ers, of the fruit-dealers, the copper-ware sellers, the jew- ellers, and so on ; each consisting of a row of shops on each side of the street devoted to that particular kind of trade (Hackett, Illustra. oj' /Script, p, 61). See B^vr-
GAIN ; BaZ.VAU ; COMJIERCK ; MeKCIIANT.
Marklin, Joiiann Friedricii, a German theolo- gian, was born at Keichenbach, in Wlirtemberg, Feb. 6, 1732 ; was educated at the University of Tubingen ; in 1755 became archdeacon at Waiblingen; in 1760 lec- tured at his alma mater ; in 1767, archdeacon ; in 1786 was raised to the dignity of professor of divinity, the de- partment of exegesis of the Old Test, and Oriental lit- erature falUng to him. In 1797 he was made general superintendent of the churches of Wlirtemberg, and died May 13, 1804. He was a distinguished interpreter of the O.-T. Scriptures. Of his productions we only men- tion Diss, inaug. de Sermone Dei ad Joh. 28, 29 ejusque Scopo (Tubingffi, 1754, 4to) : — Diss, de religione, imprimis Christiana, magno in officiis, etc, (ibid, 1786, 4to), — Do- ring, Gelehi-te T/teol. Deutsckktnds, s, v,
Marks, Richard T,, a Presbyterian minister, was born in LouisvUle, Ga,, Sept, 24, 1809, He was educa- ted a printer. In 1827 he removed to Columbus, Ga., and united with Mr. Larmar in establishing the Colum- bus Inquirer, the first paper started in the western part of Georgia. Soon after, feeling called to the ministry, he commenced the study of theology under Thomas Goulding, D.D. ; was licensed in 1837, and ordained in 1839. He labored as a minister mostly in missionary fields, or where the destitution was so great that unre- quited labor had to be given. He preached in the fol- lowing places, all in Georgia : Muscogee, Greenville, West Point, Hamilton, Columbus, Emmaus, Americus, ]Mount Tabor, Ephesus, and White Sulphur Springs. He died Dec. 6, 1867, I\Ir, Marks was a ready writer, an excellent preacher, and an editor of great power and in- lluence. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. A luianac, 1868, p. 342.
Mark's, St., Day, the 25th of April, observed at least since the 6th centurj', in commemoration of St, Mark, the evangelist. It is celebrated in mf)St ]iarishes of the Romish Church by a solemn, supplicatory pro- cession, mentioned as early as pope Gregory the Great. Walafrid Strabo states (De reb. eccl. c, 8) that it was instituted by that pope at the commencement of his pontificate, with a view to supplicate God for deliver- ance from a pestilence which was devastating Rome; and it is certain that Gregory held a procession in A,D. 590, in order to avert the pestilence. But the two cere- monies are clearly not identical. The latter was held in August, and continued during three days; and while, in the procession of St. Mark, the faithful issued from seven separate churches, in this they aU proceeded from a single sanctuary. In churches of which St. IMark is the i)atron. a mass is celebrated in connection with the procession, in which the color used is blue, indicative of the penitential feeling which predominates in the cere- mony. An occasional removal of the festival to anoth- er Any does not set aside the procession, which is always held on the 25th of April, unless Easter Sunday falls on that date. — Wetzcr und Welte, Kirchen-Lex. vi, 832.
Mark's, St., Liturgy. See Liturgy.
Marlatt, AitcnmALD (i., a noted educator and min- ister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Warren County, N. J., in 1829, and educated at Dickin- son College (class of 1850) ; was junior preaclier on Carlisle Circuit in 1851 ; was the following year ap- pointed to Lock Haven Circuit, where a bronchial affec- tion developed itself, which compelled him to locate in 1854. In this same year he was appointed professor of a high literary institution in Washington City, where he remained until 1856, when he accepted the presi- dency of the newly-founded Irving Female College, and to this institution he devoted his energy and talents until Jan. 2, 1865, when he " fell asleep in Jesus." " The personal character of our brother may be included in the comprehensive title 'a Christian gentleman,' the
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hipjhcst style and type of manhood. As a gentleman, a scholar, and a minister of trutli, his was a noble can- dor. ... In everything that bore upon truth or pu- rity he was a decided man. Of liis mental power and literary culture it may be safely said that he possessed a clear intellectual perception ; rapid insight, coupled with careful analysis and broad power of generalizing ; a vivid sensibility of nature, a keen discrimination of character, a large acquaintance with ancient and mod- ern belles-lettres ; and from the college under his presi- dency have been sent forth those that shall shine brightlv in the literary world." — Conf, Minutes, 1865, p. 12.
Marlay, Michael, D.D., a noted Methodist minis- ter, was born, of Eoman Catholic parentage, in Berkeley County, Va., June 21, 1797. In the year 1818 he mi- grated to the State of Ohio, and settled near Dayton. In 1821 he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was soon after appointed a class-leader. The Church, recognising his gifts and graces, speedily li- censed him as an exhorter, and afterwards as a local preacher. In the fall of 1831 he was received on trial as a travelling preacher by the Ohio Conference. He (juickly rose to a commanding position in the ministry, and was widelj' known as a sound theologian, an able preacher, and a skilful administrator of discipline. So great was his reputation as an executive officer, that more than half of his ministry of thirty-five years was spent in the office of presiding elder. He was twice an active and influential member of the General Confer- ence, b}' which body he was appointed, in 1852, one of the commissioners of the Methodist Episcopal Church to manage the suit in the then pending trial for the property of the Western Book Concern. In 18G0 he re- ceived the degree of D.D. from the Indiana State Uni- versit}-. He died of cholera, while in attendance upon the session of the Cincinnati Conference, at Ripley, Ohio, Sept. 2, 1866. The late bishop Thomson thus spoke of Dr. Marlay shortly after his decease {Christian A di-ocate, N. Y., vol. xli. No. 43) : " His strong frame of medium size, fine proportion, and high health, admira- bly fitted him for itinerant labors; his benignant coun- tenance, amiable spirit, and gentle manners rendered him a Avelcome guest wherever he went. His fine head indicated great intellectual power; his habits of study seemed to render certain his constant improvement, while his clear call to the ministry insured his unwa- vering devotion to its duties. ... In Biblical science, as well as in theoretical, practical, and experimental divin- ity, he was a master. . . . He was a great man in pri- xate as well as in public life ; and one of the strongest proofs of his high moral worth is the fact that, of a large family which he leaves behind him, every one is an or- nament to society. . . . He expired in the arms of his brethren, and they buried him, feeling that they could lay in the tomb no man to whom the Methodist Church in Ohio has been more indebted." See also Ladies' Re- pository, 1866, Jan. ; Conf. Minutes, 1866, p. 262. (J. F. M.)