been deplored as a great loss to the cause of religion and learning in our country. (G. K. C.)
McClung, John Ai.kxandkk, D.D.. a Presbyte- rian minister, was born in Washington, Ky., Sept. 25, 1804. His education was received at a private school at Brick Pond, Woodford Count}', Ky., his instructors being Messrs. Thompson and Daly, from the University of Dublin, Ireland. In 1823 he entered Princeton The- logical Seminary, and in 1828 was licensed to preach. Subsequently, his mind becoming unsettled concerning the authenticity of some of the books of the Old Testa- ment and one or two of the Epistles, he gave up preach- ing and entered upon the study of law. During this stage of his life he wrote Sketches of Western Advent- ures, and otherwise contributed to the press of the daj-. He was admitted to the bar in 1835, and became a reg- ular practitioner until 1849, when, his religious princi- ples being revived, he was again, in 1851, licensed and ordained, and was called to the First Presbj'terian Church, Indianapolis, Ind. ; during his pastorate there he was elected president of Hanover College, Ind. In 1857 he accepted a call to ]\Iaysville, Ky., where he la- bored until tlie summer of 1850, when he was drowned. Dr. McClung was a man of brilliant intellect and rare eloquence ; he was a polished scholar, a generous friend, and an humble Christian. See Wilson, Presb. Ilist. A l- wfmflc, 1801, p. 100. (.J.L. S.)
McClure, Alexander Wilson, D.D., an Amer- ican divine, was born in Boston, Mass., May 8, 1808 ; was educated at Yale and Amherst colleges and Andover Theological Seminary (class of 1830); was settled at Maiden, Mass., 1830-41 ; then at St. Augustine, Fla., 1841-44; editor of the Christian Ohserratori/ from 1844 to 1847; and pastor again at Maltlen from 1848 to 1852. Leaving the Congregational body, he accepted a call to the First Keformed Church, Jersey City, N. J., and re- mained there three years (1852-55), when he became corresponding secretary of the American and Foreign Christian Union, 1855. His health having been im- paired, he was sent in 1856 as chaplain of the union at Rome, Italy. In 1858, broken down by bronchial dis- ease, he retired from public service, and lingered a great sufferer until his death in 18G5. The American Chapel in Paris was erected largely by funds Avhich Dr. McClure secured with great zeal and labor. Dr. McClure's con- tributions to the periodical press were numerous and popular, including valuable articles for the Observatory, the Netv Brunswick Revieiv, and the Literary and Theo- logical Review. He also published The Life-Boat, an Alleepry : — Four Lectures on Ultra-Universalisin, "a theological classic, unanswered and unanswerable :" — A Series of Letters upon the Bible in tlie Public Schools, written in controversy with a Romish priest in Jersey City: — Lives of the Chief Fathers of N etc England (2 vols.) : — and The Translatois Revived, or Biographical Articles on the Ilistori/ of the Translators of the English Bible (New York, 1853, 12mo). The title is somewhat unfortunate, but the work is invaluable, the materials being drawn from the best sources in Great Britain and America, and with the utmost care for many years, to secure accuracy and fulness. Dr. McClure was a truly learned scholar, a genuine wit, a keen dialectician, and a practical controversialist. Ardent and honest as the sunlight, abounding in good feeling, and simple in man- ners as a child, he was a man of positive convictions, fearless of consequences in the advocacy of truth and in assailing popular errors. Yet, with all his exuberant mirth and knowledge of the world, Dr. JMcClure v.as pre-eminenth' a devout and humble Christian minister. Chastened by many providential trials, his piety grew more serene, and beautiful, and deep with advancing in- firmities and years. His prayers and preaching v.cre solemn, tender, ami scriptural. Eternal things were seen and felt by him as eternal realities, and his hearers often were hushed and melted under his reverential ap- peals. His death was triumphant. See Corwin, Man-
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McClure, Arthur, <*i Methodist Episcopal minis- ter, was bom in East Tennessee, Feb. 16, 1801 ; was con- verted about 1819 ; entered the Tennessee Conference in 1822, and died Sept. 26, 1825. He was a young man of much i)romise, excellent in abilities and graces, and an elotjuent and successfid. minister. — Conference Minutes, i, 550.
McClure, David, D.D., a Congregational minis- ter, was born Nov. 18, 1748, in Newport, IJ. I. ; gradu- ated at Yale College in 1769 ; was ordained missionary to the Indians near Pittsburg, Pa., May 20, 1772. Tlie mission was broken up by the troubles with England, and McClure became pastor in North Hampton, N. H., Nov. 13, 1776; at East Windsor, Conn., June 11, 1786, and died June 25, 1820. He was chosen trustee of Dartmouth College in 1778, and made D.D. by the same in 1800. Dr. McClure published Sermons on the Moral Law (1795, 8vo): — Memoirs of the Rev. Kleazar Whee- locl\ D.D., in connection with the Rev. Dr. Parish (1810) : —and a number of occasional sermons and addresses, and magazine contributions. See Sprague, Annals, n,7.