tion, and subversive of the fallacies of that superficial antl plausible book. "There was nothing in IMiller's ■works," says the Edinburgh Review for July, 1858, " which so "much surprised the reader as their mere lit- erarv merit. Where could this Cromarty mason have acquired his style ?" Not one of the authors of our day has approached Hugh Miller as a master of English composition, for the equal of which we must go back to the times of Addison, Hume, and Goldsmith. During the later part of his life he suffered severely from dis- ease of the brain, and he finally shot himself while in a fit of somnambulism, Dec. 24, 1856. His death caused a most painful excitement. Few men have occupied a higher position in the estimation of his countrymen. He was a noble example of what self-education can do for a man ; and, whether regarded as the fearless and independent writer, or the man of literature and science, his character must claim the respect and admiration of posterity. The personal appearance of j\Ir. jMiller, or " Old Red," as he was familiarly named by his scien- tific friends, is thus described by one who had the good fortune to see him : '• A head of great massiveness, magnified by an abundant profusion of sub-Celtic hair, was set on a body of muscular compactness, but which in later years felt the undermining influence of a life of unusual physical and mental toil. Generally wrapped in a bulky plaid, and with a garb ready for any work, he had the appearance of a shepherd from the Ross- shire hills rather than an author and a man of science. In conversation or in lecturing the man of original gen- ius and cultivated mind at once shone out, and his abundant information and philosophical acuteness were onh' less remarkable than his amiable disposition, his generous spirit, and his consistent, humble piety" (Lit- erary Gazette). His other works are, The Geology of the Bass (1848, 8vo) : — On certain Peculiarities of Structure in some ancient Ganoids (fishes) (1850): — On the Fossil Flora of Scotland (^18 00) : — My School and Schoolmas- ters, a very interesting autobiography, in which he re- lates his early history, and his struggles in pursuit of science (1855) : — The Testimony of the Eocks (Lond. 185.S), in which he discusses the Biblical bearings of ge- ology, publisheil after his death. " Hugh Miller," says the writer in the Edinburgh Eeciew whom we have al- ready had occasion to quote, "must undoubtedly be re- garded as one of the most remarkable men whom Scot- land has produced. . . . The interest of his narrative, the purity of his style, his inexhaustible faculty of happy and ingenious illustration, his high imaginative power, and that light of genius which it is so difficult to define yet so impossible to mistake, all promise to secure for the author of the Old Red Sandstone the lasting admi- ration of his countrymen." The different scientific works of Hugh Miller mark an important epoch in the prog- ress of the study of geology. He was one of the first to popularize the subject. " Besides adding much to our knowledge, and placing things previously known in a clear and pleasing light, Mr. Miller's performance will be very acceptable also to geologists both of the old and young school" {Lond. A then. 1842, p. 523). " But what is in a great degree peculiar to our author is the success- ful combination of Christian doctrines with pure scien- tific truth" (Agassiz, Introd. to Amer. ed. of Footprints of the Creator). Hee Labor and Triumph : the TAf'e and Times of Hugh Miller, by Thomas N. Brown, D.D. "(Glas- gow and N.Y. 1858, 12mo) ; Lond. Gentleman's Magazine, 1857, pt. i, p. 244 sq. ; Lond. A then. 1856, p. 1609 ; ' Edinb. Rev. July, 1858, art. Hugh Miller (reprinted in the Living Age, Aug. 21, 1858); North Brit. Rev. Aug. 1854; AUi- bone, Diet, of Brit, and Anwr. Authors, s. v.; Men of the Time, s. v. ; Engl. Cyclop, s. v. ; Hoefer, Xouv, Biog. Generale, xxxv, 524; New-Englamkr, viii, 237; North Amer. Rev. Ixxiii, 448; Eclectic Rev. 4th series, xxvii, 685; XV, 690; Brit. Qu. Rev. 1871, July, p. 40; 3feth. Qu. Rev. 1859, Oct. p. 513; Westminster Rev. 1871, April, p. 269. (J.H.W.)
Miller, Jacob (1), D.D., was bom Dec. 11, 1788,
at Goshenhoppen, Pa., and was reared under religious influences in accordance with the views and practices of the Lutheran Church. He was engaged in the pros- ecution of his literary and theological studies for five years, under the direction of the Rev. Dr. Geissenhai- nen, and completed them under the instruction of Drs. Helmuth and Schmidt, who at that time had charge of a private seminary in Philadelphia for the education of candidates for the ministry. His first field of labor was the Goshenhoppen District, among the people in whose midst he had lived all his life. Here he labored twenty- one years, " not only with acceptance," says the record, " but with profit." In 1829 he removed to Reading, Pa., Avhere he continued to labor till his death, just twenty-one years. He died May 16, 1850. Dr. Miller was a man of marked ability. His natural endowments were of a superior order, and they had been brought under the infiuence of careful culture. He wielded an immense influence. In whatever position he was placed his power was felt. In 1838 he was honored with the doctorate of divinity by the Universitj' of Pennsylvania, but he never recognised or used the degree. (M. L. S.) Miller, Jacob (2), a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a native of Germany, came to this countr}^ when but seventeen years of age (1832) ; was converted while a resident of Quincy, lU., and con- nected with the (ierman Lutheran Church. Himself the product of a revival, he labored earnestly for the re- newing of God's love in the hearts of his lukewarm Lu- theran brethren, but the minister of the Church with which he was connected opposed him, and Miller was finally obliged to leave that body. With thirty others, like-minded, he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1848 he was admitted into the Illinois Conference, and labored with great success until, by reason of failing health, he was obliged to ask for a superannuated rela- tion. In 1860 he was again placed on the active list, and sent to Alton, 111., where he labored successfully. In 1866 he was sent to Petersburg Circuit, lU. ; thence to Bushnell, where he died, March 7, 1871. See Min- utes of Annual Conferences, 1871, p. 188.