Cumberland University - Phoenix Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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J. V. Stephens, D. D. C. H. Bell, D. D. F. K. Farr, D. D.

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J. V, Stephens, D. D. EcclesiasticsJ History and Church Polity John Vant Stephens was born in Missouri, near St. Ivouis, Sept. 16, 1857. He received his A. B. degree from L,incoln University, and his B. D. a few years later from Cumberland. He also studied in Union Thelogical Seminary, New York. For many years he was prominent as a pastor in Knoxville and Chattanooga. He was for several years secretary of the C. P. Board of Missions, which position he resigned to accept the pastorate at Bowling Green, Ky. He is the author of • ' The C. P. Digest, History of Presbyterianism and Presbyteri- an Government. For twelve years he has been a member of the Alliance of Reformed Churches throughout the world holding the Presbyterian System. He was a member of the World ' s Parlia- ment of Religions held in Chicago during the World ' s Fair. He is stated Clerk of the Synod of Tennessee. He was called to the Chair of Church History and Church Polity in Cumberland in 1893, C. H. Bell, D. D. Missions and Apologetics Claiborne Handly Bell was born in Mississippi, near Aberdeen. He took his A. B. degree in Cumberland University in 1863, and from the same institution, a few years later, received the degrees of A. M. and D. D. His Presbytery supported him as a missionary among the soldiers in the Civil War. On leaving Cumberland University he went to the Gulf coast of Mississippi where he was pastor for eight years. For twelve years he was pastor at Oxford, Mississippi, eight years of which time he was president of Oxford Union Female Seminary. In 1874 he went to St. Louis and organized Lucas Avenue C. P. Chuixh which became a leading church in the denomination. Following this he was for fifteen years president of the Board of Missions of the C. P. Church. In 1884 he began teaching in Cumberland University. Dr. and Mrs. Bell have fitted up, and keep at their own expense a Mission room in the Theological Seminary. This book is dedicated to them. F. K. Farr, D. D. Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation Finis King Farr is a native of Missouri, born at College Mound, November 11, 1870. He took his college work in Cumberland Univer- sity receiving the C. E. degree in 1889, and graduated from the Theological Department in 1894. From 1894 to 1897 he attended Chi- cago University, taking special work in Hebrew under Dr. William R. Harper. In 1895 he was called to the Chair of Hebrew and Old Testa- ment Interpretation in Cumberland University, which position he now holds. Dr. Farr has written extensively for Sunday School periodic- als and Church papers, on Old Testament Subjects. He writes Book Reviews for The Cumberland Presbyterian. He has given much stimulus to music in Cumberland University and in Lebanon. Since 1906 he has been Worthy Grand Master of the Kappa Sigma Frater- nity. In 1906 Missouri Valley College honored him with the degree of Doctor pf Divinity. 29

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