stored. He died in 1872. Mr. Miller was a man of great humility and piety, and his ministry was a glori- ous success.
Miller, Nathan W., a minister of the IMethodist Episcopal Church, was born at Washington, :Me., Dec. 24, 1831 ; was converted and united with the Church in June, 1842. In 1853 he was licensed as a local preach- er, and in 1859 was employed by the presiding elder of , the Rockland District to preach at Benton and vicinity, I where he labored successfully. He entered the itiner- j ancj' in 18G2 as a member of the East Maine Confer- i ence, and was appointed to North Searsport; in 1864 j and 1865, to Bear 1 1 ill, Charleston, and Garland; in 1866, i to Garland; in 1867, to Abbott and Greenville; in 1868, I to Danforth, Weston, and Topsfield. In 1869 he was \ granted a superannuated relation ; and in June following he moved to Benton, where he coidd be near his family friends. Here he assisted in the public service as long as his strength woidd permit. He died Feb. 22, 1870. '• Brother Miller, as a Christian minister, had clear per- ceptions ; a high sense of honor, combined with a deep I sense of obligation; as a citizen, he was kind and oblig- I ing; as a friend, true, trusty, and confiding; as a com- panion and father, affectionate, kind, and faithful." — Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1870.
Miller, Samuel (1), D.D., LL.D., an eminent Pres- byterian divine, whose name is cherished as that of one Avho materially assisted in laying the foundations of the Presbyterian Church in this country-, was born Oct. 31, 1769, at Dover, Delaware. He received his early liter- ary training under the direction of his father, the Rev. John Miller, a native of Boston, who early settled as a Presbyterian pastor in Delaware. Samuel was educated at the University of Pennsylvania (class of 1789), and graduated with the highest honor in his class; com- menced the study of theology under his father, and fin- ished his theological course under the Rev. Dr. Nesbit, at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. ; in 1791 was licensed to preach, and in 1793 was installed as colleague pastor with Drs. McKnighl and Rodgers over the First Pres- bj-terian Church in New York City, and, after the dis- solution, was pastor of the \\'all Street Church until 1813. He was instrumental in the establishment of Princeton Seminary, and subsequently was appointed to the chair of ecclesiastical history and Church government, which he held for more than thirty-six years. He died Jan. 7, 1850. Dr. IMiller was an extensive author, and published, Sermon on Psn. ii, 1 1 (Feb. 1799) : — A Pastoral Discourse (1800) : — 4 Brief Retrospect of the IHlh Centuiy (1803,2 vols. 8vo): — Letters on the Constitution and Order of the Christian Ministry (1807, 12mo) : — Discourse designed to Commemorate the Discovery of New York (1809): — Me- moir ofRer. John Royers, D.'d. (1813, 8vo) -.—Letters on Unitarianism (1821, 8vo) : — On the Eternal Sonship of Christ (1823) -.—Lectures at the Seminanj (1827) -.—Let- te7-s on Clerical Manners and Habits (1827, 12mo) : — Lect- ures at the Seminary (1830): — Essay on the Utility and Dnportance of Creeds and Confessions : — On the Of ice of Ruling Elder (1831, \-lnw)-.—On Baptism .-—Letters on the Observance of the Monthly Concert in Prayer: — Me- moir of the Rev. Charhs \(.<bil, D.I). (1840) -.—The Prim- itive and Apostolical Order of the Church of Christ vin- dicated (1X40, 12mo) -.—Letters from a Father to his Son in Coll, ye ( IX V.i):— Thoughts on Public Prayer (1848): — On Christian Education of Childn n. Dr. Jliller also contributed a Life of .Jonathan Edwards to Sparks's "American Biography." Dr. Miller possessed admira- ble natural qualities that constituted the foundation of his eminentl\- attractive character. His countenance, full of generosity and manliness, was indicative of great purity and nobility of character; his manners were un- commonly dignified and polished; his conversation brill- iant and attractive. He was pre-eminently a man of system and method. His intellect was naturally dear, comprehensive, antl symmetrical. As a minister, he was singularly adapted to profit theological students—
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his preaching clear, direct, and full of evangelical truth. As a professor, he was eminently qualified ; his lectures were luminous exhibitions of his subject, full of well- digested thought, and arranged with graceful natural- ness. As an author, he was at home in almost every field, whether literary or theological. His taste was beyond criticism, insomuch that, in reading his works, one rarely meets with an expression that admits of be- ing essentially improved. His style is marked by an elegant simplicity — generally easy and flowing, but oc- casionally rising to the more artificial, condensed, and elevated strain. See Life of Samuel Miller, D.D., LL.D., bv Samuel Miller (1869) ; The Biblical Rep. and Prince- ton Rev. Jan. 1870, p. 33 ; Amer. Presb. Rev. July, 1869, p. 619; Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1863, p. 52; X. Amer. Rev. xxviii, 505-531 ; Sketc/ies of the Lit. of the United States; London A then. 1835, p. 7 16 ; Dr. J. \V. Francis's Old New York (2d. ed. 1858), p. 57 ; Life of A rchibald Alexander, D.D., by his son, p. 380.