ABOUT THIS BOOK

The first comprehensive biography of John McMillan, who “blew the Gospel trumpet”, and spread Presbyterianism west of the Alleghenies. McMillan was a missionary, minister, politician, patriarch, and a founder of Washington and Jefferson College. The book also offers a colorful hstory of the Scotch-Irish pioneers who tamed a rugged and hostile region of early America.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Dwight Raymond Guthrie was Samuel P. Harbison Professor of Bible at Grove City College, Pennsylvania.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Academies and Colleges

Foreword

To the Reader

Maps

The Scotch-Irish

Traits and Characteristics

The Parents of John McMillan

Earliest Youth

Fagg's Manor

Pequea Academy

College of New Jersey

Entering the Ministry

The Presbytery's Appointment

McMillan's Decision

To the West

Housekeeping

The Neighborhood

The Family

Ministers, Laymen, and Students

Chartiers and Pigeon Creek

Other Churches

The Pulpit

Revivals

McMillan's "Medulla"

Theological Seminary in the West

Log Cabin School

Washington Academy Chartered, 1787

Canonsburg Academy Founded, 1791

Washington College Chartered, 1806

Canonsburg Academy Chartered, 1794

Jefferson College Chartered, 1802

Washington and Jefferson College Chartered, 1865

History

History of the Presbytery

Men of the Ohio Presbytery

John Clark (1718–1797)

John Brice (1760–1811)

James Hughes (1766–1821)

Joseph Patterson (1752–1832)

Presbytery Matters

Barr Case

Taylor Case

Birch Case

Kerr Accusation

Gwinn Case

Salaries

The Duty of Zion's Watchmen

VII. Politics

The Whiskey Rebellion

The Congressional Election of 1794

The Jay Treaty of 1794–1796

Campaign of 1808

Preaching

Old School

Blunt Speech

Humor

Practicality

Reading

Feeling

Retirement

Part I

Part II

Part III

Appendix B–Expense Account

Appendix C–Letter from the Late Rev. Dr. McMillan to President Carnahan

Bibliography

Index

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