Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-06-06
Miscellaneous.
From ihe Christian Fatchman.
REV. JONATHAN NANCY, ID. d.,

REV. JONATHAN MAAO l. -. ~,
Second President Of RhOde Island Col
fpee This distinguished scholar and III
vine, who was succcssivelv President "I
three colleges, was born a, A'llebofon-h.
Mass. near Providence, Rhodc Island,
September 2, 1863. lie appearslu have
heeo early destined to literary life, anu
graduated at Rhode Island College, III
i787, al the age of nineteen. -Four years
afterwards, nc was ordained pastor OF the
first Baptist church in Providence, anu
abou. the same time was appointed probes
sor of divinity in the college. On the
sixth dav of September. 1872, nc was
made President of the institution. rs The
successor of DR.. Manning On being IN
vested with this office. he wisely surren
dered his pastoral care. In lS6l, he was
called to the Presidency Of Union College,
Schenectady, New York, TO succeed the
Younger President Edwards. His talents
and popularity had now set him on con
spicuous ground; and in 1904, he was elect
ed President Of South Carolina College,
at Columbia in that State. He retained
rhis Office fifteen years, till his death on the
fourth of June, 1920. He expired in the
fi(iy-sccond year Of his age, and hnd
been college officer for thirty years. His
wife was daughter Of Commodore Hop
lins of Rhode Island.
DR.. Maxcv was an accomplished, sue
ccssrul instructor, anu preacher of Just
celebrity. To consumate skill in the Sc
we're science of metaphysics, he added nm
extensive and intimate acquaintance with
polite literature. As a teacher, he was
remarkable for the strength aud accuracy
of his analytical powers. and w'tll ms
happy faculty he combined a singular ai''-
ity to impart his views in the most clear
and impressive manner; so that his students
declared themselves better able to judge ii
the character of hook from his descrlp-
tion, than from perusaI of the work with
ordinary care. A master Of criticism, and
admirer of the fine arts, he evlnced, by
his observation on these subjects. the gill
of a ready perception united with an eIc'
giant and highly cultivated taste.
OF his talents as preacher, we cannot
convey a better idea than by transcrlblng
an extrac, from biographical notice of
him, which appeared in Charleston pa
per soon after his death. The testimony
seems to be from an eyewitness, who was
evidently inspired with admiration OF his
subject. but it has received abundant con'
flrmation from the authority of Others.
"He was a remarkably powerful and
fascinating preacher. Few men have ever
eoualled him in the impressive solemnIty
and awful fervor of his manner. There
was nothing ,urgid, or aIiec,ed,or ianatlcal
HE delivery was founded upon The purest
principles of eloquence, aud. like his mind
was at once sublime and simple. His
voice was unqucstionabIy the most clear
and articula,e l have ever heard. No
SYLLABLE of his discourse was even lost
Every portion Of word was uttered with
a clearness and precision, as If, upon the
dis,inctncss Of its annunciation, rhc etilca-
CIV of the whole depended. But though
his general manner was rather mild than
vehement, and rather solemn than impci-
nous, vet he sometimes exhibited an eln-
ouence animated and impassioned in the
last deg,ee. and which carried with ii, us
with the force and rapidly of torrent.
the hearts and feelings of his audience. ]
shall never forge, the sudden burst of fee,
ling with which he delivered an Apnstro-
pbe to the Grave, at funeral discourse
unon the death of student, and which
by a spontaneous and electric impulse
clothed the whole assembly in 'cars."
We.regret our inability 10 present the
religious character os DR.. alaxcy. From
1he tenor of his life, however, as exhibited
by such scanty memorials as have snrvl-
we'd The obl,erating effects o:tiIne, it may
be inferred that his devotion was exemplary
1t is most singular. that after The lapse Of
a few wears, so little should he known res
Meeting an individual 30 highly distinguish
od in bis day. He published no wor:lk, of
considerable length. Four discs1rses ap-
Year TO comprise his publications. These
were discourse ON he death of PresirIcn,
Manning, in 1895; address to a class, 1897,
and funeral sermon before the lcsisla
ture. IN 1878.