In 1799, the Rev. (afterwards Dr.) Jacob J. Janeway, became associated with Dr. Green in the pastoral office, and the relation continued, a source of mutual comfort and blessing, until the removal of the latter to another field. In 1799, he suffered a severe chronic rheumatism, the effect of which was great mental depression, unfitting him, in a measure, for his public duties. In the hope of obtaining the desired relief, he visited the Warm and Sweet Springs of Virginia, and in the course of his journey, made the acquaintance of some of the most distinguished men in that part of the country. Though the journey proved physically salutary, it did not avail to the restoration of his spirits; and it was nearly two years before his faculties were all in their full operation.

After the burning of the edifice of the College of New Jersey, in March 1802, Dr. Smith, the President of the college, was requested, by the trustees, to visit South Carolina, to solicit aid in repairing the loss which had been sustained. This he actually did; and the oversight of the college, meanwhile, was committed to Dr. Green, who discharged the various duties, thus devolved upon him, with great fidelity and dignity.

In 1809 was formed in Philadelphia the first Bible Society in the United States. An Address to the public, setting forth the design and importance of the institution, was written by Dr. Green, and did much to prepare the way for other institutions of a similar nature. Dr. Green succeeded Bishop White, as the presi dent of that society, and held the office till the close of his life.

In 1810, a resolution to establish a Theological Semi

nary was adopted by the General Assembly, and Dr. Green was appointed chairman of the committee to draft a constitution; and, in the discharge of this duty, he produced a document that has had an immensely important bearing on the interests of the Church. When the Board of Birectors for the seminary was appointed, in 1812, they elected Dr. Green as their president, and this office also he retained as long as he lived, rendering it a channel of rich blessing to the institution.

In August, 1812, he was chosen President of the College of New Jersey; and, having accepted the appointment, was released from his pastoral charge, and was introduced to his new field of labor in October following. The same year the degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him, by the University of North Carolina. In 1815, an extensive revival of religion prevailed in the college, which resulted in the hopeful conversion of a large number of the students. Dr. Green labored vigorously and earnestly, in carrying forward this work; and, after the excitement had ceased, he made a long and able report of what had been passing, to the trustees, which was afterwards published, and had a wide circulation.

Dr. Green continued to occupy the presidential chair till September, 1822, when he thought proper to resign his office. Though it was chiefly with a view to being relieved from the burden of care which had so long oppressed him, that he was induced to take this step, yet he passed immediately into another field of labor, where his faculties were scarcely less tasked than they had been in the preceding one. He immediately returned to Philadelphia, and became the editor of the Christian

Advocate, a monthly periodical, and continued it till 1834. In this work first appeared his Lectures on the Assembly's Catechism, delivered at Philadelphia, both before he went to Princeton and after his return; and they were subsequently published in two duodecimo volumes. For about two years and a half he preached to the African congregation, and was always on the alert to promote the best interests of the Church by every means in his power. During several of his last years his faculties were perceptibly waning, and most of his time was spent in private devotion. While the General Assembly was in session in Philadelphia, in 1846, he unexpectedly appeared for a few minutes among them, and was met with the highest testimonies of respect and reverence. He died in the midst of a large circle of friends, to whom he was greatly endeared, on the 19th of May, 1848, aged nearly eightysix years. His remains were removed to Princeton, where his monument is now to be seen, amidst a cluster of illustrious names, such as is hardly to be found elsewhere.

In November, 1785, about the time that he entered on his professorship, he was married to the eldest daughter of Robert Stockton, of Princeton. She died in 1807, leaving three children, all of them sons. In October, 1809, he was married to Christiana Anderson, the eldest daughter of Colonel Alexander Anderson. She died in 1814, after a connection of a little less than four years and a half. In October, 1815, he was married (for the third time) to a daughter of Major John McCulloch, of Philadelphia. She died, after a somewhat lingering illness, in November, 1817. His

three wives were all ladies of excellent character, who did honor to the position which they occupied.

Besides the two volumes of Lectures on the Assembly's Catechism, already referred to, Dr. Green published, in 1822, an elaborate History of the College of New Jersey, in connection with a series of his Baccalaureate Discourses. He published, also, a History of Presbyterian Missions, and about twenty occasional Sermons and Addresses in pamphlet form.

Dr. Green was of about the medium height, with prominent features, a dark, piercing eye, and an expression of countenance highly intellectual. His manners were dignified, sometimes approaching even to sternness, but he knew how to unbend in free and cordial intercourse. His mind was comprehensive, logical, and highly cultivated; indeed, he seemed at home in almost every accessible field of knowledge. Though he sometimes appeared distant, and may have been thought to lack the genial element, it needed only a change of circumstances to show that his heart was overflowing with kindness. As a Preacher, he was highly evangelical, lucid, impressive, while his manner had, perhaps, more of the commanding than the graceful and attractive. As the Head of a college, he commanded the ut most respect, while he was always intent on the moral as well as intellectual improvement of those committed to his care. As a minister of the Presbyterian Church, the General Assembly testified their high sense of his merits by making him their Moderator; and it may safely be said that he has left behind him a bright and enduring record.

ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER, D.D.

ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER was a son of William Alexander, a person of great worth and respectability, and was born near Lexington, Rockbridge County, Va., on the 17th of April, 1772. While he was pursuing his studies at Liberty Hall Academy (now Washington College), in 1789, he accompanied his instructor, the Rev. William Graham, to Prince Edward, to attend a communion in the Briery congregation. This brought him into the midst of a revival of religion, of which he became, as he believed, one of the subjects. He made a public profession of his faith in the autumn of the same year, and shortly after commenced the study of theology, under the direction of Mr. Graham. He was licensed to preach, by the Lexington Presbytery, in 1791, when he was but nineteen years of age.

In 1792, he was occupied in missionary labor about six months, partly in Virginia and partly in North Carolina. After having served six different churches, in connection with the Rev. Drury Lacy, for some time, he took charge of the churches of Briery and Cub Creek. He was ordained at Briery, in November, 1794, and was dismissed from Cub Creek in April, 1797, and from Briery in November, 1798. In 1796, he became successor to the Rev. Drury Lacy, as President of Hampden Sydney College. The same year he went as a delegate to the General Assembly, at Philadelphia, and such was his popularity as a preacher, that the Pine Street Presbyterian Church, then vacant, invited him to become their pastor. About the year 1797, he came to have serious doubts in respect to the divine authority of in