McCartney, John B., a Presbyterian minister, was born near ApoUo, Armstrong Co., Pa., June 22, 1835 ; graduated at Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa. ; and in 1855, at the Western Tlieological Seminary, Alleghany, Pa.; was licensed in 1857, and in 1858 was ordained and installed pastor of the churches at iMount Washing- ton and Temperanceville, in the vicinity of Pittsburg, Pa. In 1864 he accepted a call from the Twelfth Pres- byterian Church, Baltimore, Md., and was installed its pastor May 2, 1865, where he labored until he died, Maj' 14, 1865. ]\Ir. IMcCartney was a man of superior abili- ties, a close student, and an excellent scholar. See Wil- son, Presh. Hist. A Imanac, 1866, p. 136. (J. L. S.)
McCartney, 'William D., a Presbyterian min- ister, was bom in Columbia Co., Pa., in 1806 ; graduated at Washington College, Washington, Pa., in 1832 ; stud- ied theology at the Western Theological Seminar}-, Al- leghany City, Pa. ; was licensed in 1835, and installed pastor of West Liberty Church, Pa. ; afterwards labored in the Eidge Church, Madison, and Holmesville church- es, Ohio, within the bounds of Steubenville and New Lisbon Presbyteries, and died July 27, 1863. ]\Ir. McCart- ney was gifted with superior intellectual powers, logi- cal and discriminating in his theological views, an ex- cellent scholar, and a successful minister. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1864, p. 175. (J. L. S.)
McCaul, Alexandeu, an eminent Anglican divine, was born about the opening of this centurj-, and was educated at King's College, London, -where he afterwards became professor of divinity. He was also prebend of St. Paul's, London, since 1845. He is noted, however, not so much on account of the high positions he filled as an ecclesiastic, as for his missionary labors among the Jews, a task for which his great erudition and un- common familiarity with the Hebrew language and lit- erature peculiarly fitted him. He died in 1863. Dr. McCaul left, besides Sketches of .hidaism and the Jews (Lond. 1838, 8vo), The Old Paths, or a Comimrison of Mod. Judaism with the Pel. of Moses and the Prophets (2d ed. 1868, r2mo) ; a lot of minor theological works, and a host of sermons ; for a list of which see Darling, Cyclop. Bibliog. ii, 1902.
McCaulIe, Thomas Harris, D.D., a Presbyterian minister, was born about the middle of last century; graduated at Princeton College, N. J., in 1774; was or- dained minister in the western counties of North Caro-
lina ; was several years president of a college at Waynes- borough, S. C. ; and died in Savannah, Ga., about 1800. See Drake, Diet. Amer. Biocj. s. v.
McCay, David, a Presbyterian minister, was born in Lewiston, Pa., Feb. 17, 1816 ; was educated at Jeffer- son Cofiege (class of 1838) ; studied theology in the Princeton Theological Seminary; was licensed by Hunt- ingdon Presbytery in 1841 ; and in 1842 was ordained, and installed pastor of the united churches of Bethesda, Concord, and Callensburg, Pa., where he continued to labor for more than twenty j-ears. In 1861 he accepted the chaplaincy of the 103d Kegiment of Pennsylvania Vohmteers, in which position he labored until ids death, June 4, 1862. Mr. McCay possessed an intellect of high order, clear, comprehensive, and eminently practical ; his attainments in science and literature were varied and exact ; his piety deep, constant, and heartfelt. See Presb. Hist. A Imanac, 1863, p. 191. (J. L. S.)
McCheyne, Robert Murray, a celebrated Scotch preacher and evangelist, M-as born in Edinburgh, Scot- land, May 21, 1813. At five years of age he was quite proficient in English. When eight years old he entered the high-school, where for six years he maintained high rank in his classes. In November, 1827, he entered Edinburgh University, and during his college course gained prizes in various departments of study. He studied modern languages privately ; was proficient in gymnastic exercises, and in music and drawing. This last acquisition -was advantageous to him afterwards in sketching scenes in the Holy Land. The death of his eldest brother, David, led to his conversion, or was the beginning of the great change in his life, and brought him to study for the ministrj-. In 1831 he entered upon his studies in theology and Church history in Divinity Hall, under Dr. Chalmers and Dr. Welsh. In 1835 he removed to the Presbytery of Annan, and was licensed to preach July 1. November 7 he began his labors at Larbert, a parish containing six thousand jici pie, to whom he v.as a devoted pastor. He was also an intense student of the Bible, reading it in both the Hebrew and the Greek. In 1836 he was called to St. Peter's Church, Dundee, and Avas ordained there Nov. 24. This charge was large, and his labors were so constant that his health failed, and he was obliged to retire for a season of rest. During this vacation he went, with three oth- er ministers, to Palestine, on a "mission of inquiry to the Jews." His health improved by his travels, and on his return he resumed his work at St. Peter's, where he remained until 1842, when his health again failed. He now undertook a preaching tour, with other ministers, through the north of England, preaching in the open air and in churches of different denominations. Ke- turning from England, he was obliged by failing health 'to have an assistant in his labors at Dundee. In Feb- ruary, 1843, he went on his last tour as an evangelist ; on his return from which he was attacked by a fever, and died March 25, 1843. His death was a loss not to his own congregation or denomination only, but to the whole Christian world. ]Mr. McCheyne was one of the most beautiful examples of the true Gospel minister. Whether among his own congregation, or in Palestine, or travelling as an evangelist, he was always preaching by his Avords and holy life. He was pre-eminent as a preacher, as a pastor, and as a Christian, and did a great work not merely by the great number of conversions which took place directly or indirectly through his in- strumentality, but by the zealous spirit which he in- fused into every department of Christian work. He had also fine talents for literary and scholastic pursuits. He wrote a number of pieces showing a taste fi>r poetrj', one of which — Greece, but living Greece no more — was written at the age of fourteen. His letters from Pales- tine, his lectures, sermons, and letters, show an ability for composition rarely surpassed ; but he consecrated all his talents and powers to the service of Christ, and lived only for the salvation of men. His name ■will long bo