The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-11
DR.. DOUGAN CLARK DEAD
THE DISTINGUISHED QUAKER PASS
ES AWAY AT EARLHAM.
His Demise fastened by the Treat
ment He Received from His Breth-
ren-Other State News.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Ind, Oct. 10.-Dr. Dougan
Clark after an illness of several months.
died early this morning, aged sixty-eight,
at his home, near Earlham College. There
is a difference of opinion among physicians
as to what caused his death, but the direct
cause seems to have been exhaustion. A
post-mortem examination will be held to-
morrow to determine definitely the nature
of his trouble.
DR.. Dougan Clark was one of the many
valuable contributions which North Caro-
lima made to Indiana, being born in Ran
dolph county, that State, May II, 1928. AT
the age of eighteen he entered Friends
Boarding School, at Providence, r. l..
where he spent two years. During this
period he began his career as teacher at
Westport in Massachusetts, where ne
taught four months. He then returned TO
the scenes of his early life, at New Garden,
now Guilford College. and taught TWO
years In 1850 he entered Haverford college,
and graduated two years later Inc same
year he married Sarah e. Bates, or HAN
over county, Virginia. He was then again
called to North Carolina, where he taught
three years He then took up another hne
of work by attending course OF medical
lectures at the University of Maryland In
Baltimore. Inc IOllOWihS yeaA ~
to Indiana and practiced his profession Tor
eight years at Carthage and Westheloo, e. \,
cept that he spent the winter OF Iooo-oi
al Philadelphia and received the degree oi
M D. from the University of Pennsylvania
with the class of 1861 Two years We're also
spent in indianapolis as a practc ing e pnJ
sician but in 1866 he was called to the chalr
of Greek and Latin in Earlham Soiiese;;
where he remained for three years. anu
then returned to Richmond
He was recorded a minister of the gospel
in 1869 and this was his life work olstlnc,,
lively. Without doubt his preachlng w ns fnl
an epoch in the spiritual progress VI III
diana Yearly Meeting. , =.
The years 1S76-79 Were spent in trayel IN
England Ireland ard france SnoIlIy
after his return he went to Cleveland and
was pastor of the Friends Churcn Tor tnlr
teen months. During ls2 and 1923 ne eo, was ha
editor of the Gospel Expositor. In 1854 he
was again elected professor OF Greek ana
Latin at Earlham, but with the esta 3D.
lishment of the Biblical Institute. in 1855,
DR.. Clark was given its leadership. DR.:
Clark wrote and published works entitled
.once of the Holy spirit ns5r hst n 70
;cEsation'' The first and second named
were translated into Spanish by the Quaker
missionaries in Mexico. He was also ire
ol.ent contributor to periodicals.
Dr. Clark was. in all, successful teach
er and preacher. deep Bible StudenI, poS7
81 ssed of literary acumen and broad cui-
turc The clearness and yigor of his
thought and utterance left no uncertainty
about his meaning and beIet, but ms ND
crafty toward those from whom he differed
in matters of faith or practice commenced
him to the confidence ana reSpect OF al.
Since the trouble that arose about TWO
wears ago over the matter of his baptism,
DR. clark h rs not been actively engaged in
any way as he gave up his work at Earl
ham College in compliance with the WlsheS
of the trustees of that institution. His re-
lease from Earlham was attended with a
bitter disputation among the Quakers that
threatened for Il time to disrupt the In
diana Yearly Meeting Among the old or
thodox and conservative element which is
losing ground among the Quakers all over
the country, he had many enemies who
arrayed themselves against him on account
of his belief in baptism. 1t is believed by
many that this distinguished leader of
C,uakerism in Indiana. with his bright
mind. was so sadly affected by the unsym-
pathetic bearing of the old element in the
church that it assisted largely in his de-