The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-02-19

thou hast been faithful over few things;
be thou ruler over many things
On his return to Kentucky, Mr.. Green
was elected Professor in Centre College,
to labor in conjunction with the popular
President, DR.. John G. Young. His de-
sire for further improvement was un-
checked; and with the appreciation OF
the friends of the College, ne went to
Germany to visit those renowned seats OF
learning, to become acquainted with emf
nent professors and their method of teach
ing, and to perfect himself in the Ger
man language and literature, and In gen
eral scholarship After an absence OF
two years pro6tably employed, he re-
turned to Centre College and resumed
the duties of his professorship.
The Synod of Kentucky engaged, with
some adjacent Synods, i'll founding a
Theological Seminary that might In its
position suit their wants better than the
Seminary at Allegheny, and, in the mat
ter and method of its training, better
than the institution at Walnut Hill, ap-
pointed Mr.. Green their Professor of
Theology. The Seminary was at first
located at Hanover, and afterwards at
New Albany, Indiana.
His preference led him to the College,
and in year or two he returned, and
was made Vice President and Professor.
The College was fOurishing. In the
midst of his usefulness he was elected by
the General Assembly of the Presbyte-
rian Church, Professor of the Hebrew
Language and Literature in the Allie
gheny Theological Seminary. This po-
sition he held with great ability and ac-
ceptance for a number of years. His
intense application injured his health, and
be was induced to change his position
and accept situation east of the noun
tains. He became pastor in Baltimore,
successor to DR.. r. J. Breckinridge.-
Here he was usefully employed, and his
physical health slowly improved. From
this position he was allured by the invi-
tation of the Trustees of Hampden Sid
ney College, in Prince Edward, Virginia.
The education of youth was his delight.
Like all Kentuckians, he felt reverence
for the "Ancient Dominion " of Vir-
ginia. 1t was the birthplace of his an
cestors, and of all the States formed
from her extensive borders, Virginia glo-
ried most in Kentucky. The mother
gloried in her daughter, and the daughter
honored her mother. And the proper
name for the State west of the great
chain of mountains would have been,
West Virginia.
Hampden Sidney College was founded
by the Presbyterians of Virginia for the
education of youth, especially her sons.
1t was the second College founded in the
State. 1t has grown up under individual
patronage and exertions. 1t has been
favored with teachers of great excellence.
Each of the successive Presidents pre-
sented to the mind of DR.. Green some
excellence of unrivalled worth all COM
bined formed a splendid Southern galaxy
around which others night find place
to shine, and be partaker of the glory
of the whole. The founder, Samuel
Stanhope Smith, whose abilities and ma
iestic demeanor marked him as proper
successor of such men as Davies and
WitherspOon; and his successor, John
Blair Smith, whose great success in win
ming youth to virtue, and honor, and iW-
mortality, and to God, will endear him
to the Church of God while she has mem
ory and heart; and Lacy, "with the
silver voice, and the silver hand" whose
passionate cry, Where IS the Lord
God Of Elijah ?" still rings around Lex
ington; and that wise man Hoge, Of
whom one that knew him intimately,
said, "He not only knesO hOV to do
good, bat to do no evil;;" and that gen
tlemanly Cushing, who excelled all his
predecessors in his powers of construc-
ton; and that urbane literary lawyer,
Maxwell, whose presence was always so
welcome in the Virginia Synod; and
Alexander, whom the Church called to
found the Theological Seminaryin Prince
ton-Virginia's special son, under whose
skilful training he had himself been led
into the rich possessions of Theology !;
all these with such Professors as John
H. Rice, and Conrad Specie, and John
B. Hoge, and VIM. S. Reed, and Col.
Ewell, and Gen. Smith, in their younger
days: all these moved him to follow the
procession of worthless that for three
quarters of century had been sending
out gifted youth to bless the world of
men, and cheer the Church of God.
He left Baltimore and took up his resi-
dence at Hampden Sidney in 1S48.-
The time and circumstances of the Col
lege were very favorable for the exertion
of his varied powers and requirements.
The teachers associated with him were