Mill's posthumous publications — Three Essays on Re- ligion; NatU7-e; The Utility of Religion (Lond. and N. Y. 1874, 8vo) — teach more clearty, however, than the preceding works that he believed very positively in matter and very hesitatingly in spirit; very strongly in man and very feebly in God; very earnestly in human government and social organization, and not at all in divine providence. Indeed, " the perfectibility of man through an enlightened self-interest — by means of pop- ular government and universal education, especially in the elements of political economy and the Malthusian doctrines of population—was the chief article of his philosophical creed" (Dr. Porter, in Inte7-nat. Rev. N. Y. 1874, May-June, pt. vi). For further particulars, we refer our readers to Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and A mer. Authors, ii, 1280; see also Edinh. Rev. Jul}', 1866, art. iv ; Jan. 1874, art. iv ; Jan. 1875, art. i ; Brit. Qu. Rev. July, 1868, art. i; Jan. 1874, art. ix; New-Englunder, Oct. 1874, art. i; Westminster Rev. Jan. 1875, art. i; Christian Qu. April, 1874, art. i ; Masson, Rece7it Brit. Philos. (N.Y. 1866, 12mo), especially p. 245-335; Por- ter, Human Intellect (see Index) ; John Stuart Mill, his Life and Worlds (1873), twelve sketches by J. R. Fox Bourne, W. T. Thornton, Herbert Spencer, and others (reprinted in Popular Science Monthly, July, 1873. art. xii; and the AutoUogixtjyhy (Lond. and N. Y. 1873, 8vo). (J.H.W.)
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Mill, "William Hodge, an eminent English di- vine, was Ijiirii at Caniljrl(l;;e in 1791. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was ordained deacon in 1817, and priest in 1820. Immediately after his or- <lination he was appointed principal of I5ishop's College, Calcutta, whicli position he held till 1838, when he was obliged to return to England in consequence of impaired health. In the year following he was appointed domes- tic and examining chai)laiii to archbislioi) Ilowley, and in 1810 was elected Christian advocate in the Univer- sity of Cambridge. In 1843 he was presented to the living of Brasted, Kent, and in 1848 was chosen regius jirofessor of Hebrew at Cambridge, and canon of Ely. llis profound learning in mathematics, languages, and other branches of intellectual researcli, gained him a deservedly high reputation at home and abroad. His great work, Christ'd Sdiii/ila, or the JSaoxd History of Jesus, in Sanskrit, rendered him famous as a thorough Oriental philologist. He died Dec. 25, 18.');}. Dr. Mill was a prolitic author, and of his numerous works we mention only the most important : Obsi'rvalions on the uttcmpted Application of Pantheistic Principles to the Theorij and Historic Criticism of the Gospel (Camb. 1840-41; 5div.8vo; 2il ei\. ISJb/Svoy.—Prdectio theo- lofjica (1843):— Oh the Temptalion of Christ (1844) :— On the Xuture of ChrUtianity (1848): — Lectures on the Catechism, ed. by the liev. B. Webb (18.^6). See Cooper, Biof). Diet. p. 8iJ6 ; Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and A mer. Authors,uA-lii\.
Milledoler, Pmup, D.D., a noted American di- vine, was born at lihinebeck, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1775. His parents were Swiss (iermans, who emigrated to America from the canton of Berne about the middle of the last contury. Pbilip was converted in very early youth ; was educated at Columbia College ; and at nineteen years of age was licensed to preach the (losiiel, and became jiastor of the German Reformed Churcii in Nassau Street, New York, succeeding the Kev. Dr. (iross, his pastor and theological professor. He preaciied there in both German and English from 1795 to 1800. His rcp- ntation for unction and eloquence drew large audiences; he became generally known, and in 1800 was called to the Third Presbyterian Cburch in Philadelphia. lie accepted the offer, and, removing to the city of broth- erly love, labored there for five years with great success, large additions being made to the communion of the Church. In 1805 he accepted a unanimous call as first pastor of the Rutgers Street Presbyterian Cburch, New York, and remained there until 1813, when he trans- ferred his relation to the Reformed Church, and became one of the pastors of the Collegiate Church of that city. In 1825 he was elected professor of didactic and polemic tlieology by the General Syuod of t lie lieformed Church, to succeed the venerable Dr. Jolni H. Livingston. At the same time he was appointed president of Rutgers College, and i)rofessor of moral pliiloso])hy. These of- fices he accepted and held until 1841, when he resigned, and retired to private life at New Brunswick. He died, full of years, labors, and lionors, Sept. 22, 1852. H is wife died the next day, and botli were buried in the same grave, with a common funeral service. Dr. ISIilledoler's j)rofessional career was marked by diligent and faith- ful services, by great dignity of character and kind de- meanor towards his students, and by a saintly piety which shoue through all his life. His gentleness of heart perliaps diminished his ability as a disciplinarian, and unfitted him to cope successfully with the dilliculties of his double oflice. His forte was in the ])uli)it. His whole ministry in New York was remarkal)le for the constant diviue blessing that followed his labors. In prayer he seemed almost like a man inspired. His nsc of scriptural language at the throne of grace was most wonderfid, and it was woven together witli a skill and power that were only to be accounted for by the influence of the Holy Spirit upon his suppliant soul. This fervor and unction in prayer characterized him till the very close of life. His preaching partook of much