Transylvania University - Crimson Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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g v rw elf' A'Q'5vl7?' Ni sigh l .S Benjamin Cassel DeWeeSe ,..,,..i.i-1 MARY M. COCKE Benjamin Cassel DeWeese was born of Kentucky parentage, near Jackson- , . . on a farm and was accustomed to manual labor ville, Illirioliiliilyeegvrggv gsring his teens. In September, 1870, he entered EES,,riZE3n5l,,iver5ity, He remained until June, 1876, when he was graduated ' ible. fmm,l.ll:i: Eiiilltiifztifolirbiigsigor DeWeese embraces two Fields,.-the ministry and regretting, I-Ie began to 'preach in 1874, two years before his graduation, For several years he was engaged in evangelistic work, after which he filled impor- i.mt pulpits as resident minister. He served the churches at Henderson and lfuliz, Kentucky, the Richmond Street Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, and the rliurcli at Columbia, Missouri. Since 1889 Professor DeWeese has been en- gagcil principally in teaching, but has been able without detriment to his vollege duties to minister to smaller churches in country or village. Since IMT-l he has held office in connection with missionary work. He was for nine- it-en years xi member of the Executive Committee and a Vice President of the l'-'reign Lfliristian Missionary Society, and is in intimate personal touch with m.my ut' our representatives upon the foreign Held. lle was elected Professor of Latin and Greek in South Kentucky Christian . election as President of the college, he lilfulll nlnlosopliy. In 1889 he becam th h li-'liege :it Hopkinsville. After his 1 as e e lead of the Biblical Department --t l-Qurekgi College, Illinois. He is closing his nineteenth year as a professor in the College of the Bible in Lexington, at present filling the Chair of Exe- l5 tl'l-, swf IWSNYY-five years he has trained young men for the ministry. ii -5' - - . . . . mmciwfi ELI islggifiialgasqlneen an-untlring student. inclinations have oz the tireek Testament and itrfizbtatloni dimd he has Specialized m the Stuiiy W Umm! history and the Refor nliectep problems. The First.two centuries txtreliul investigation. Particulalgiaffm 'erlod have beet? Special Fu-biects Ot unit-ii subject he taught for ten Yegarsentl-C-in figs been given to ilillowpiiyi i'l'iiex'itl!l that a Workman to do good. ke as accumulated ' ii hu? library' ,Sq ,mls accessible. Prgfessor Dew wor , sh-ould provide himself with the Nliefnuri and courses in the Harvard EPS? Studied Hebrew In the Umwrslty Ot mil. brent Britain, visiting the universitivmlty School' mid lmgfpont ii Summer tizgisgow, Edinburg and St. Andrew, lCSVGt.OX.fOl'Cl, .Cambridge,- Aberdeen, courses of lectures. TO Dreserve mC ill b hlle in Britain he delivered tour .i medium of thought and the rel . U 3 alance, he has studied language as . ations betw . - - een science and religion.

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As a teacher, Professor DeVVeese is thorough and just. He not only in- structs in the courses of which he has charge, but he conducts helpful discus- sions and gives wise advice concerning the practical problems which his stu- dents are likely to encounter in their ministry and in life. He is always a kind adviser and a sincere friend who seeks to understand his students in order that he may increase the efficiency of their work and aid in the devel- opment of their characters. lfVhat they my of him, all who know him fl11'11lf,- that he is a cultured Christian gentleman, broad in his learning, firm in prin- ciple, modest in manner, loving in heart, and sincere in action.