Author: Lake Forest University

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-07

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780428507138

Excerpt from The Forester, Vol. 9 Richard Davenport Harlan was born November 14, 1859, at Evans ville, Indiana. He was prepared for college at the Boys' High School of Louisville, Kentucky, and in 1881 was graduated from Princeton Uni versity, as valedictorian of his class. In 1884 he received the degree of M. A. From the same institution. Hé was a member of the Princeton chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. After taking the full course at the Prince ton Theological Seminary, which course he completed in 1885, he remained there a year, studying and teaching. He was ordained by the Presbytery of New York in 1886 and in the same year became pastor of the Old First Presbyterian church of New York City, where he remained until 1890. The two years following were spent in theological study at the University of Berlin and in travel. In 1894, having returned to America, Mr. Harlan was called to the Third Presbyterian church of Rochester, New York, in which pastorate he rem'ained for seven years. He received from his Alma Mater the degree of D. D. In June, 1902, and in 1901 had been unanimously chosen by the Board of Trustees to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.