MacEWEN, ALEXANDER ROBERTSON: United Free Church of Scotland; b. at Edinburgh May 14, 1851. He studied at Glasgow (1866-70), Balliol College, Oxford (B.A., 1874), Göttingen, and the United Presbyterian Hall, Glasgow (1877-80). In 1874-75 he was deputy professor of Greek, and from 1875 to 1877 assistant professor of Latin in the University of Glasgow, where he was also classical examiner for degrees in 1881-84. He was pastor of the United Presbyterian Church at Moffat (1880 1886), of Anderaton Church, Glasgow (1886,89), and of Claremont Church, in the same city (1889 1901). Since 1901 he has been professor of church history in New College, Edinburgh. He is secre tary of the Christian Unity Society for Scotland. In theology he describes himself as liberal and Evangelical, and as belonging to the historical school, as well as a "resolute advocate of central and unifying beliefs," although non-controversial and declining to be ranked with any party. He has edited John Ker's Lectures on Preaching (London, 1886), and has written: Life of Alexander Mac Ewen, D.D., his father (Glasgow, 1875); Origin of Roman Satiric Poetry (Oxford, 1876); St. Jerome (London, 1878); The Eastern Church in Greece (1890); Life and Letters of Principal Cairns (1894); and The Erakines, Ebenezer and Ralph (Edinburgh, 1900).

McFADYEN, JOHN EDGAR: Presbyterian; b. at Glasgow, Scotland, July 17, 1870. He was educated at the universities of Glasgow (M.A., 1890), Oxford (B.A., 1895), and Marburg, and at the Free Church College, Glasgow, and was successively Snell exhibitioner, Oxford (1890-93) and George A. Clark fellow, Glasgow (1893-97). Since 1898 he has been professor of Old-Testament literature and exegesis at Knox College, Toronto. In theology he is "a believer in reverent but fearless investigation." He has written: The Messages of the Prophetic and Priestly Historians (New York, 1900); The Divine Pursuit (Chicago, 1900); In the Hour of Silence (1902); Old Testament Criticism area the Christian Church (New York, 1903); The Messages of the Psalmists (1904); Introduction to the Old Testament (1905); The Prayers of the Bible (1906); Ten Studies in the Psalms (1907); and The City with Foundations (1909).

McFARLAND, JOHN THOMAS: Methodist Episcopalian; b. at Mt. Vernon, Ind., Jan. 2, 1851. He was educated at Iowa Wesleyan University, Simpson College, Indianola, Ia. (A.B., 1873), and the School of Theology, Boston University (B.D., 1878). His principal pastorates, since be entered the ministry in 1873, have been at the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Peoria, Ill. (1880-82), Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, Ill. (1891-96), New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. (1897-99), and First Methodist Episcopal Church, Topeka, Han. (1899-1905). He was vice-president of Iowa Wesleyan University from 1882 to 1884, and president from 1884 to 1891, and since 1894 has been secretary of the Sunday-school Union and editor of the Sundayschool literature for his denomination.