Princeton University - Bric A Brac Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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'william lbenttg Green, 23.161, 11.23. REV. WILLIAM HENRYHGREEN, D.D., LL. D., Professor of Oriental and Old Testament Literature in Princeton Theo- logical Seminary and Trustee of.. the University, died at his home in Princeton February 10, 1900. For several years past Dr. Green had been 'in ill healthgand had been relieved of most of his active duties in connection with the Seminary. Death came unexpectedly and quietly. Dr. Green was born at Groveton, New Jersey, on the 27th of January, 1825. When only nfteen years of age he was graduated from Lafayette, where he remained for the three following years as tutor and assistant professor in mathematics. In 1846 he was graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary and tive years later he returned to till the chair of Oriental and Biblical Literature, having held several important pastoral charges in the meantime. ln 1859 the title of his Professorship was changed to that of Professorship of Oriental and Old Testament Literature and this position he filled until the time of his death. Upon the retirement of Dr. Maclean from the Presidency of Princeton College, Dr. Green was elected to be his successor but declined the position. Not only an educator of note he was widely celebrated as an author of religious works. He was also Chairman of the American Committee on the reversion of the Bible. It is in connection with Princeton Seminary, however, that Dr. Green will be longest remembered and most widely appreciated, for there lay his life-work. His own declaration that Princeton Seminary has always stood for fidelity to the word of God best expresses the principle on which his own life was founded. He represented his alma mater, moreover, in the sphere of scholarship as a great instructive as well as constructive force. As pupil, as professor and as student, his work was characterized by serious earnestness and unfailing devotion to duty. Thorough in his own work he required the same vigorous application from all who came under his control. He sought to introduce his pupils to a scholarly method of study, and, although he left the system unfinished, his treatise upon the Unity of the Book of Genesis will, from a literary standpoint, remain the final answer to all who doubt the authenticity of the Pentateuch. By his vindication of the scholarship of conservative criticism Dr. Green wielded an influence for the Church peculiarly powerful and effective. Dr. Green was, withal, a master of courtesy. As Chairman of the Committe on the revision of the Bible, he led his colleagues toward the completion of their great task with iniinite tact and patience. He was, in a word, a great Christian He loved fidelity, humility and self-devotion for their own sakes, and was possessed of unbounded sympathy. He was in every sense a noble, Christ-like man. 1 S

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Trustees of the University HIS EXCELLENCY FOSTER M. VGORHEES, Governor of the State of New Jersey, ex-ryjirzb President OI' the Board of Trustees. FRANCIS LANDEY PATTON, D.D., LL.D., PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITX', and, in the absence of the Governor, President of the Board. tSAMUEL H. PENNINGTON, M.D., LL.D., ELIJAH R. CRAVEN, D.D., LL.D., . WILLIAM M. PAXTON, D.D., LL.D., THON. JOHN I. BLAIR, . . . HON. JOI-IN A. STEWART, A.M., . TWILLIAM HENRY GREEN, D.D., LL.D., THOMAS N. MCCARTER, LL.D., . REV. SAMUEL B. DOD, A.M , . J. ADDISON HENRY, D.D., . M. TAYLOR PYNE, LL.B., A,M., JAMES W. ALEXANDER, A.M., FRANCIS B. HODGE, D.D., DAVID R. FRAZER, D.D., TDeceaSed. ' . Newark, N. J Philadelphia, Pa . Princeton, N.J Blairstown, N. J New York City . Princeton, N. J . Newark, N. J . Hoboken, N.J Philadelphia, Pa. . Princeton, N.J . New York City VVilkes Barre, Pa . Newark, N. J HON. JOHN K. COXVEN, A.M., GEORGE B. STEWART, D.D., . CYRUS H. MCCORMICK, A.M., JOHN DIXON, D.D., . . MELANCTHON W. JACOBUS, DD., . HON. WILLIAIVI J. MAGIE, LL.D., JOHN J. MCCOOK, LL.D., . . JAMES BAYARD HENRY, A.M., SIMON JOHN MCPHERSON, D.D., . HENRY WOODHULL GREEN, A.M., CORNELIUS CUYLER CUYLER, A.M., GEORGE TYBANT PURVIS, D.D., LL.D., CHARLES WOOD, D.D., . . . . Baltimore, Md . Auburn, N. Y Chicago, Ill . Trenton, N. J Hartford, Conn Elizabeth, N. J New York City Philadelphia, Pa Lawrenceville, N. J . Trenton, N. J . New York City . New York City Philadelphia, Pa

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WM. HENRY GREEN, D.D., LL.D