Correspondence of Thomas Ebenezer Thomas
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Excerpt from Correspondence of Thomas Ebenezer Thomas: Mainly Relating to the Anti-Slavery Conflict in Ohio, Especially in the Presbyterian Church "At the head of the list stands the somewhat rawboned and ungainly figure of President Bishop." He had many friends, high cheek bones and friendly eyes. Both he and President E. D. MacMaster, later, had "the mantle of authority stripped from shoulders not yet stooped with age," and because they could not maintain discipline. Prof. William H. McGuffey had "two passions which consumed his young life, - the preaching of the gospel and the education of the child-mind." He was "a cold, unapproachable man who wanted his students to drill every morning in public oratory at 5:00 A. M." He wore "a stove pipe hat and a solemn suit of shining black bombazine; and the Darrtown congregation that he sup plied, were impressed by the glassy sheen of his garments." When Doctor Scott returned from "Carey´s premature project of the Farmer´s College." "Ben Harrison was in his train when Doctor S. gathered about them a circle of demure and bewitching maidens." "At this time, the extreme abolitionists were lifting up their voices throughout the land. A part of them in the Presbyterian church demanded the immediate exclusion of all slave-holding members. Doctor Junkin demurred. He was a staunch union man, and personally opposed to slavery, but he believed that emancipation should come by slow and gradual process, based on a scheme of deportation. In a session of Presbytery, he expressed himself succinctly in a few well-chosen words requiring some ten hours in their delivery and at once a new enemy camped at his gates. A man who took ten blessed hours to prove that slave-holding Southerners would find their names recorded on the Book of Life was not fit custodian of their children´s characters, said the abolitionists. The allied opposition was too much for Doctor Junkin and he withdrew." "At Miami, Doctor Junkin was succeeded by an ardent abolitionist, Erasmus D. MacMaster." "He was a very painful preacher, and his ponderous antitheses and periods searched the heart of weighty questions as they deliberately rolled from his tongue." Troubles followed. "But now the work was ruined, the student body scattered, and the institution crippled. The splendid spirit of Doctor MacMaster was broken for the time, and he retired from the University. With the brilliant, popular and prosperous administration of President Anderson, Miami entered on her second quarter century of active life, secure, efficient, optimistic. Pioneering days were done forever." I have condensed from various pages, but the reader will have the official publication, to test or verify the substantial accuracy of my quotations. "Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God has given thee." That is a commandment to be remembered by more persons than escaped Presbyterians like me. On Centennial birthdays, it should be remembered by quasi-public corporations for educational purposes. 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 intenti
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