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vania College" (1834); " Address on the An- 

 nivervir\ of Washington's Uirtliday" (1846); 

 "Human I. iff, Uaecalaurcatc Address M (1850) ; 

 I i~,-. >ii r-c on the I. it'c and ( 'ha racier \' ll.-nry 



( 'la\ " di>ci>lir<e delivered aM'liarlcs- 



ti>n, S. ('., ;i> president '>!' tin- General Synod, 

 Uexidcs the-e. IK- fiirni-hed \aiuablecon- 

 trihuti"iis. in the form of editorials, transla- 

 tion-, baccalaureates and articles, as co-editor of 

 tin- /.>it/i< r<n, h,ti/ligencer, and principal and 

 associate editor of the Evangelical Jfeview. 

 As a writer, Dr. Krantli was forcible and 

 ornate as a scholar, comprehensive and 

 thorough as n preacher, natural and eloquent, 

 and as an instructor, cleai f and accurate. Kind 

 in disposition, generous in heart, affable in 

 manners, and pleasant in conversation, he was 

 a genial companion and a faithful friend. 

 Honorable in his bearing, upright in all his 

 intercourse with men, frank in the expression 

 of his opinions, firm in adhering to what he 

 deemed to be right, he commanded the respect 

 and confidence of all who knew him. In the 

 domestic circle he was at once a devoted hus- 

 band and an indulgent, affectionate father. 



KREBS, Jonx MICHAEL, D. D., an American 

 Presbyterian clergyman, born in Hagerstown, 

 Maryland, May 6, 1804 ; died in New York City, 

 September 30, 1867. His father was of Ger- 

 man, his mother of English extraction. His 

 father was' an enterprising merchant, and post- 

 master for many years of Hagerstown. The son 

 was of a studious turn, and from his thirteenth 

 to his eighteenth year, being intrusted with the 

 care of the post-office, he spent all his leisure 

 time in reading andstudy. Soon after his father's 

 decease in 1822, his religious convictions be- 

 came more deep and permanent, and he united 

 with the Presbyterian Church in Ilagerstown, 

 and, desiring to devote himself to the work of 

 the ministry, commenced a course of study 

 under the pastor of that church, Rev. James 

 Lind. In February, 1825, he entered Dickin- 

 son College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a year and 

 a half .in advance, and graduated with the 

 highest honors of his class in September, 1827. 

 lie immediately commenced his theological 

 studies under Rev. Dr. Duffield, and continued 

 for two years, though most of the time teaching 

 in the grammar-school connected with the 

 college. In October, 1829, he was licensed to 

 preach the Gospel by the Presbytery of Carlisle, 

 and preached occasionally during the winter, 

 still continuing his studies. In May, 1830, he 

 determined to enter Princeton Theological 

 Seminary, and visiting New York on his way, 

 preached for a sabbath to the Rutgers Street 

 Presbyterian Church. He was invited to be- 

 come their stated supply, but gave no answer 

 till after he had become matriculated at Prince- 

 ton, when the application being renewed, he 



accepted it for a tew weeks, intending to re- 



snme hi* place in tin- Seminary in the fall. In 

 September, 1830, the Kut-.-i Lurch 



called him to be their pastor, and after some 

 ' lei i Iteration he accepted, and WHS installed 

 N'c.veml.er 12, 1880. His pastorate continued 

 till his death the church, however, havin-r re- 

 moved in 1862 to their new and elegant edifice, 

 corner of Madison Avenue and Twenty-ninth 



Street. lie K < ei \ ed tllO degTCO Of D. D. from 



I Mckinson College in 1841. From 1837 to 1845 

 he was permanent clerk of the General Assem- 

 bly of the Presbyterian Church (O. S.), and in 

 1845 moderator of the same body. He was a 

 director of the Theological Seminary at Prince- 

 ton from 1842, and chosen president of that 

 hoard in 1866. He had been a member of the 

 Board of Foreign Missions from its organiza- 

 tion, and for several years past its president. 

 He was averse to appearing in print, though he 

 wrote with great energy, perspicuity, and pre- 

 cision, and he has in consequence left of his 

 published writings only a dozen or so occasion- 

 al sermons, all of them so able as to excite the 

 desire for more. In 1853 and 1865 he visited 

 Europe for the restoration of his health. In 

 the spring of 1866 he seemed in unusually 

 robust health, but during the summer fol- 

 lowing he began to decline, and thenceforward 

 suffered a gradual and at length almost com- 

 plete decay, both of body and mind, for the 

 last four months being unable to recognize the 

 members of his own family. Rev. Dr. Sprague, 

 who knew him intimately, says of him: u Dr. 

 Krebs was intellectually, morally, and profes- 

 sionally, a man of mark. His perceptions were 

 clear and quick, his judgment sound, and the 

 whole habit of his mind eminently practical. 

 His convictions of truth and right were deep 

 and earnest, and he adhered to them with an 

 indomitable strength of purpose. Ho had a 

 naturally open and generous spirit, and was 

 incapable of the least approach to doable-deal- 

 ing, while yet he was not lacking in caution and 

 forethought. His soeia.1 qualities were of the 

 highest order his richly-stored mind, his 

 sparkling wit, his imperturbable and cheerful 

 good-nature, and his perfect facility at commu 

 nication, rendered him always welcome to any 

 circle into which he was thrown. As a minis- 

 ter of the Gospel he may be said to have at- 

 tained the highest rank. He was instructive, 

 earnest, energetic, evangelical his sermons 

 were fitted to act as a mighty power upon both 

 the intellect and the heart. As a pastor he 

 was at once judicious, tender, and faithful, and 

 as ready to teinister to the humblest as the 

 highest of his flock. In his more public re- 

 lations to the Church, he exhibited a measure 

 of executive skill and ability rarely equalled, 

 and perhaps never surpassed." 



