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Excerpt from Hand-Book of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America for 1890 Rev. William C. Roberts, D. D., LL.D., whose portrait we give in the Hand-book, is the present Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. He is also the President of Lake Forest University, Chicago, Ill. He was born September 23d, 1832, in Cardiganshire, South Wales, and came with his parents to this country in 1849. He graduated from Princeton College in 1855, and from the Theological Seminary in 1858. His first church was the First Presbyterian Wilmington, Del. From thence he was called, in the fall of 1861, to the First Church of Columbus, 0. In 1864 he removed to Eliza beth, N. J and became co-pastor with Rev. Dr. Magie. Two years later he organized the Westminster Church of Elizabeth. After a very successful pastorate of five years in this church, he was elected in 1881 Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church. After serving in this position with great ability for six years, he was induced by most flattering offers to take charge of the prosperous institution over which he now presides. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.