The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

lished by the Anti-Imperialist League OF
Boston.
His delineations are forcetul and search
ing, Hogarthian in their strength, Du Maui
rteresque in their delicacy, and important II
true. Besides his art Mr.. Gibson devotes
himself to the cultivation Of a sane mind
and a sane body. and when our universities
confer degrees for supremacy In these he
will receive the highest honors, cum lauds.
Hills, Newell Dwight.
Clergyman. Pastor Plymouth Church,
Brooklyn. Ed~itor-in-chief OF Sermons for
the Stay-at-Homes." a Weekly Paper de-
voted to Literary Criticism, with Spiritual
Leanings. Born. Magnolia, Ia, September
2. 1858. Learned to lead before he had cut
his teeth. and devoted his infancy to a
peruSal Of the best books. Could recite Bun
yon's Pilgrims Progress ackward at age
OF II months. and at night could forget the
pains of coming molars in a reading OF
"Fox's Book of Martyrs" At outbreak OF
Civil War declined to serve on either side,
not because of his age. which was 5. but on
account of his convictions, which have ever
been against bloodshed and inclined toward
residing. Early youth spent in Iowa. his
chief diversion consisting Of roaming
through the fields of literature. culling the
wild flowers Of thought. Was a sturdy
youth. and on the horizontal bars of poetry
and the trapeZe OF imagination won the all
around championship of his State.
Was educated at Iowa College, Lake For
est University and the Mccormick Theolog-
fcal Seminary. Received degrees of NJ. A.
Oiaster of Analysis) and d. D. disciple of
Dickens) from the Northwestern University
where his theses upon 'Pickwick as a Guilds
to the Higher Life" and The Spiritual Sig
nifcarce of Sllas Wegg" won him much dis
%tinction. Was elected an honorary member
of The Pathfinders OF America" because
of the notable ease with which he penetrate
II - 1885, 5a-tb. - -,
the terrific heights of Meredith, in which
work he is without his superior among tho
literary explorers Of the age. Entered the
Presbyterian ministry in 1887 as a straight
partisan, believing in infant damnation and
senile security.
Wing, and was made an r.. E. (cum laude)
-RoDert Elsmere with p~raise-by the Inde-
pendent Authors Club of the Union Theo-
logical Seminary, a degree conferred for
gallantry and courage. Succeeded Professor
Swing as pastor of the Central Church OF
Chicago, an independent Republican Pres
byterian institution. designed to broaden the
views Of picturesque America Preached
here with great success upon such subjects
and Rome and George Eliot as a Man and
Brother" These sermons attracted a world
wide attention, with the result that Doctor
Hills received a call to Brooklyn. to occupy
the pulpit of Henry Ward Beecher, who has
been described by historians familiar with
lyn."
Has filed the Plymouth pulpit with dis
tinction ever since, where his efforts to raise
the morale of the Brooklyn School of Liter
AZURE have been eminently successful. Has
started several night schools for the study
of Alfred Austin at Gowanus, and his lee
lures before the Grave Diggers' Union OF
Bay Ridge and Greenwood upon Yielding
Jane Austen, Moses and other buried au.
thors have resulted in a widespread culture.
Has declined &c change basement OF his
church into a gymnasium. holding firmly to
the belief that the athletics of the hodv
are inferior to thLse of the mind ana the
soul. Recreation. reading; address, Plym-
outh Churcn, ChaPeiton-on-GoWanus. n <.