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believe that the impulse given by it to the study of the history of the Scottish Reformation, and the principles involved in the subsequent conflicts of the Scottish Church, did much to bring about that movement which resulted in the disruption of 1843. Other works are, The Life of Andrew Melville (2 vols., 1S19); History of the Progress and Supprescion of the Reformation in Italy (1827); and History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in Spain (1829). Posthumous were, Sermons (1836) and Miscellaneous Writings, Chiefly Historical (1841). His son, Thomas McCrie, edited his Works (4 vols., 1S55-57).
Bibliography: A Memoir, by his son, was prefixed to the Works, ut sup., and a Life of Thomas McCrie, D.D., by the same, appeared Edinburgh, 1840; DNB, xxxv. 13— 14. There is also a Memoir of Dr. McCrie by A. Crichton in the latter's ed. of McCrie's Life of John Knox, Edinburgh, 1840.
2. Son and biographer of the preceding; b. at Edinburgh Nov. 7, 1797; d. there May 9, 1875. He studied at the University of Edinburgh, entered the ministry of the Original Secession Church in 1820, and, after holding pastorates at Crieff and Clola, succeeded his father in 1836 as minister of the West Richmond Street Church, Edinburgh. The same year he was given the chair of divinity at the Original Secession Hall. In 1852 he joined the Free Church of Scotland, at the union with it of the larger part of the Original Secession Church. He took a prominent part in the deliberations necessary for effecting this union and in 1856 was moderator of the Free Church assembly. In 1866 he became professor of church history and systematic theology in the Presbyterian College, London. His principal works are, Life of Thomas McCrie (Edinburgh, 1840); Sketches of Scottish Church History (1841); Lectures on Christian Baptism (1850); Memoirs of Sir Andrew Agnew (1850); and Annals of English Presbytery, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time (London, 1872). Bibliography: DNB, xxxv. 14.
M'CURDY, JAMES FREDERICK: Presbyterian; b. at Chatham, New Brunswick, Feb. 18, 1847- He was educated at the University of New Brunswick (A.B., 1866), and after being principal of Restigouche County Grammar School, Dalhousie, New Brunswick, in 1867-68, entered Princeton Theological Seminary, from which he was graduated in 1871 and where he studied two additional years (1871-72). He was then assistant professor of Oriental languages in the same institution from 1873 to 1882, after which he studied at the universities of Gottingen and Leipsic until 1884. He was lecturer at Princeton Theological Seminary on the Stone foundation in 1885-86, and in the latter year was appointed lecturer on Oriental literature in University College, Toronto, where he was promoted to his present position of professor of the same subject in 1888. In addition to numerous contributions to The Jewish Encyclopedia, Hasting's Dictionary of the Bible, and the Standard Bible Dictionary, to theological periodicals, and besides preparing the sections on the Psalms, Hosea, and Haggai for the American edition of J. P. Lange's commentary on the Bible (New York, 1872-76) he
has written: Aryo-Semitic Speech: A Study in Linguistic Archaeology (Andover, 1881); History, Prophecy, and the Monuments (3 vols., London, 1894- 1901); and Life ofD. J. Macdonnell (Toronto, 1897).
MACDONALD, DUNCAN BLACK: Presbyterian; b. at Glasgow, Scotland, Apr. 9, 1863. He was educated at the university of his native city (M.A., 1885; B.D., 1888), where he was later scholar and fellow, and then studied Semitics at the University of Berlin (1890-91, 1893). Since 1892 he has been professor of Semitic languages in Hartford Theological Seminary. He was Haskell lecturer in comparative religion in the University of Chicago in 1905-06. He is editor of the Mohammedan section of J. Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, and is editor of the concordance of the Peshitta being prepared under the auspices of Hartford Theological Seminary. He has written: Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence, and Constitutional Theory (New York, 1903) ; and Religious Attitude and Life in Islam (Chicago, 1909; Haskell lectures).
MACDONALD, FREDERIC WILLIAM: English Methodist; b. at Leeds Feb. 25, 1842. He was educated at Owens College, Manchester (B.A., 1862), and after being a Wesleyan minister from 1862 to 1881, was professor of systematic theology in Handsworth College, Birmingham, from 1881 to 1891. From the latter year until 1905 he was secretary of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, of which he has since been honorary secretary, and in 1899- 1900 was likewise president of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference. He was also joint editor of the London Quarterly Review from 1871 to 1875, and in 1880 represented the British Methodist Conference at the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church of America. He has written: Life of Fletcher of Madeley (London, 1885) ; Life of William Morley Punshon (1887); Latin Hymns in the Wesleyan Hymn-Book (1900); and In a Nook with a Book (1907).
McDOWELL, WILLIAM FRASER: Methodist Episcopal bishop; b. at Millersburg, O., Feb. 4, 1858. He was educated at Ohio Wesleyan University (A.B., 1879) and Boston University (S.T.B., 1882), and from 1882 to 1890 held successive pastorates at Lodi, O. (1882-83), Oberlin, O. (1883- 1885), and Tiffin, O. (1885-90), after which he was chancellor of the University of Denver for nine years (1890-99). From 1899 to 1904 he was corresponding secretary of the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in 1904 was elected bishop of his denomination. He was a member of the Colorado State Board of Charities and Corrections in 1894-99 and president of the Religious Education Society in 1905-06, while since 1899 he has been a member of the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association.
MACDUFF, JOHN ROSS: Church of Scotland; b. at Bonhard in the parish of Scone, Perthshire, May 23, 1818; d. at Chislehurst (10 m. s.e. of London), Kent, England, Apr. 30, 1895. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and was
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