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ROBERT CARTER.
He was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost
and of faith.―Acts xi. 24.
A devout man, and one that feared God with all his
house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.―Acts x. 2.
Robert Carter
Robert Carter
Robert Carter:
His Life and Work,
1807–1889.
NEW YORK:
ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH AND CO.
1891.
Copyright, 1891,
By Anson D. F. Randolph & Co.
University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.
This book is written for the friends of Robert Carter. It is not expected that those who did not know and love him will care to read it; but those who did will find in it a record written by feeble though loving hands, that may serve to recall to them some of the incidents of a life that was to no ordinary degree lived for others.
“It is a frail memorial, but sincere;
Not scorned in Heaven, though little noticed here.”
Early Days in Scotland. Birth and Parentage. Desire for Education. Adventure with a Dog. Buying Josephus. Village Fair. Foster’s Essays. Joining the Church. Anecdotes of his Father. Fireside Stories. Harvesting. Teaching at Fifteen. Walk to Peebles. Dr. Sloan’s School. Edinburgh University. Professor Pillans. Lubienski. Decides to come to America.
Leaving Home. Incidents of the Voyage. First Day In New York. Dr. Griscom. Professor Anthon. Hon. Gulian C. Verplanck. Dr. Stark. The Scotch Church. Different Schools. Marriage. Entering Business. Bible the First Book sold. Resolved against Debt. Consecrating Half his Income.
Death of his First-Born. Miss Catherine Sinclair. Visit to Europe in 1841. D’Aubigné’s History of the Reformation. Horne’s Introduction. Business Principles. Aim in all Publications. Tribute of Mr. Randolph. Incidents of Western Journeys. Death of his Father. Board of Foreign Missions. Hon. Walter Lowrie. Mr. William Steel. Free Church of Scotland.
Voyage to Europe in 1846. Interviews with Dr. Chalmers and others. “God in the Storm.” Dr. Lyman Beecher. Dr. Thomas De Witt. Bookstore a Rendezvous for Clergymen. Authors his Friends. His Brothers made Partners. Affectionate Relations between Brothers. Peacemaking. Visitation of Sick and Afflicted. Story of Kate Curtis. Last Interview with Dr. Griscom. Mr. Carter’s Prayers. Testimony of a Unitarian Friend.
Mr. Samuel Thomson. The Two Mothers. Home Life and Family Training. Europe in 1854. Enthusiastic Traveller. Dr. Norman Macleod. Mrs.Lundie Duncan. Loss of the “Arctic.” Hospitality. Fugitive Slaves. Katy Ferguson. Aged Slave Woman in Charleston. Desire for his Children’s Conversion. Temperance Stories. Sharon Springs. Professor Mitchell. Archbishop Hughes. Dr. Thornwell.
American Bible Society. Princeton Seminary. New York Sabbath Committee. Europe in 1861. Dr. Macleod again. Journey with Dr. Guthrie. John Brown, M.D. Magdalen Asylum. The Queen at Crathie Church. Professor Mitchell. Italy. Archbishop Hughes again. Rome in 1862. Sunday at La Tour. Dr. Cesar Malan. Letters from Dr. and Mrs. Guthrie.
Country Parishes. Stockbridge and Egremont. Interest in the Young. Southern Friends. An Aged Heroine. Death of his Mother. Letters from Dr. McCosh. General Assembly Experiences. Ministerial Relief. Peoria and Newark. National Presbyterian Convention. Prayer for Unity. Assembly at Albany. Story of Lord Kilmarnock. New York, Pittsburg, and Philadelphia.
Dr. Cuyler. President Hopkins. Dr. Parker. Bishop Bickersteth. Golden Wedding. Testimonial from Booksellers. Mr. Randolph and Dr. Prime. Dr. Macduff. Deaths of Mr. Cochran and of Mrs. Carter. Letters. Interest for his Grandchildren. Last Illness.
