Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-30
AIexander nIcWhorter.

OA sAAS S@S~~S~] VA @A4SASA4ASA Whorter will be received with sense of per sonal grief by his friends and acquaintances. To many graduates of Yale it will sadden the festivities of Commencement week, for his name was intimately associated with the col lege to which he was so loyal and in whose welfare he felt so deep an interest. Last Friday morning he was suddenly taken il, became unconscious, and remained in that condition till his death yesterday morning at half-past 10. Alexander McWhorter was of gentle birth. Born in Newark, N. J., January l, 1922, he was great grandson of Dr. Alexander Nc Whorter, one of the founders of Princeton College, and grandson of Judge John Law renee of New York. After the age of five he lived in New York until he came to New Ha- ven to enter Yale College. Having gradua- ted in 1S42, he had since with the exception of a brief period, been resident of this city, where in 1859 he married Henrietta Whitney,
 daughter of Eli Whitney Blake. After gradu-
 ation MT. McWhorter studied theology under
 the famous Dr. Taylor and became his favor
 tte pupil. To the last MT. ..McWhorter cher
 ished profound love and reverence for his
 great teacher.
 Deeply interested as he was in early and remained through later life in theological
 questions, his mind was singularly free from sectarian bias. His keen insight enabled him
 to recognize what was good and true in all
 creeds, and while he left the Congregational
 ministry and took holy orders in the Episco-
 pal Church he never manifested any of the bitterness that too often accompanies such a change. In 1858 MT. McWhorter published 'SYahveh, Christ,'' book which attracted considerable attention among theologians and
 won the praise of many European scholars. The last production of his pen is an article in the June number of the Princeton Review, and is entitled 'EThe Edenic Period of Man D It is an endeavor to reconcile the theories of
 modern science, and especially the theory of evolution, with Christian faith in a divine
 revelation. The subject is treated with
 rare and curious scholarship, and is sure to awaken interest and provoke discussion. The theme is one in which he was eagerly inter ested and was wont to discuss with an elo- quent enthusiasm as genuine as it was fasci- mating.
 Alexander McWhorter's life was singularly free from worldliness. It was the life of a scholar, ever eager for knowledge and ever welcoming new facts with generous hospital ity. He read many books, on all subjects; took up and pursued abstruse studies in dead | and obscure languages, and yet never lost inter- est in the topics of the day. Those whose
 happy privilege it was to share his intimate acquaintance can never forget his brilliant power in conversation. His wit was bright and keen, but never wounded. His graceful fancy illuminated every subject it played
 around and he was gifted with a rare felicity of expression that often reached the height of eloquence. No one could listen to him ! without admiration for the versatility of his scholarship, his ready memory and his singu- | larly high and comprehensive intelligence But, even more than these rare and attractive gifts, it was the prevailing charm of his radi- | ant and genial disposition that bound him so closely to his friends-and to friendship no l man was truer. He was always the most lovable of men. He retained to the last, in spite of trials and disappointments, a tender, childlike charm that could only have had its
 source in one of the purest and most innocent ofsouls. It is for this, above and beyond and
 more precious than his many rare intellectual gifts and attainments that his friends will long and most lovingly cherish the memory l of Alexander McWhorter