, 1874-12-20
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-. TEE REV. J. L. q. IL 6CHSs D. Us.
Dr.. McKown is natiyo of Albany County, II
t., and is about 45ycars Of age, Of Scotch -1risl
descent from one of the most respectable farni
ies OF Eastern New York, where lineage cruntf
Tor something. He numbers among his relatives
The late Judge McKown, the law assoc'ato ol
yohn Van Buren, and james A. Mcho"n, TIT
rell-known counselor Of Albany, is q brother
De was reared in the Dutch-Refrmed Church,
Tho prevailing communion Of Eastern New York
,ut At an early age his lot fell among the Metho.
lists, md he became convert to the doctrines
it the earnest and vehement disciples Of John
Hes1ey. He united With a Methodist church
xhcn II years of uge. His convictions OF duty
rere 80 strong that, in opposition to the e1-
pressed wishes Of his relatives hc thus became
Methodist
1t tie age Of IT he entered Troy Conference
Academy at Vest Poultncy, Vt, under tho tut
lion Of faculty. nearly all the mem-
bers Of which are now among the most
prominent na1ncs in Methodist history. Or.
alcEown entered. the Wesleyan University. ct
1Iidi1ctown, Conn, in 1849. In the fall OF the
same year be entered the Oneida Conference,
sud was appointed,to to suburb Of UTICA, N. !.
Being possessed naturally OF frail constitution.
aud beng reduced in physical force by hard
study in the University, his health failed before
tho end Of D year, md he wns transferred to
Vernon Centre, N. y. Soon afta1ward he ac-
ceptcd professorship in the Newark Wesleyan
Seminary, and the next eight years Of lis life
we're devoted to tho work Of education. During
this period he successfully President Of
Richmond; ;ilIe Union Seminary md Female
collegiate Institute, Of CooperstoWn Seminary,
..nd OF the Pittsburg High School.
His first pestorate, after leaving tho academic
eId AL flh@eal Gipeirntti rF,nra
SUCCESS was marked and eminent. tho society
more than doubling in Numbers during his lnbols.
He was transferred 10 Trinity Church, New York,
ecrving the full term Tlonce he succtssirely
WAS transferred to the important Churches OF
Warrington Street, Poughkeepsie; st. James,
Kingston on the Hudson; and st. Jan1es, New
YORK City. Near the end Of the latter pastorate
ne was transferred to Dubuque Iowa. and from
thence YVES once more transferred to his earlJ
parish. Union Chapel, Cincinnati. $50 -,
Dr.. Mckown has been President OF Albion Col
iege Mich, one year, and has served as pastor OF
Third Street Church, Rockford, H.; Wabash Av-
enue Church, Chicago; ana il at present pastor
OF Ada Street Church in this city, to which he
wrs transferred at the last Rock River Confer
ence.
Dr.. McKown received his title OF D. D. from
Mount Union College, Ohio. He is O faithful,
earnest preacher, although suffering somewhat
Among his e1tempornne0us Methodist brethren
from the habit, acquired from his Reformed
Dutch forafathers. OF reading his sermons from
manuscript. Recently, after fifteen years Of
serritudo TO tho written pnge, DR.. llchown has
renIured out upon his untried and unaonnded
sea Of e1temporhneous pulpit oratory, with sue
GEES most encouraging to him.
Dr.. McKown has had tho marked good fortune
10 be selected by President Grant, TWO slccebsre
years, to act upon the Board OF Visitors to look
into the affairs OF West PdiDt and Annapolis:
In 1873 he received his appointment to the for
mer, and last summer he Was placed upon tho
list Of visitors to Annapolis, where ho WAS called
upon, By = vote OF the Board, to ,dolirer the ad-
dress to tbs graduating class.