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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



Church, Pharcellns, an American clergyman, 

 born in Seneca, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1801 ; died in 

 Tarrytown, N. Y., June 5, 1886. He was edu- 

 cated in Hamilton, N. Y., and began a course 

 of theological study early in life. His first 

 pastorate was in Poultney, Vt., where he 

 preached for thirty years, and subsequently 

 he had charge of churches in Providence, R. 

 I. ; Rochester, N. Y. ; and Boston, Mass. 

 About 1854 he withdrew from pastoral labors 

 to enter upon an editorial career. For many 

 years he was one of the editors and proprietors 

 of the " Examiner," and for ten years he 

 edited the " Chronicle," Baptist publications. 

 He was also a frequent contributor to literary 

 magazines, both religious and secular, and was 

 the author of several philosophical and theo- 

 logical works. As a linguist he was highly 

 accomplished, being a ripe Hebrew and Greek 

 scholar, and well versed in modern languages. 

 He was a delegate to the first meeting of the 

 Evangelical Alliance, in London, 1846, and was 

 credited with having originated " The Week 

 of Prayer." His principal works were : " Phi- 

 losophy of Benevolence," "Seed-Thoughts," a 

 prize essay on " Religious Dissensions," " An- 

 tioch," " Memorial of Theodosia Dean," " Tem- 

 pleton,"and "Pericles." 



Clark, Rufns Wheelwright, an American cler- 

 gyman, born in Newburyport, Mass., Dec. 17, 

 1813 ; died in Nantucket, Mass., Aug. 9, 1886. 

 He was graduated at Yale in 1838, and at the 

 divinity school there in 1841, having previous- 

 ly studied for a time at Andover Theological 

 School. After his ordination, Jan. 7, 1842, he 

 became pastor of the Second Presbyterian 

 Church in Washington, D. C., and subsequent- 

 ly had charges in Portsmouth, N. H. ; East 

 Boston, Mass. ; and Brooklyn, N. Y. At the 

 time of his death he had been pastor for many 

 years of the First Dutch Reformed Church 

 in Albany, N. Y. The University of New 

 York gave him the degree of D. D. in 1862. 

 Dr. Clark was a brother of Bishop Thomas 

 M. Clark, of Rhode Island. Two other broth- 

 ers, both clergymen of the Protestant Episco- 

 pal Church, are Dr. George H. Clark, of Hart- 

 ford, and the late Dr. Samuel A. Clark, of 

 Elizabeth, N. J. Dr. Clark was well known 

 as a pulpit orator, and published about 130 

 books, pamphlets, reviews, and articles. His 

 books include " Lectures to Young Men " (2 

 vols., Washington, 1842) ; " Review of Moses 

 Stuart's Pamphlet on Slavery " (1850) ; " Mem- 

 oir of Rev. John E. Emerson " (Boston, 1851 ; 

 abridged edition, 1852) ; " Heaven and its 

 Scriptural Emblems" (1853); " Life Scenes of 

 the Messiah," and "Romanism in America" 

 (1854); "The African Slave-Trade" (1860); 

 -Heroes of Albany" (Albany, 1867) ; "The 

 Bible and the School Fund " (Boston, 1870) ; 

 and a description of the work of Moody and 

 Sankey. He was also the author of about a 

 dozen Sunday-school text-books. 



Clark, William Smith, an American educator, 

 born in Ashfield, Mass., July 31, 1826; died in 



Amherst, March 9, 1886. He was graduated 

 at Amherst College in 1848, after which he 

 taught the natural sciences in Williston Semi- 

 nary, East Hampton, where he had been pre- 

 pared for college. In 1850 he went to Eu- 

 rope, and studied chemistry and botany in the 

 University of Gottingen, where, in 1852, he re- 

 ceived the degree of Ph. D. On his return to 

 this country, he was elected to the professor- 

 ship of Chemistry, Botany, and Zoology, in 

 Amherst, and discharged the duties of that 

 chair until 1858, after which, until 1867, he 

 was Professor of Chemistry only. At the be- 

 ginning of the civil war he volunteered, and 

 was made major of the Twenty-first Massachu- 

 setts Infantry. He served with the Army of 

 the Potomac, and participated in the battles of 

 Chantilly, Antietam, and Fredericksburg, re- 

 ceiving his commission as colonel in May, 1862. 

 In September of the same year he was recom- 

 mended by Gen. Burnside " for a well-deserved 

 promotion" as brigadier -general. During 

 1863 he resumed his lectures, continuing them 

 until 1867, when he became President of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College, and at the 

 same time Professor of Botany and Horticul- 

 ture. These offices he held until 1879, with 

 the exception of the years 1876 and 1877, 

 which he spent in Japan, where he had been 

 invited by the Government to establish and 

 organize the Imperial College of Agriculture at 

 Sapporo. His botanical knowledge proved of 

 great value in that country, for he was instru- 

 mental in introducing into the United States 

 several beautiful shade-trees from Japan. He 

 also sent home a large assortment of seeds, 

 which proved of special value to Massachu- 

 setts, on account of the high latitude from 

 which they were selected. He likewise dis- 

 covered a new lichen, which was named, by 

 Prof. Edward Tuckerman, Cetraria ClarTcii, in 

 his honor. After his resignation from the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College, he became 

 interested in the floating college projected by 

 James O. Woodruff. He was made president, 

 and worked with great energy for two years 

 in developing the scheme, which was aban- 

 doned on the death of its originator. From 

 1859 till 1861 he was a member of the Massa- 

 chusetts State Board of Agriculture, and served 

 ex-officio from 1876 till 1879. In 1863 he was 

 appointed on a commission by Gov. Andrew 

 to report on the expediency of establishing a 

 State Military College, and in 1864 he was a 

 presidential elector, and secretary of the elec- 

 toral college. In 1864, 1865, and 1867, he was 

 a member of the Massachusetts State Legisla- 

 ture. President Clark was a member of nu- 

 merous scientific societies, and a trustee of 

 several academic institutions. The results of 

 his investigations while a student in Gottin- 

 gen were published in Liebig's " Annalen," 

 during 1851-'52. He contributed articles to 

 the annual reports of the State Board of Agri- 

 culture, and translated for the use of his stu- 

 dents Scheerer's " Blow-pipe Manual " (1869> 



