Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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Hrcbfbalb flfccXean. ARCHIBALD McLEAN is the son of Malcolm and Alexandra McLean. His parents left Scotland in their youth and settled on Prince Edward island. His father lives there still; his mother having gone to her long home when he was a child. On this beautiful island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence the subject of this sketch was born, and received an elementary education. He united with the Church in Summerside under preaching of the saintly D. Crawford. Having worked for some years at carriage making, he entered Bethanj- College in September, 1S69, and was graduated in June, 1S74. The Sunday following Commencement he began his ministry with the Church at Mt. Healthy, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. At that time Isaac Errett was editing the Standard] W. T. Moore and A. I. Hobbs were preaching in Cincinnati. In March, 1882, he was elected Corresponding Secretary of the Foreign Society. For three years this work demanded a part of his time. In 1SS5 he gave up the work in Mt. Health}- that he might devote his whole time and strength to the work of the Society. On the death of W. H. Woolery, he was elected President of Bethany College. In this position he proved himself the true, earnest worker he had ever been. Consecrated to his work and fully realizing the responsibility resting upon him, he labored to uphold and elevate Bethany ' s standard of learning. His labors were fraught with success, and he endeared himself to Faculty and students alike. For two years he filled both positions. The double work proving too onerous he resigned the Presidency of the College June 17, 1891. He is yet a young man (the exact date of his birth is not known, as the record was destroyed), and in a letter to the editor says, M3 ' record is yet to be made. Those who know him best have no doubt as to the character of that record. As a leader in our foreign mission work, he holds a position of great responsibility and usefulness. 15