D.D. (University of Rochester, N.Y., 1880), Baptist; b. at Dalesville, Argenteuil County, Province of Quebec, Can., Aug. 31, 1811; graduated from the University of Rochester, N.Y., 1867, and from the Rochester Theological Seminary, N.Y., 1870; and since June, 1870, has been pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, New-York City, which in 1883 erected a new church at an expense of nearly five hundred you sand dollars. He is the regular weekly New-York correspondent of the Chicago Standard, one of the editors of The Baptist Quarterly Review (since 1885), and with Rev. Dr. C. S. Robinson of the Calvary. Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, New York, 1879. McAULEY, Jeremiah (better known as "Jerry McAuley "), layman; b. in Ireland, in the year 1839; d. in New-York City, Sept. 18, 1884. His father was a counterfeiter, who fled the country to escape arrest while his son was an infant. Jerry was brought up by his grandmother, who was a devout Romanist; but he never received any schooling. At the age of thirteen he came to New-York City, and lived with a married sister for a time. Soon he became as great a rogue as one of his years could be. On leaving his sister he boarded in Water Street, and supported himself by stealing from ve els lying in the river. The money procured by selling the articles stolen was spent in all sorts of wickedne . He became a prize-fighter, and a terror and a nuisance in the Fourth Ward. When nineteen years old he was arrested for highway robbery, an offence he had not committed. But he had no one to defend him; and so bad was his character, that he was condemned, in January, 1857, on circumstantial evidence, to fifteen years imprisonment at Sing- Sing. On his way thither he determined to be obedient to prison rules, do the best he could under the circumstances, and trust that somebody would be raised up to help him. He was set at carpet-weaving, and for two years had the approbation of his keepers. For the next three years he was, in consequence of illne , uneasy and intractable, and hence often severely punished, without being anywise improved. On one Sunday, when he had been some five years in prison, Orville Gardner (known as " Awful " Gardner), a former confederate in sin, addre ed the convicts, and made a profound impre ion upon Jerry. On returning to his cell he took down the Bible, with which each cell is supplied, to find a verse which Gardner had quoted. He soon became a constant Bible-reader; and so, although he never found the verse he sought, he stored his mind with the Word of God. A great desire to be saved was awakened within him. But weeks of anxiety and struggle pa ed before the " words were distinctly spoken to his soul" which a ured him that he was forgiven. Then the Lord began to use him in the prison among his fellow-convicts, and several were led to Christ by him. On March 8, 1864, he was pardoned. Like many another one, he had no one to help him to an honest living on leaving prison, so fell back into his former evil courses. He went into the bounty busine , and made a great deal of money, which he spent freely. He became a sporting man, and often attended the races. After the war he dealt in stolen and smuggled goods, which he paid for in counterfeit money, until, being found out, no one would steal for him. He then became once more a river thief. But he could not shake off the religious impre ions received in prison, although he tried to deaden conscience by drink. This wretched life continued until 1872, when he found Christian friends who manfully stood by him, notwithstanding his frequent falls, until he was confirmed in the Christian life. In October, 1872, he opened his "Helping Hand for Men,'' at 310 Water Street, as a resort for the forlorn wayfarers, sailors, and others who frequented the locality. From the start the work was remarkably ble ed. He manifested extraordinary aptitude for dealing with the degraded. His kindly ways drew them to him; while his simple-minded, whole-hearted piety, and his burning zeal, deeply impre ed them. The result was, that many were converted. In 1876 the old building was replaced by a far better one, and the mi ion incorporated under the title of "The McAuley Water-street Mi ion." In 18S2, feeling that his work in Water Street was done, he began a similar work at 104 West Thirty-second Street, called "The Cremorne Mi ion," from its contiguity to the notorious Cremoi-ne Garden. In June, 1883, he began the publication of Jerry McA ulefs Newspaper, which is still i ued every other Thursday. Some time before his death his health began to fail, but he continued his work. His end came suddenly. On Wednesday, Sept 17, 1884, he had a hemorrhage of the lungs, and on Thursday afternoon at four o'clock another, and in a few minutes he was dead. On Sunday, Sept. 21, at half-past two p.m., he was buried from the Broadway Tabernacle, Thirty-fourth Street and Sixth Avenue. The spacious church was crowded in every part long before the services began, and a great multitude stood all around the building. For nearly two hours after the conclusion of the services, the proce ion of mourners filed past the coffin. In the throng were many of the very cla es among whom and for whom his life had been spent, — the criminal, the vicious, the immoral. By competent testimony and common acknowledgment Jerry McAuley was one of the most useful, remarkable, and indeed wonderful men in the city of New York. Himself for many years a criminal and an outcast, he knew from bitter experience that the way of transgre ors is hard. Himself the subject of the Saviour's infinite love, he knew that God had mercy for even the vilest. When, therefore, he spoke to those who had fallen, it was with a thorough knowledge which they could not fail to recognize. His work was, however, not carried on without many hinderances and difficulties; but he triumphed over all. Liberal and wealthy friends supported his enterprises, and in his wife he found a devoted and efficient helper. See Jem/ McAuley, His Life and Work, ed. Rev. R. M. Offord, New York, 1885. * McCABE, Charles Card well, D.D. (Central Tenne ee College, Nashville, Tenn., 1875), Methodist; b. at Athens, O., Oct. 11, 1836; studied at Ohio Wesley an University, Delaware, O., but did not graduate; was pastor in the Ohio Conference, 1860-61; chaplain of the 122d Ohio Infantry, 1862-63; was taken prisoner at the battle of Winchester, Va., and was in Libby Prison, Richmond, Va, for four months; on his release rejoined his regiment; agent of the Christian Commi ion, 1864-65; Centenary agent in Ohio, 1866- 67; a istant secretary of the Church Extension Society, 1868-84; mi ionary secretary since 1884. McCLELLAN, John Brown, Church of England; b. in Glasgow, Scotland, March 7, 1836; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1855-58 (elected scholar 1857); graduated B.A. (Wranghain gold medallist, and the only double first cla ical and mathematical honoi's of his year) 1858, M.A. 1861; was elected fellow of Trinity College, 1859; ordained deacon 1860, priest 1861; was vicar of Bottisham, diocese of Ely, 1861-79; rural dean of first division of Camp's deanery, 1871-77; since 1880 he has been principal of the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. He is a moderate High Churchman, in favor of disestablishment and of freedom of the Church. He is Translation of the New Testament, from a critically revised Greek Text, a Contribution to Christian Evidence, vol. i. (the Four Gospels, with notes and di ertations, and a new chronological harmony) 1875. McCL 147 OSKEY, His Eminence John, Cardinal, D.D., Roman Catholic; b. in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 10, 1810; d. in New York, Oct. 10, 18S5. He was graduated with the highest honors at St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Md., 1828; ordained priest at New York, Jan. 9, 1834; studied for two years at the Collegium Romanum in Rome, and a year in France. Returning to America in 1837, he was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's Church, New-York City. On March 10, 1844, he was consecrated bishop of Axiere in part i bus, and co-adjutor to the bishop (later archbishop) of New York (John Hughes); translated to the new see of Albany, May 21, 1847; after the death of Archbishop Hughes (Jan. 3, 1864) he was appointed his succe or, May 6, 1864. He attended the Vatican Council (1869-70), and was on the Committee on Discipline. He was by Pius IX. created cardinal priest of the Most Holy Roman Church, March 15, 1875, under the title of " Sancta Maria sopra Minervarn." He was the first American cardinal. He received the red hat from Leo XIII. in the consistory held in Rome on March 28, 1878. He enjoyed the respect of Protestant and Roman Catholic alike; and did much for his Church, as by buildings (e.g., the Fifth-avenue Cathedral) and new institutions, and by the introduction of the Capuchins, Francis cans, Sisters and Little Sisters, of the Poor, who had previously no houses in his diocese. Under him the number of churches in New York increased from seventy to a hundred and seventy, and the number of clergy from a hundred and fifty to four hundred. Archbishop Gibbons, in his funeral oration, said of him: " He [the cardinal] has left you... the legacy of apure and unsullied life, as priest, bishop, archbishop, and cardinal. He never tarnished the surplice of the priest, nor the rochet of the bishop, nor the pallium of the archbishop, nor the scarlet robes of, the cardinal. After spending upwards of half a century in the exercise of the ministry, he goes down to his honored grave without a stain upon his moral character." McCOOK, Henry Christopher, D.D. (Lafayette College, Easton, Penn., 1880), Presbyterian; b. at New Lisbon, O., July 3, 1837; graduated at Jefferson College, Canons burg, Penn., 1859; studied at the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Penn., 1859-61; was first lieutenant Company F, Forty-first Regiment Illinois Volunteers, 1861 chaplain of the regiment, 1861-62; acting pastor, Clinton, 111., 1861, 1862-63; home mi ionary, St. Louis, Mo., 1863-70; since 1870 has been pastor of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia. He is vice-president of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (in whose proceedings he has published numerous papers upon the habits and industry of American ants and spiders), and vice-director of the American Entomological Society. He is the author of Object and Outline Teaching, St. Louis, 1871; The Last Year of ChrisCs Ministry, Philadelphia, 1871; The JLast Days of Jesus, 1872; The Tercentenary Book (edited), 1873; The Mound-making Ants of the Alleghenies, 1877; The Natural History of the Agricultural Ant of Texas, 18S0; Historic Decorations at Pan-Presbyterian Council, 1880; Garfield Memorial Sermons (four discourses), 1881; Honey Ants and Occident Ants, 1882; Tenants of an Old Farm, Leaves from the Note-Book of a Naturalist, N.Y., 1884; The Women Friends of Jesus, 1885. McCOSH, James, S.T.D. (Brown University, Providence, R.I., 1868), LL.D. (Harvard College, Cambridge, Ma ., 1868; Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Penn., 1868), D.Lit. (Queen's University, Ireland), Presbyterian; b. at Carskeoch, Banks of the Doon, Ayrshire, Scotland, April 1, 1811; was educated at the universities of Glasgow (1824-29), and Edinburgh (1829-34), and from the latter received, while a student, the honorary degree of M. A. in recognition of the ability of his e ay upon the Stoic philosophy. He was licensed as probationer in 1833, and in 1835 was ordained and appointed minister of Arbroath, Scotland, and belonged to the so-called non-intrusion party, whose leader was Thomas Guthrie. In 1839 he became minister in first charge in his district, Brechin; and in 1843, when the disruption came, he entered the Free Church. In 1851 was appointed profe or of logic and metaphysics in Queen's College, Belfast, Ireland, and entered his labors there the next year. In the spring of 1868 he was elected president of the College of New Jersey, at Princeton, and in the autumn was inaugurated. He has greatly increased the resources of the institution. He has been a voluminous writer. Besides contributions to various periodicals, and other minor papers, he has published The Method of the Divine Government, Physical and Moral, Edinburgh, 1850, 5th ed. revised, London, 1856; (with George Dickie, M.D., profe or of natural history in the Queen's University, Ireland) Typical Forms and Specicd Ends in Creation, 1855 The Intuitions of the Mind inductively investigated, 1860; The Supernatural in Relation to the Natural, 1862; Examination of Mill's Philosophy, being a. Defence of Fundamental Truth, 1866; The Laws of Discursive Thought, being a Treatise on Formal Logic, New York, 1869; Christianity and Positivism, 1871; The Scottish Philosophy, Biographical, Expository, Critical; from Hutches on to Hamilton, 1874; The Emotions, 1880; and completed in 1886 the " Philosophical Series " (1882, sqq.), in which he has short papers upon Criteria of Diverse Kinds of Truth as opposed to Agnosticism (1882); Energy, Efficient and Final Cause (1883); Development: what it can do, and ivhat it can not do (1883); Certitude, Providence, and Prayer (1883); Locke's Theory of Knowledge, with Notice of Berkeley (1884) A gnosticism of Hume and Huxley, with Notice of the Scottish School (1884); Criticism of the Critical Philosophy (1884); Herbert Spencer's Philosophy as Culminating in his Ethics (1885); Psychology, The Cognitive Powers (1886). MacCRACKEN, Henry Mitchell, D.D. (Wittenberg College, Springfield, O., 1877), Presbyterian; b. at Oxford, ()., Sept. 28, 1840; graduated at Miami University, Oxford, O., 1857; was teacher of cla ics, and school principal, 1857-60; studied at United Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Xenia, O., 1860-62; at Princeton (N.J.) Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1863 (graduated) and at Tubingen and Berlin universities, 1867- 68; was pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Columbus, O., 1863-67; of the First Presbyterian Church, Toledo, O., 1868-S1; chancellor of Western University, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1881-84; since 1884 has been profe or of philosophy, and also vice-chancellor of the University of the City of New York. He was deputy to th 148 e Free Church A embly of Scotland, and to the Irish Presbyterian General A embly, 1867; proposer of the observance of 1872 as tercentenary year of Presbyterianism, 1870 (see Minutes of General A embly, 1870, p. 29, 1871, p. 588); delivered historical oration at re-union of the Scotch- Irish race in Belfast, Ireland, July 4, 1884. He is the editor, translator, and author of Leaders of the Church Universal, 1879 (published by Presbyterian Board, Philadelphia, by the official publication boards of ten other denominations, and by T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh), from the German of Piper's Evangel is che Calender, Berlin, 1875. McCURDY, James Frederick, Ph.D. (College of New Jersey, Princeton, N.J., 1878), Canadian Presbyterian; b. at Chas am, New Brunswick, Can., Feb. 18, 1847; graduated at University of New Brunswick, Fred eric ton, N.B., 1866, and at Princeton (N.J.) Theological Seminary, 1871; in the latter was instructor in Hebrew and cognate languages, 1873-82; studied in Germany, 1882-84; lectured on the Stone foundation, Princeton, N. J., 18S5-86; became profe or of Oriental languages in University College, Toronto, Can., 1886. Besides review of Gesenius' Handwbrlerbuch, 9th ed. {Am. Jour. Philology, July, 1883); a paper on The Semitic Perfect in A yrian, in Transactions of the Sixth Congre of Orientalists, Leyden, September, 1883; Ayro-Semilic Speech, a Study in Linguistic Arch a ology, And over and London, 1881; The A yrian and Babylonian Inscriptions, ivith Special Reference to the Old Testament, N. Y., 1886; he has also written the exposition of Haggai (N. Y., 1876), and translated, edited, and enlarged Moll's exposition of Ps. Ixxiii.-cl. (1872), and Schmoller's of Hosea (1876); all three in the American Lange series.