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the world; though this is not a common experience. Yet indeed there has been a marked and thorough revival of religion, where there has not been much material around to gather in.
But what it is desired to record is, that the Presbytery of Hunting- don has had its revivals, not apparently so extensive as in some other parts ; but quite extensively as to the materials to be operated upon. Twenty to be added at one time to a church in the country, or in a small country village, is quite as extensive as hundreds in large cities, when the materials are compared. But it is not becoming for those to make any boast of the gracious work of the Holy Spirit, who do not deserve the least recognition by way of approval of very imper- feet service. To Him be the glory who works sovereignly, and by the feeblest instrumentality.
ROLL OF THE PRESBYTERY OF HUNTINGDON FROM APRIL, 1862.
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The following is the Roll of the Presbytery of Huntingdon from April, 1862, till the present time :
Names.
When Received.
By what Presb'y Licensed and When. By what Presb'y Ordained and When.
1 JAMES LINN,.
June, 1809, ...... October, 1819, ..
Carlisle, October, 1808, Huntingdon, April, 1810,.
2 JAMES S. WOODS, .
New Brunswick, October, 1818,
3 SAMUEL HILL, ....
October, 1820, ..
Ronte, Ireland, May, 1816,
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4 BRITTON E. COLLINS,. . April, 1830, ..... April, 1833, .....
Huntingdon, June, 1830,
5 DAVID STERRETT, ..
New Castle, October, 1831
New Castle, October, 1832
6 MOSES FLOYD, ..
August, 1837, .. Philadelphia, April, 1835,
Huntingdon, August, 1837,
7 ANDREW JARDINE, ...
April, 1842, ..... October, 1842, ..
Northumberland, Eng., October, 1832, .... Northumberland, Eng., May, 1834,
8 WILLIAM J. GIBSON, ...
9 WILLIAM J. MURPHY, ...
October, 1844, .. June, 1845, ......
Philadelphia, October, 1831,. Philadelphia, February, 1832,. Philadelphia, 1843, Huntingdon, October, 1844,
10 MATTHEW ALLISON, ...
11 ROBERT HAMILL,.
May, 1846,
12 S. H. MCDONALD, ...
May, 1846, ......
13 G. W. THOMPSON, ...
April, 1847, .....
Glasgow, Scotland, October, 1817, ... Glasgow, Scotland, August, 1818, New York, 1st April, 1845, . Huntingdon, May, 1846, . New Brunswick, April, 1834,. . New Brunswick, October, 1835, New Brunswick, October, 1838, Northumberland, February, 1840,
Died, at Academia, 1864.
HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERY OF HUNTINGDON.
Died, June 21st, 1871, aged 70 years.
Died, May 15th, 1868, aged 82 years.
200
Died, February 23d, 1868, aged 85 years. Died, June 29th, 1862, at Lewis- town.
Huntingdon, April, 1820, ..
Huntingdon, June, 1821, Philadelphia, April, 1828,
14 GEORGE ELLIOTT, ... June, 1849, ...... | New Lisbon, May, 1848 Huntingdon, June, 1849, 15 SAMUEL LAWRENCE, ... June, 1850, ...... Philadelphia, April, 1823, Philadelphia, November, 1824,. October, 1850, .. Northumberland, February, 1842,.
Dismissed, October 6th, 1868.
26 16 J. J. HAMILTON,.
Northumberland, October, 1844,
17 D. X. JUNKIN,.
October, 1853, .. Philadelphia, October, 1833,
18 THOMAS STEVENSON,.
April, 1854, .....
Newton, May, 1835, .. Ohio, June, 1845 Ohio, June, 1846 Carlisle, April, 1841, .. Blairsville, January, 1842,
Died, at Altoona, 1863.
20 GEORGE W. SHAIFFER, ...
April, 1855, .....
Washington, April, 1847,.
Ohio, June, 1848, .
21 WILLIAM ADAMS,.
May, 1842,
Relief, Glasgow, Scotland, Dumfries, Scotland,.
22 D. D. CLARKE, ..
June, 1856, .. ....
Carlisle, . Carlisle, Washington, April, 1845, Alleghany, June, 1847,
Dismissed, 1864.
24 JOHN M. GALLOWAY, ...
April, 1858, ....
Died, April, 1865. Died, November, 1866.
25 N. S. CONKLIN.
June, 1858,
Newton, 1823,
Newton, 1823,.
26 J. W. WHITE,
June, 1858,
Blairsville, April, 1854,
27 JAMES WILLIAMSON, ..
June, 1858,
Carlisle, December, 1855, Carlisle, October, 1820,
Died, April, 1865.
28 SAMUEL T. LOWRIE,.
Dee. 1858,
Ohio, January, 1856, ..
Dismissed, April, 1864.
29 GEORGE W. ZAHNIZER, ...
June, 1859,
Huntingdon, December, 1858. . Erie, 1851 .
:
Dee. 1859, ..
Erie, 1852, . 30 S. M. MOORE, ..
Philadelphia 2d, April, 1859, Huntingdon, December, 1859,. 201
Dismissed, October, 1862. Dismissed, October, 1862. Died, 1867.
19 A. B. CLARKE,
October 1854, ...
Dismissed, April, 1866.
Died, 1866.
23 JOHN MOORE, ..
April, 1857, .....
Luzerne, 1823,
HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERY OF HUNTINGDON.
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ROLL OF THE PRESBYTERY OF HUNTINGDON CONTINUED.
Names.
Received. Licensed and Ordained.
31 G. VAN ARSDALEN,
June, 1860,
32 J. M. BARNARD, ..
June, 1860,. Huntingdon, April, 1859 Huntingdon, June, 1860,
33 W. G. E. AGNEW, ..
October, 1860, ..
34 J. B. STRAIN,
October, 1869, .. Chartiers, ( Ass. Pres. ) 1851, .. Carlisle, 1856, ...
Dec. 1860, ... Redstone, October, 1859, Huntingdon, December, 1860,
36 J. A. PATTERSON,.
June, 1860, Huntingdon, April, 1859,. Huntingdon, June, 1860,.
37 D. H. BARRON,.
October, 1861, .. Alleghany City, April, 1857, .. Redstone, May, 1858
38 JOHN P. CLARKE, ...
October, 1861, .. Newcastle,. Huntingdon, October, 1861,
39 W. A. HOOPER, ...
October, 1861, .. Miami, . Huntingdon, October, 1861,
40 ORR LAWSON, ..
June, 1862, ...... Clarion, April, 1858, .. Clarion, April, 1859,. Carlisle, April, 1843, ..
41 O. O. MCCLEAN, ...
October, 1862, ..
Carlisle, January, 1844,
42 OSCAR A. HILLS, .....
Nov. 1862, .....
Crawfordsville, May, 1861,. Huntingdon, November, 1862,
43 WM. M. BURCHFIELD,.
January, 1863,.
Huntingdon, April, 1861, Huntingdon, January, 1863,
44 WILLIAM C. SMITHI, .... 45 WILLIAM B. MCKEE,.
April, 1863, .... Nov. 1862,.
Alleghany City, 1858 Alleghany, 1859, ...
Deposed, November 11, 1868. Dismissed, June, 1866.
Dismissed to Presbytery of Nor- thumberland, 1863. Dismissed, October, 1866.
Dismissed, April, 1867. Died, 1865.
Dismissed, 1865. Dismissed, 1864. Dismissed, December, 1868.
Dismissed to Presbytery of Cin- cinnati, 1865.
Dismissed, April, 1866. Dismissed, October, 1868.
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HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERY OF HUNTINGDON.
35 R. B. MOORE,.
46 J. H. HALLOWAY,.
47 J. C. MAHON, .
48 J. A. McGINLEY,.
August, 1862, ... Huntingdon, June, 1861,.
Huntingdon, August, 1862.
49 DAVID S. BANKS,.
Nov. 1863, ......
Huntingdon, June, 1860 Huntingdon, November, 1863
Dismissed to 2d Presbytery of Philadelphia, October, 1865.
50 R. M. WALLACE, ..
April, 1864, .....
Newton, April, 1851 Redstone, June, 1853,
August, 1864, ... 1844, .
51 WILLIAM PRIDEAUX, ...
52 WILLIAM A. FLEMING, ..
53 N. G. WHITE, ..
54 JOHN H. CLARKE,.
Carlisle, November, 1857,
55 W. O. WRIGHT,
June, 1864, ......
New Castle,.
Huntingdon, June, 1864,
56 D. J. BEALE,.
August, 1864, .. Huntingdon, ..
Huntingdon, August, 1864,
57 JOHN MCKINNEY, ..
April, 1865, .....
Philadelphia, 1824, Wooster, Ohio, 1826,
June, 1865 ..
Baltimore, .. Huntingdon, June, 1865,.
January, 1866,. Huntingdon, June, 1864,
Huntingdon, January, 1866,.
60 JOHN P. HUDSON, ..
April, 1866, .....
Lexington, December, 1831
61 S. J. MILLIKEN, ....
April, 1866, .....
62 R. L. McCUNE, .... April, 1866, ....
Lexington, February, 1833 Huntingdon, ... Florida, October, 1852, Carlisle, June, 1855, ... E. Alabama, October, 1856,
| Dismissed. Died, 1868.
HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERY OF HUNTINGDON.
Dismissed to the Presbytery of Donegal, October, 1865.
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Died, September, 1870.
Dismissed, 1868. Died, August 25th, 1867. Died.
Dismissed to Presbytery of Nor- thumberland, October, 1870. Dismissed, April, 1870.
203
June, 1863, June, 1863,. ...
Transylvania, 1857, Louisiana, May, 1859 Carlisle, 1852, Bloomington, 1857,
August, 1864, ... October, 1864, .. New Castle, October, 1833, Carlisle, June, 1834,
October, 1864, .. Ohio, April, 1857, ..
58 J. G. ARCHER, ...
59 J. E. KEARNS,
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ROLL OF THE PRESBYTERY OF HUNTINGDON CONTINUED.
Names.
Received. May, 1866, ......
. Licensed and Ordained.
63 W. Y. BROWN,.
64 S. C. MCCUNE,.
May, 1866, ......
65 S. S. ORRIS, ..
May, 1866, ......
Huntingdon, Junc, 1865, Huntingdon, May, 1866 Philadelphia, April, 1831, Philadelphia, October, 1831, Washington, April, 1859 ....
66 COCHRANE FORBES,
67 JOSEPH S. WAUGH, ...
Mississippi, November, 1860,
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68 R. M. CAMPBELL,.
June, 1867, ......
Huntingdon, . Huntingdon, June, 1867,.
October, 1867, .. Winchester, October, 1859, Orange, November, 1860, ..
70 J. H. STEVENSON, ..
June, 1868,
71 JJOSEPH H. MATHERS, ..
June, 1868.
Huntingdon, Huntingdon, October, 1856,. Redstone,. .
72 W. C. KUIIN,.
June, 1868,
Huntingdon, June, 1868, . New Castle,.
.
Huntingdon, October, 1861,.
. .
74 JAMES P. HUGHES, ... Nov. 1868, ......
Luzernc, April, 1852, ...
75 R. C. BRYSON, .. . April, 1869, .....
76 R. F. WILSON, .. . June, 1869, ......
77 H. S. BUTLER, ..
June, 1869, ...
Luzerne, April, 1854, .. Northumberland, April, 1859, .. ...... Northumberland, October, 1859, .... Huntingdon, .. ..... Redstone, November, 1856, .. . New Brunswick, April, 1866,. Burlington, June, 1866,.
Dismissed to Presbytery of Tope- ka, June, 1870. Dismissed, April, 1869.
Dismissed, April, 1870.
Dismissed, April, 1871. Dismissed.
HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERY OF HUNTINGDON.
69 R. J. GREAVES,.
73 JNO. P. CLARKE, .. October, 1868, ..
New Brunswick, October, 1852, New Lisbon, June, 1853,. Madison, June, 1838, Peoria, October, 1840,
78 JNO. C. WILHELM, ....
79 L. L. HAUGHAWOUT, ..
October, 1869, .. Huntingdon, ...
Carlisle, June, 1868,
. 80 W. T. WYLIE, ...
81 THADDEUS MCRAE, ..
Dec. 1866, ...
Tombigbee, October, 1856,
82 ANDREW PARKER, ...
Dec. 1869,.
Huntingdon, Huntingdon, December, 1869, Baltimore, 1864
.
83 JAMES J. COALE, ....
April, 1870, ..
Baltimore, April, 1867,
84 G. W. NEWELL,
April, 1870, .....
Philadelphia 2d, April, 1844,.
85 JNO. H. SARGENT,.
April, 1870, .. ..
Erie, June, 1861,
June, 1870,
Huntingdon,
Winnebago, February, 1865, .. W. Jersey, April, 1869,
Huntingdon, June, 1870.
88 JAMES SMITH, ....
June, 1870, ..
Huntingdon, October, 1846
Clarion, 1847, ..
89 H. E. LIPPERT,. . April, 1871, .....
90 J. S. ROBERTS, ..
April, 1871, ..... June, 1871, ..... June, 1871, ..
Baltimore, . Huntingdon, June, 1871,.
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91 JACOB V. R. HUGHES, ... 92 WILLIAM J. CHICHESTER, ... 93 STEPHEN W. POMEROY, ....... June, 1871,.
94 JAMES W. SHRYOCK, .... June, 1871, ......
.|October, 1869, .. [Carlisle, April, 1861, Carlisle, December, 1864,
Dec. 1869, .....
Philadelphia Reformed, June, 1853
Philadelphia Reformed, May, 1855 . Tombigbee, October, 1855,.
. Philadelphia 2d, November, 1846, . Philadelphia, April, 1856,
86 JOSEPH C. KELLEY, ...
87 SAMUEL S. WALLEN, ..
June, 1870, ......
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Names.
Received.
Licensed and Ordained.
95 JAMES H. STEWART, ...
August, 1871, .. Huntingdon, June, 1870,
Huntingdon, August, 1871
96 JAMES C, BOAL, ..
October, 1871, .. |Huntingdon, October, 1870 . |Huntingdon, October, 1871,.
97 S. T. WILSON, ..
October, 1871, .. | Huntingdon, 1851,
Rock River, May, 1852,
98 JNO. C, BARR, ...
October, 1871, .. Cincinnati, April, 1853, Rock River, January, 1856,.
.. . .
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99 S. C. ALEXANDER, ...
October, 1871, .. Charleston, April, 1860,
..
Concord, December, 1861,
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PART II.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE PRESBYTERY.
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REV. JOHN HOGE.
V ERY little is known, at the present time, concerning this excel- lent domestic missionary ; for such he appears to have been all his ministerial life, at least so far as it was connected with the Presby- tery of Huntingdon. He was one of the original members of the Presbytery, and appointed to preside at its organization, and was after- wards the first moderator by choice of the members. The place and time of his birth are to us unknown. It is probable he was of foreign birth. At the time of the organization of the Presbytery he must have been of considerable age, and possibly may have been the oldest member of Presbytery, as he was appointed to preside at the organiza- tion, and only lived twelve years afterwards. If he were not the old- est member, then he must have been the one at the time best known to the General Assembly. He may, however, have been the only min- ister present from that part of the Presbytery of Carlisle which was to be constituted into the new Presbytery, and therefore appointed to preside at the organization. The first authentic information we have been able to obtain of Mr. HOGE, is the record of his being attached to the old Presbytery of Donegal, along with Messrs. ROAN, ROB'T SMITH and SAMPSON SMITH, by order of Synod, June 5, 1759. Two years be- fore the formation of the Presbytery of Huntingdon he was appointed to supply in Northumberland county. One year previous to the or- ganization he was appointed to supply at discretion. He was doubt- less so employed, and in that part of the Presbytery of Carlisle when the Presbytery was set off. The balance of his ministerial life was spent in the same region ; though no one can be found who can give any definite information concerning him. He had a family, of whom
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nothing is known, except that there were one or two grandsons of his living near Watsontown, Northumberland county, a few years ago. It appears from the records of three Presbyteries, that he was always highly esteemed as a minister and a presbyter, and bore an unques- tioned character for piety ; and we would infer that he was held in consideration as a preacher. He appears never to have been a settled pastor. It is probable he had peculiar talents for hunting up and gathering together the scattered members of the church. He died on the 11th day of February, 1807. His age at the time of his death is not known, but he must have been an old man, as he was an ordained minister in 1759, forty-eight years before the time of his death.
REV. JAMES MARTIN.
M R. MARTIN was a native of the County Down, Ireland. He came to this country in the year 1774 or '75. He was then a licensed and ordained minister of the Associate Secession church, and for a time labored in that connexion in the State of South Carolina. In the year 1776 he joined the Synod of Philadelphia; and the next year was annexed to the old Presbytery of Donegal, or the same year ; and was enrolled a member of the Presbytery, June 18, 1777. Mr. MARTIN was first settled at Piney Creek, being installed November 9, 1780. He continued in this relation until April 15, 1789, when the pastoral relation was dissolved; and at the same time he received and accepted a call from East and West Penn's Valley, Warrior Mark and Half Moon. This was a very extensive charge, as those at all ac- quainted with the region of country will at once perceive. In this charge he continued till the time of his death, which occurred on the 20th of June, 1795.
Mr. MARTIN was one of the original members of the Presbytery, and it was in his church in East Penn's Valley, that the Presbytery was organized. We have no means now of certainly knowing, but have every reason to believe that this was the largest charge, as it respects the number of church members, within the bounds of the Presbytery at that time.
From the reports that have come down to us by tradition, we have no hesitation in believing that he was an able, orthodox and popular preacher. And we judge not alone by the reports that have come down from his times, but have had the opportunity of examining for ourselves some skeleton sermons of his, with which we were favored by his grandson. He is said to have been a very earnest, animated speaker, and we know that such notes of sermons, filled up by such a speaker, must have commanded the attention of any audience. Like all the preachers of that day, and those especially of the denomina- tion from which he originally came, his sermons were long, perhaps
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seldom less than an hour and a half, and sometimes considerably longer. In a warm summer day, it was not unusual for him to take off his coat, and preach in his shirt sleeves. In the pulpit he was very forgetful of himself and his personal appearance, so intently was he taken up in his subject. A daughter-in-law, then an aged lady, many years ago, told the writer that he would first take off his coat, then begin to loosen his cravat, and conclude by taking off his wig, holding it in his hand, and shaking it in the face of the congregation. Another relative says, that during the course of his sermon his wig would become all awry, the back part turned to the front, and he all unconscious of the metamorphosis. Surely a man of such earnestness was above and beyond the ridicule of the profane. Mr. MARTIN did not live long after the organization of the Presbytery. Indeed he only met with with the Presbytery that one time, as he died before another meeting. The Presbytery was constituted on the 14th of April, 1795, and Mr. MARTIN died on the 20th of June the same year.
He resided in Penn's Valley, near to Spring Mills, and is buried in the old grave yard near by ; where there is yet standing an old log church, or was a few years ago, then occupied by a Lutheran congre- gation. If not the same house in which Mr. MARTIN used to preach, it stands upon the same spot of ground. The writer once stood at his grave and read the inscription on his grave stone, still legible, though he was then dead sixty years. Mr. MARTIN was twice married. His first wife was ANNIE McCOULLOUGH, who died when Samuel, her young- est son, was some two hours old. His second wife was ELLEN DAVID- SON of York county. "After his death she returned to York county. She had no children. A grand-daughter thinks he was about sixty years of age when he died. Mr. MARTIN had four sons, James, Sam- uel, John and Robert, and three daughters. James, the eldest, was educated for the ministry, but never became a minister ; and spent his life in teaching. He never married. John married, and we have some of his children among us at this day. Of the history of Samuel we know nothing. Robert removed to Kentucky, and some of his descendants are living there at this time.
One of his daughters married EDWARD BELL, Esq. of Tuckahoe Val- ley. She was the mother of a numerous family, one of whom is a minister in the regular Baptist denomination; and but for him the ministerial profession would have become extinct in the Martin line. Another married Judge JOHN STEWART of Canoe Valley, Huntingdon county, who also left sons and daughters of respectability and influ-
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ence in their day. A third daughter married a gentleman also of the name of BELL, but no relative of the former. Without being able to state the precise age of Mr. MARTIN at the time of his death, there are reasons inducing the belief that he could not have been much less than sixty-seven. We know that he was preaching in Ireland in 1758, and he may have been 30 years of age at that time, which would make him 67 at the time of his death.
The notes of a single sermon, or rather part of a sermon, by Mr. MARTIN, are subjoined as a specimen of his mode of sermonizing, and of his theology, showing it to be of the good old Pauline type. And it may be added, that he seldom, if ever, wrote out a sermon in full, which was not fashionable in those times. But if any suppose that their sermons were not duly studied and prepared, they are greatly mistaken. They had not time to waste on the mechanical part, or for ornamentation, but the substantial part was genuine food for hungry souls.
The text is taken from the Epistle to the Ephesians, 2d chapter, 3, 4, 5 verses ; particularly the last part of the 3d verse -- " and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others."
From this text the following doetrine was raised : Doctrine-Though the state of all mankind by nature, and actual transgression, is a state of misery-a state wherein they are liable to wrath-yet it is not a desperate state, for as such they are objects of mercy and redeeming love. Or shortly-though man's state by nature is deplorable yet it is not desperate.
I. I will shew what is presupposed or imported in being children of wrath by nature.
II. Treat of and confirm the point, viz: that we are children of wrath by nature.
III. Shew that this makes not our case desperate, because we have to do with a God that is rich in merey, who will not, for his great love wherewith he hath loved mankind sinners, fail to save all that make application to him as in Christ.
15. Deduce some inferences.
I. WHAT IS PRESUPPOSED, &C.
1. That they are sinners-are guilty of sin. (1.) Imputatively. (2.) Inherently.
2. Their being guilty and polluted further presupposes their rela- tion to Adam as their natural and moral, or federal head; that a cove- nant was entered-Gen. 2:16, 17; 3:2, 3; Hosea 6:7; Rom. 5:12 to the end.
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3. His breach of the covenant-Rom. 5: 12, &c., &c., &c.
4 His losing the image of God as a punishment, and our losing it in him-so by nature we are children of wrath, i. e. we are under the curse of the broken covenant, have forfeited the image of God, or are spiritually dead, liable to all temporal miseries, "to death itself, and the pains of hell forever." (Shorter Catechism.)
But this is the point to be proved, 2d Head.
We might illustrate and confirm by many arguments. The Scrip- tures abound with direct and positive statements, all which might be insisted upon to prove that we are both guilty and filthy by nature, and liable to all miseries.
1. All mankind by nature are under the curse of the law, and guilty before God. Rom. 3:19. Not a few, or some only, for the apostle has both Jews and Gentiles, whether young or old, to be under sin and wrath ; the reason is, because all have sinned, verse 23, and none need justification by grace but such. If there are any not guilty, they have no need of a Redeemer; but all have sinned in their federal head. Rom. 5 :19.
2. If all are liable to death, spiritual, temporal and eternal, then all, young and old, must be by nature children of wrath ; for if children are subject to death, though but natural death, they must be guilty of some sin, either committed by themselves or some other, for death is the wages of sin. Rom. 6 : 23 and 5 : 14.
3. Children stand in need of being blessed by Christ, because they are guilty and unclean. "Suffer little children," &c. Circumcision under the law, and baptism under the Gospel, prove their guilt and defilement. They need to be baptized with the Holy Ghost. John 1: 33. If children are pure, then the Disciples were right in forbid - ding them to be brought to Christ.
4. The above competent Judge has declared that every imagination of man's heart is only evil continually-and from his infancy. Gen. 6 :5 and 8 :21.
5. The Spirit of God has declared it a thing impossible to bring a clean thing out of an unclean. Job 14:4. Psalms 51:5. According to the laws of natural propagation this cannot be done; hence Jesus must be born after an extraordinary manner. This serves to prove our natural defilement.
6. If none can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born again, then in their natural state they must be utterly wrecked and ruined. John 3:3, 5, 6. The contrary notion renders regeneration an empty thing.
7. Unless all, young and old, are children of wrath by nature, they are not objects of mercy in their natural state.
REV. HUGH MAGILL.
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M R. MAGILL was one of the original members of the Presbytery. He was a native of Ireland, licensed and ordained before com- ing to this country. He was received by the 2d Presbytery of Phila- delphia in 1776; and was dismissed to the Presbytery of Donegal, Oc- tober 15, 1777, and installed pastor of Lower Tuscarora and Cedar Spring, November, 1789. (Cedar Spring congregation is now known as Mifflin and Lost Creek.) This was sixteen years before the organiza- tion of the Presbytery of Huntingdon. At the next meeting of the Presbytery after the organization, Mr. MAGILL's pastoral relation to Lower Tuscarora was dissolved at his own request, and with the con- sent of the congregation. The reasons assigned were, his age, infirm- ities, and other circumstances. He continued to be the pastor of Cedar Spring till the beginning of the year 1799, at which time, by mutual consent, this pastoral relation was dissolved. Towards him, at this time, the congregation of Cedar Spring manifested a commenda- ble spirit of generosity. In consideration of his infirmities, and past labors, they agreed to pay him an annuity of thirty dollars, and con- tinue to him the use of the Glebe during his natural life; with certain provisos which were eminently reasonable. Difficulties afterwards arose between Mr. MAGILL and the congregation, which required the interposition of Presbytery. The truth of history requires us to state that the fault does not appear to have been on the part of the congre- gation, but Mr. MAGILL herein manifested not only bodily infirmities, but great infirmities of mind. At one time during the progress of these difficulties he renounced the authority of Presbytery, but after- wards submitted himself to their judgment, which was very lenient in view of his age and infirmities. He was removed by death on the 14th . of September, 1805.
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