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of his evangelical views, and for the expository charac- ter of his preaching. " That for which as a preacher he is most eminent is his power of illustrating Scripture hy Scripture ; and his mode of doing this shows at once the fidness and the accuracy of his knowledge of Script- ure and the transparent simplicity of his conception .... in all his preaching he aims to lay broad and deep the foundations of the Christian character, in strong, clear views of man's sinfulness and need, and Christ's fulness and freeness as a Saviour." See Fish, Pulpit Eloquence of the Nineteenth Century (N. Y. 1857, 442, q. v.) for a notice of this excellent prelate, and a sermon of liis on the resurrection of Christ. See, also, Western Memorabilia; Knickerbocker, Kx:i.v, 42; Darling, Cyclop. Bibl. i, 1911; AUibone, Diet. Brit, and Amer. Authors, vol. ii, s. V. (J. H. W.)
Mclver, J. W., a minister of the Methodist Epis- cojial Church South, was born Sept. 19, 1835 ; professed rehgion in 1858 ; joined the Memphis Conference in 18G1, and filled the Chulahoma and Good Springs cir- cuits. He joined the Confederate army in the late civil war. In 1865 and 18GG he was appointed to the Rich- land and Cassida circuits; and in 1867 to the luka Cir- cuit. He died suddenly, of congestion, while on his way to an appointment, Jan. 17, 1868. "Brother Mclvor was a very promising young preacher, much beloved by all the people where he preached, and it is with feel- ings of deepest sadness that we record his early death." See Conference Minutes of the M. E. Church South, iii, 246.
McKay, William, a Presbyterian minister, was liorn in Columbiana County, Ohio, July 7, 1825; pursued his academic course at .Jefferson College, Canonsburg, I'a. ; studied theology at the Western Theological Sem- inary, Alleghany City, Pa. ; was licensed by the Pres- bytery of New Lisbon, and immediately took temporary' charge of the Church at Yellow Creek; but, owing to ill- health and other causes, had to give up his labors. He died Jan. 19, 1863. Mr. McKay possessed an extensive knowledge of the Scriptures, and was well versed in ttieologv. See Wilson, Presh. Hist. Almanac, 1864, p.
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McKean, James W., a Presbyterian minister, was born in Lawrence County, Pa., April 30, 1833 ; was educated at Richmond College and Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa. (class of 1859), and at the Western Theological Seminary ; in 1862 was licensed and or- dained by the Ohio Presbytery, with a view to labor as a domestic missionary in the Lake Superior region ; in 1863 was elected principal of the Synodical School at Hopkinton, Iowa, where he continued to labor until May, 1864, when he enlisted in the service of his coun- try. He died while in camp, July 9, 1864. Mr. BIcKean Avas an accurate scholar, a good teacher, and a model of Christian piety. See Wilson, Presh. Hist. A Imanac, 18G6. p. 137. (J. L. S.)
McKean, Joseph, D.D., LL.D., a Congregational minister, was born April 19, 1776, in Ipswich, Mass. ; graduated at Harvard College in 1794; entered the min- istry, and was ordained pastor in Jlilton, Mass., Nov. 1, 1797; resigned Oct, 3, 1804; was elected professor of mathematics in Harvard College in 1806, but declined, and was chosen Boylston professor of rhetoric in 1809. He remained in this position until his health failed. He died at Havana March 17, 1818. He published a Memoir of the Rev. John Eliot, S.T.I)., m tlie HiM. Coll., and several occasional sermons and addresses. See Sjiraguc, . 1 nual.t, ii, 414.
McKeain, Rich Ann, a Baptist minister, was born in Rawdon, Ireland, Aug. 22, 1804, and emigrated with his parents, while yet a youth, to the British possessions this side the Atlantic, and finally settled at liowdon, N. F. Richard was reared in the lipiscopal Church, but in 1820 was converted under the preaching of elder James Munro, a Baptist evangcHst, and in 1821 finally joined the Baptists ; lie began preaching in 182G, and March 10,
1828, became the pastor of a congregation at Rowdon. In May, 1829, he was called upon to assume the pastor- ate of a Baptist congregation at Windsor also, and he thereafter preached both at Rowdon and Windsor until about 1836, when ill health compelled him to withdraw from the ministry. Deprived of the advantages of aca- demic training, he had prepared for college while in the ministry, and in 1839 matriculated at Kmg's College, and there graduated in due course of time, and took his degree of I3.A. In 1842, his health still too feeble to re- enter the ministry, he removed to Dartmouth, and estab- lished himself in business. He died Aug. 17,1860, acknowl- edged by all who knew him to have been " a conspicu- ous example of unbending Christian integrit}', and ear- nest, steadfast devotion to the cause of Christ." '• As a preacher," says one of his contemporaries and associates, "Mr. McKearn commanded the full attention of his au- ditory. His manner was earnest and energetic ; his subjects practical, and treated -with clearness and preci- sion. Their application to the heart and conscience was with great power. His language was free and copious, his voice excellent, and capable of great modulation. As his subject required, he was earnestly winning and persuasive, or denounced with fearful energy the courses of the ungodlv." See The Christian Messenger (Hali- fax), Oct. 17, 1860.