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The foregoing inscription was written by Phineas Bond, a grandson 

 of the Moores. For a full account of the issue and descendants of 

 William and W-illiamina Moore, of Moore Hall, see Appendix XI. 



No. III. — Page 237. 



Alexander Murray, D. D. 



[By John A. Childs, D. D.] 



The Rev. Alexander Murray, D. D., was a native of Scotland, 

 born in 1727. He was educated in King's College, Aberdeen. After 

 his ordination to the ministry he was induced, it appears, most prob- 

 ably by the Rev. William Smith, D. D., who was a graduate of the 

 same college, on his visit to England, his native land, to come to 

 Pennsylvania, under an appointment by the Society for the Propagation 

 of the Gospel. He arrived in Pennsylvania in i 763, and immediately 

 began his ministry at Reading and Morlatten. His ecclesiastical 

 views were of a very decided character, and his work as a missionary 

 very extensive. He laid the foundations of a church at Reading, called 

 St. Mary's, and the peopk of that town were very solicitous for the 

 continuance of his appointment by the society, and addressed the offi- 

 cers to that effect. During the agitation which existed previous to the 

 war of independence, he sympathized largely with the colonies, and in 

 1775 signed a paper, with a number of clergy, hoping and praying for 

 some method of conciliation, and satisfaction of a reasonably discon- 

 tented people. 



When, however, a separation became not only imminent, but a 

 faii accompli to all intents, he refused to discontinue the prayers 

 for the royal family. He was threatened with some violence, and 

 thereafter sailed to London. He continued to reside there during 

 the Revolutionary war, and being always a strong advocate for an 

 Episcopate in the church in the colonies, he used his influence with the 

 Bishop of London, as well as with the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 

 seeking for the consecration of bishops in the United States. In ac- 

 complishing this he kept up a correspondence with the Rev. William 

 White, D. D., communicating the conditions under which consecra- 

 tion would be imparted. His advice and influence contributed to that 

 end, and deserved, as has been said, honorable mention and grateful 

 remembrance. 



