McBride, Robert, a Presbyterian minister, was born at Franklin jNlills, Ohio, in May, 1825 ; gradu- ated with honor at Oberlin College, Ohioj subsequent- ly studied theology in the same institution'; and in 1853 was licensed by the Western Reserve Conference, and ordr.ined by Washtenow Presbytery ; in 1855 ac- cepted a call to the Church in Howell, Mich., where he labored until his death. Sept, 12, 1860. Mr. McBride was a man of much devotional piety, and labored zeal- ouslv in building up the Church. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. A Imanac, 1862, p. 191. (J. L. S.)
McBryde, Thomas Lr\'iNGSTOX, D.D., a Presby- terian minister, was born in Abbeville District, S. C., Feb. 25, 1817; pursued his literary course in Franklin College, Athens, Ga., graduating in 1837 ; entered the theological seminary in Columbia, S. C. ; and in 1839 was licensed to preach bj' Harmony Presbytery ; was appointed missionary to China in 1839, and sailed for Singapore in March, 1840 ; in 1843 returned to this country on account of failing health ; and afterwards be- came pastor successively of Providence and Rocky Riv- er churches in Abbeville District, S. C, and HopeweU Church, Pendleton, S. C, in which latter place he la- bored till he died, April 15, 1863. He received the de- gree of D.D. from Erskine College, S. C. Dr. IMcBryde was an able minister, a sound divine, and a wise coun- sellor. See Wilson, Presb, Hist. Almanac, 1866. p. 355, (J.L.S.)
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McCaine, Alex.\nder, an American divine of note, was burn in Tipperary, Ireland, some time towards the close of the last century, lie was educated in Eng- land, and was intended for the ministry of the Church of England ; but, emigrating to the United States in 1791, he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in 1707 entered the itinerant ministry, and lilled several important pulpits until 1821, when he located. He now liccarae one of the agitators of the movement which so lately has been successfully carried — lay representa- tion. In reply to the adverse decision of the General Conference of 182-1, he published the somewhat elaborate Historif and Mijstertj trf Methodist Episcojuici/ (1S29), a work displaying rare ability. When the Methodist Protestant Church was started, he became one of its zealous promoters, and was regarded as one of the most able and influential ministers of that body. He died .Tune 1, 1856. He was particularly ready with the pen, and distinguished for his rare talents in the pulpit.
McCall, John A., a Presbyterian minister, was born in New Athens, Ohio, Feb. 23, 1834 ; graduated at Franklin College, New Athens, in 1859; studied theol- ogy in the semuiary at Xenia, Ohio ; was licensed by the Wheeling Presb\'tery in 1862, and in 1868 was or- dained by the Xenia Presbytery, and had just accepted a call to Cedarville, Ohio, when he died, Aug. 25, 1863. Mr. McCaU was a man of more than ordinary talents, and remarkable for his sober and studious habits. See Wilson, Presh. Hist. Almanac, 1864, p. 351.
McCall, Joseph Pinckney, a minister of the IMethodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Missis- sippi ; professed religion while young ; joined the Meth- odist Protestant Church, and was soon after licensed to preach. The war breaking out soon after, he went out as a volunteer in the Southern army. After the war he was received into the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and in due course was recommended to the Quarterly Conference and licensed to preach. In 1866 he was received into the Memphis Annual Conference, and was stationed at Wesley Circuit, with Rev. A. R. Wilson as preacher in charge. In 1867 and 1868 he served at Dresden Station. His last appointment was Hickman Station, in Kentucky, where he labored faith- ftdly until his death, April 8, 1870. ]Mr. McCall was an able and faithful minister of the Gospel, and the Church greatly mourned her early loss. — Minutes of the M. E. Church South, 1870, s. v.
McCalla, Daniel, D.D., a Congregational minis- ter, was born at Neshaminy, Pa., in 1748 ; graduated at Princeton College, N. .J., in 1766 ; was licensed to preach •Tuly 20, 1772 ; taught an academy in Philadelphia ; was ordained pastor of New Providence and Charleston, Pa., in 1774; acted as chaplain in the Revolutionary War; taught afterwards an academy in Hanover County, Va. ; and was tlnally twenty-one vears minister at Wappetaw, S. C. He died Ajjril 6, 1809. See HoUinghead, Ser- mom and Essays of D. McCalla (1810, 2 vols.); also Drake, Diet, of A nur. Biog. s. v.
McCalla, William Latta, a Presbyterian min- ister, was born near Lexington, Ky., Nov. 25, 1788. He received his preparatory education under the supervis- ion of his parents; graduated with honors at the Tran- sylvania University, Lexington, Ky. ; afterwards stud- ied theology i>rivately ; was licensed in 1816, and after- wards ordained pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Augusta, Ky. ; in 1823 he went to Philadeljihia, and was installed ])astor of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, where he continued to labor until 1835, when impaired health prompted him to resign. Subsequeiuly he took charge of tlie Fourth Presbyterian Church. Philadelphia, and under his pulpit ministration the Cluirch became large and intiuential. In 1839 lie resigned tliis charge, and spent some time as an itinerant missionary in Tex- as; on his return to Pliiladelphia, he successively lilled the Middletown and Ridley charges, in the vicinity of Philadelphia, and Union Church, on Thirteenth Street.