Westminster College - Blue Jay Yearbook (Fulton, MO)

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X WILLIAM Hoon MARQUESS, D. D. WILLIAM HOGE MARQUESS was born in Tennessee, February 22, 1854. He is the second son of Anne Lacy Hoge and William Henry Marquess. He belongs to a Virginia family which is not only Presbyterian, but has produced in its various branches many noted Presbyterian preachers, as the Hoges, Lacys, Brooks, Marquesses, and Smiths. His boyhood life was spentin Mississippi. He entered Westminster College, and took the A. B. degree in 1873. Pursuing privately his studies for the ministry, he was ordained November 25, 1875, in Keytesville, Mis- souri, where, in connection with Brunswick, he preached two years. In 1877 he was called to the pastorate of the church in Fulton, Missouri, he being then only twenty-four years old. This position he held for sixteen years. Under his ministry the church grew in numbers and into a breadth of work and inHuence far beyond anything in its previous history. He himself grew into a preacher of wonderful spiritual richness which grew out of an extraordi- nary knowledge of the Wo1'd of God and power to interpret it. In 1887 he was made president of Westminster' College, a position which he held till Iune, 1893. His man- agement of the College was attended with energy and success. This double work, however, in connection with his incessant private studies in several directions, specially in the line of languages, ancient and modern, was too much even for his vigorous constitution, and warned by persistent attacks of insomnia, he resigned. He was then called to the chairmanship of the faculty of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, where he is still doing double work as professor of Old Testament Exegesis and professor of the English Bible and Bib- lical Theology, besides supplying the Crescent Hill church. ' Dr. Marquess received his Doctor's degree from Central College, Kentucky. His wife, Mrs. Margaret Mar- quess, is the daughter of the late Judge A. H. Buckner, of Mexico, Missouri. 1 25

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EDWARD CLIFFORD GGRDON, D. D. DR. GORDON was born in Richmond,Va., September, 1842. His mother was of English descent and his father of Scotch-Irish and English ancestry. He Was prepared for college at classical schools in his native city and in Staunton, Virginia. In 1860 he matriculated at the University of Virginia, entering advanced classes in Latin, Greek, Mathematics, and French. In April, 1861, he joined the army of Virginia as a private soldier in the Richmond Howitzers, Capt. Geo. VV. Randolph, and with it entered the service of the Confederate States. In the winter of 1862-3 he vvas commissioned first lieutenant of artillery in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, and was assigned to duty as an ordnance oflicer on the staff of Brigadier-General John Echols, with whom he served until the close of the vvar. In 1866-7 he taught a classical school in Rockbridge county, Virginia. For two years, during the presidency of Gen. RobertE. Lee C1867-QD, he served Washington College, now W'ashington and Lee University, as proctor, secretary of the faculty, and treasurer, at the same time pursuing his studies in mathematics. In 1869 he entered Union Theological Seminary, at Hampden Sidney, Virginia, Where he graduated in 1872. Having preached as a licentiate for a year, he was ordained by the Lexington Presbytery in June, 1872, and installed pastor of Leb- anon church. Subsequently he served as pastor in Savannah, Georgia, in Salem, Virginia, and in Lexington, Mis- souri. In May, 1892, he Was appointed professor of Biblical History in Westniinstei' College, Fulton, Missou1'i, and by request of the board of trustees assumed the duties of president of that institution. In June, 1894, he was elected to the presidency, still continuing his professorial duties. Dr. Gordon has contributed articles to the Sozzfkewz P1'es6y!e7'z'cz1z Review, the Presbyieriavz ..Qucz1'2fe1'Qf, and other periodicals. He is the author of a volume, entitled 'tThe Sunday School TC3ChC1'7S Wo1'l1g VVhat it is and How to do it. Q1887.j In 1886 the degree of D. D. was conferred on him by Hampden Sidney College. 27'