Lord, Eleazer, an American theological writer, was born in 1798. With an excellent preparatory edu- cation, improved by close study to such a degree that in 1821 Dartmouth College, and in 1827 Williams, con- ferred on him the honorary degree of A.M., he devoted a portion of his time during an active business life as a merchant, president of an insurance company, and for some years of the Erie Railway Company, to the study of theological science. In 1866 he received from the University of New York the degree of LL.D. Blind- ness saddened his latter years, but his treasured learn- ing comforted him. He died at Piermont, N. Y., June 3,1871.
Lord, Isaiah, a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Pharsalia, Chenango Coimty, N. York, July 16, 1834, was converted at the age of sixteen, and, join- ing the Methodist Episcopal Church, at once began to preach. In 1854, while employed as a teacher, his gen- tle bearing and godly admonitions led many to the cross and salvation. In 1855 he joined the Oneida Con- ference, and labored in the following places with accep- tability and success: Summer Hill, Harford, Borodino, Smyrna, Union Valley, Amber, Freeville, East Homer, and Georgetown, where he died Aug. 21, 1870. " He was a man of stern integrity and sterling worth, fuUy com- mitted to all the great moral enterprises of the day. . . . His mission was lovingly and fearlessly executed. His piety was deep and real, and his death was but the be- ginning of everlasting life."— Con/; Minutes, 1871.
Lord, James Cooper, a philanthropic New York merchant and iron manufacturer of our day, deserves a place here for his great efforts to advance the interests of his fellow-men. He founded in 1860 "The First Ward Industrial School;" later, a free reading-room, a library-, and erected two churches for the benefit of his workingmen and their neighbors. He died Feb. 9, 1869.
Lord, Jeremiah S., D.D., a Reformed (Dutch) minister of note, was born at Brookhni, N. York, about 1817, and was educated at Union College, class of 1836.
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He entered the ministrj' in 1843 at IMontville, N. J., •where he labored until 1847, when he assumed the charge of tlie Keformed Church of (jriggstown, N. Jer- sey. In the year following, however, he accepted a call from the Keformed Church in Harlem, and there he labored until his death, April 2, 1869. '• Few minis- ters of our denomination," says the Intelligencer (April 8, 18G9), "were more highly esteemed by their brethren, or enjoyed in a higher measure the confidence and af- fection of their people, than did tliis most excellent brother. The Lord blessed him in his work, and gave him many soids as seals to his ministry. . . . His preaching was characterized by great earnestness and solemnity. The love of Christ in the gift of himself ■was the central theme of his discourses. His style was clear, compact, and persuasive. His was indeed a most usefid life, and his example of faithfidness, earnest zeal, and self-sacrificing devotion to the duties of his high and holy calling is a rich legacy to all his surviving brethren in the ministry."
Lord, John King, a Congregational minister, was born ^larch 'ii, 1819, at Amherst, N. H. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 18(33, entered the ministry in 1841, and was ordained pastor in Hartford., Yt., Novem- ber, 1841, Avhere he remained three years. October 21, 1848, he was installed pastor in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he died, Jidy 13, 1849. A volume of his sermons was published in 1850. — Sprague, Annak, ii, 7C1.
Lord, Nathan, D.D., LL.D., an eminent American divine and educator, was born at South Berwick, Me., Nov. 28, 1793 ; was educated at Bowdoin College (class of 1809), and studied theology at Andover Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1815. After quitting the college he acted as assistant in PhiUips Exeter Acad- emy. Now a theologian, he at once entered the active work of the ministry as pastor of the Congregationalists at Amherst, N. H., the only church he ever served. He remained with his people until 1828, when he was called to the responsible position of president of Dartmouth College, where he remained until his death in 1870. Possessed of the highest attainments of scholarship, great executive ability, a winning address, equanimity of temper, remarkable " firmness of character and devo- tion .to principle, and unwearied application to labor, Dr. Lord made Dartmouth College one of the most popular of our higher educational institutions: 1824 students ■were graduated from its halls during his presidency. As a theologian he was, like Edwards, Hopkins, and Bel- lamy, of the school advocating a strictly liberal interpre- tation of prophecy, but he has left us ievf remains in print. He occasionally contributed to our theological quarterlies, and published several sermons and essays. The following deserve notice : Letter to the Rev. David BaiKi, D.D., on Prof. Park's Theology of Neiv England {New Engl. 1852) ; On the dlillenniiim (1854) ; and Letters to jMiniste7-s of the Gospel of all Denominations on Slavery (1854-5), in which he defended the institution of slavery as sanctioned by the Bible, thereby greatly provoking opposition and criticism from Northern divines. See Drake, Diet. A mer. Biog. s. v. ; Neio Amer. Cycloji. s. v. ; also the Annual for 1870.