Mitchell, Alexander Ferrier

D.D. (St. Andrew's, 1862), Church of Scotland; b. at Brechin, Sept. 10, 1822; studied literature, philosophy, and theology at University of St. Andrew's, 1837-41 graduated M. A., 1841; became minister of the parish of Dunnichen, in the presbytery and county of Forfar, 1847; profe or of Hebrew and Oriental languages in the College of St. Mary in the University of St. Andrew's, 1848; transferred to the chair of ecclesiastical history and divinity in the same college, 1868. From 1856 to 1874 he was convener (chairman) of the Church of Scotland's Jewish Mi ion; visited the stations of the mision in Turkey, and recommended the occupation of Alexandria, Bej'rout, and Constantinople; has been convener of the A embly's committee on the minutes of the Westminster A embly since its institution; has been one of the Church of Scotland's representatives at all the General Councils of the Reformed Churches, and is the convener of its committee on the desiderata of Presbyterian history. He is the author of The Westminster Confe ion of Faith, a Contribution to the Study of its History and the Defence of its Teaching, Edinburgh, 1866, 3d ed. 1867; The Wedder burns and their Work, or the Sacred Poetry of the Scottish Reformation in its Relation to that of Germany, 1867 Minutes of the Westminster A embly from November, 1644, to March, 1649, with Historical Introduction, 1874; Historical Notice of Archbishop Hamilton's Catechism (prefixed to black-letter reprint of the same), 1882; The Westminster A embly, its History and Standards (Baird Lecture for 1882), London, 1883; The Catechisms of the Second Reformation, 1886. He edited in 1860 the Sum of Saving Knowledge, translated into Modern Greek by the late Profe or Edward Ma on, and in 1876 the late Profe or Crawford's The Preaching of the Cro , and other Sermons; and has contributed to journals and encyclopaedias articles on historical topics.