The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-10-02
TIE RISING SIN.
A Sketch Of the Life Of Chester A
Arthur.
Gsth's skssch Of Pre.ident Ar,hur.

nsSS made the Baptist Clergy mission
ARIES and clvIlizars. Almost a. early
as there were Puritaus In EDglAno
there we're ALEC 8aptIsts. After much
persecution tne bapsists obtained toll
Grafton under William OF Orange
La Scotland aud the north Of Ireland
many of the Csivlnist. adopted the
Baptist idea, and claimed that baD-
item bad even . higher earthly
antiquity than Christianity. The
Baptsts are III general CalvinlstIC
Q ,ngregstIonslIs!s, witn the great
central idea OF baptism as the leading
oond OF faith and an indispensable
rite. Like all Cslvsuists The Baptists
we're early advocates OF colleges and
OF education. IT. you can imagine =
oceycn- Inso Preeby terlsn. with slI
dis otssr qualities Intensified by the
ardor of hls views on baptism, you
eau benold General Arthur's father
He was burn and educated about Bsl-
fast, Ireland, and came to Canada,
aud thence, seeking newer fields ana
larger congregations, crossed the A
mericsn line, aud while settled q
lew miles east OF st. AIbaDs, Yer
mont. General Arthur Was burn iu
the township OF Fairfield.
Probably nIs Ietaer had to recrOss
the line 10 preach. and even tn reside,
after the generals bIrtd; and this hxs
led TO some NOTION thst the vice presi-
dent was born iD Canada. an idea
which think is TO be cIAssed with
thas OF WilKes Booth beiDg suIl alive
aud Mr.. Stanton having cut his
throat.
It Is not reasonable that q gentle
man aware of his disabilities should
take the oath as vice president. Yet
il is sometimes hard tor men of itIn
Grant clerical psre0' age, born Fl "
ve"rs sgo. to be thoroughly accurate
about thor birthplace. General
ArIhur's father probably lived in
twenty different towns, and preached
III about tnat number vi churches
after the son was born. The general
dr'it of his resldeace was down the
eaet eide of Lake OhamplAln to the tooI
OF the lake, and then sou bern Yer
mont. around the field OF BENNINGTON
and over into New YORK state about
10 the quarter OF the Hoosso tunnel,
and 50 On to Troy, Albany and
ciady.
The Old mau was Cal ed to the city
OF New YORK few years btiOre the
var, and had quite a good church
here called the Calvary Baptist. He
vas not only minister bot I'D
author, something OF the style Of Dir
rash's father. While DlsraeII, the
elder, wrote the "CurosltIes OF Liiera
ture,' Rev. William Arthur wrote
she ''Orig,n of Modern Names"
About 1875 the old man died, be-
holding hIs son collector OF the port
Of New YORK and considerable of
man In tho COUNCILS of the radical
publican DarIy. The benevoleDce
warmth OF character, Rnd love OF
knowledge in William Arthur arr
ften talked OF by other clergymeD
ADJ by some politician here.
1t is probable shs' General Arthur'r
DUther wss New England woman
Her name indicates IL both in pI snnm
arr aud surname-MelVInA SsOne. W.l-
lam AMI Melvina Arthur had a good.
by yankee family, five dsug hters and
go suns. The eecoud son weut into
var. Was good officer and is nov
major and payma-ter Ia the regular
efvIce. He probably owes to biz
brother bis GcrabIe situation 10 the
ervlcs. Not much is known about
be dau& hters.
Chester A. Arthur has upouestlo0
lbly been the center of the family for
he past twenty years, and has given |
tafus to bis father. as we'll as hi |
Al hers children. As We shall see
nrther on, this sou carried the Bap-
u.s. preachers stock into one OF the
'ldest families of Virginia.
Like most Clergy William
Arthur thought about the best be
oul do for his children was to edu
ate them. Preachers seldom acouire
1OUOJ QUl co tECy thdI4J itf AL l
chester Arthur was seat TO UnIOB
.rl|ege at Schenectady, New York
Very ht,le ID SAID alb " thla i1ettu
ioD, nowadays. though it etlll -four
she's moderately. and has q strong
LIT of alumni. L ands in the very
middle OF Schenectady.
Schenectady. 8 few miles west OF
roy and Albany. and south of Sara
Dgs, 10 one OF the esrIy Ddtcn settle
nents of New York. and after the
evolution General Schuyler started
he formation of a co lpse there. l.
7ss chartered by the "Ragenls OF the
(of whom Wnitelaw Rid
, nu4 One) near the close of Wash
ngtnn's administration. 1t was q
college. AMI fits fret two
residents were ] hn B Air Smith, OF
14mpden-Sidney. Virginia, and Jon
), han Edwards, GOD OF the metaphy
clan. Finally that remarkable man,
Gliphalet Nntt, the son OF poer
'arents ia Connecticut, was called to
JUion C, llege when be was only
hirtY-oDe years old.
DR.. Mott VS. preacher at Cherry
IAiley. New Yhk aud in the Pres