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Nathan Lewis Rice was born on December 29, 1807 on a farm in Garrard County, Kentucky, the son of Gabriel and Phebe (Harrett) Rice. During the first sixteen years of his life he lived on his father's farm.
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The Signs of the Times: In a Series of Eight Lectures (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Signs of the Times: In a Series of Eight Lectures The lord reigneth. He who created this World and placed man upon it, proposed to aecom plish great ends, worthy of Himself. He is now exercising a Providential control over individuals, and over nations, for the accomplishment of those ends. The time cannot be distant, when great chan ges are to take place amongst the nations. It is our wisdom, therefore, both to examine carefully and prayerfully the prophecies whose fulfilment is yet future, and to watch passing events, which throw light upon those prophecies. It is a great misfortune to mistake the character of the age in which we live, and to fail to understand the signs which God gives, that his people may act with Him their part. The Lectures, which the author now ventures to Offer to the public, excepting the Sixth, were delivered to his church, during the last winter, in the course of his regular ministrations. They were attended through out by very crowded audiences; and many who sought to hear them, were not able to find seats, and were obliged to retire. The favor with which they were received, and the anxiety expressed by many at a distance to see them, have led to the conclusion, that the publication Of them might perhaps contribute to the promotion of truth, and to the awakening of Christians to an appreciation Of their responsibilities and their privileges in this eventful day. With the prayer, that the blessing of God may attend them, they are now placed before the public. 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.
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Our Country and the Church (Classic Reprint)
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Objections to Calvinism As It Is: In a Series of Letters Addressed to N. L. Rice
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Phrenology Examined, and Shown to Be Inconsistent With the Principles of Phisiology, Mental and Moral Science, and the Doctrines of Christianity: Also ... of the Claims of Mesmerism (Classic Reprint)
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A Debate Between Rev. A. Campbell and Rev. N. L. Rice: On the Action, Subject, Design and Administrator of Christian Baptism; Also, On the Character ... On the Expediency and Tendency of Ecclesiasti
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Lectures on Slavery: Delivered in the North Presbyterian Church, Chicago
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Account Of The Law-suit Instituted By Rev. G. A. M. Elder ...: Against Rev. N. L. Rice ... For A Pretended Libel On The Character Of Rev. David ... With Some Remarks On Celibacy And Nunneries
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Nathan Lewis Rice
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He attended local schools. He then began teaching to earn money to attend college, and in the fall of 1826 entered Centre College at Danville, remaining there but two years. While in college he studied theology under the president, Dr. Gideon Blackburn.
Career
He was licensed to preach by Transylvania Presbytery on October 4, 1828. He immediately received a call to Harmony, his home church, but, declining it, entered Princeton Theological Seminary, where he spent two years.
He was ordained on June 8, 1833, and during his ministry served the following Presbyterian churches: Bardstown, Kentucky (1833 - 41); Woodford and Paris, Kentucky (1841 - 44); Central, Cincinnati (1845 - 53); Second, St. Louis (1853 - 58); North, Chicago (1858 - 61); and Fifth Avenue, New York (1861 - 67).
In all these places he made a distinguished success as preacher and pastor. He was also actively interested in education. While pastor at Bardstown he founded a school for boys and another for girls. During his ministry in Chicago he served as professor of theology in the Theological Seminary of the Northwest, and helped to influence Cyrus H. McCormick, one of his parishioners, to make large contributions to that institution, which later came to be known as McCormick Theological Seminary. After he retired from the pastorate, he was president of Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri (1869 - 74), and professor of theology in the Danville Theological Seminary, Kentucky (1874 - 77).
In addition to his work as minister and professor he successively served as editor of the Western Protestant (Bardstown), the St. Louis Presbyterian, and the Presbyterian Expositor (Chicago). He was distinguished as a controversial debater on religious subjects. The most famous of his debates was with Alexander Campbell in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1843 on the meaning and mode of baptism. Campbell, the founder of the Disciples of Christ, contended for immersion as the prescribed mode. The debate continued from November 15 to December 2, and Henry Clay presided over some of its sessions. The printed report, A Debate Between Rev. A. Campbell and Rev. N. L. Rice on. .. Christian Baptism (1844), is a volume of 912 pages. In 1845 he held a prolonged debate with Dr. Jonathan Blanchard, a Presbyterian minister of Cincinnati, on the subject of slavery, which was published the following year. Rice took the ground that the institution of slavery is not necessarily sinful in itself. He also had a public debate in 1850 with Archbishop John B. Purcell on the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church.
He died at Chatham, Kentucky, and was buried at Fulton, Missouri.
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He was an effective preacher, a keen debater, a pungent writer, and an inspiring teacher. Many honors were bestowed upon him, among them, election in 1855 as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Among his publications were Romanism the Enemy of Free Institutions and Christianity (1851); Baptism, the Design, Mode, and Subjects (1855); The Signs of the Times (1855); Lectures on Slavery (1860); The Pulpit: Its Relations to Our National Crisis (1862); Immortality (1871).
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Phrenology Examined, and Shown to Be Inconsistent With the Principles of Phisiology, Mental and Moral Science, and the Doctrines of Christianity: Also ... of the Claims of Mesmerism (Classic Reprint)
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Objections to Calvinism As It Is: In a Series of Letters Addressed to N. L. Rice
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A Debate Between Rev. A. Campbell and Rev. N. L. Rice: On the Action, Subject, Design and Administrator of Christian Baptism; Also, On the Character ... On the Expediency and Tendency of Ecclesiasti
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The Signs of the Times: In a Series of Eight Lectures (Classic Reprint)
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Our Country and the Church (Classic Reprint)
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Baptism: the Design, Mode and Subjects
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Immortality of the Soul and Destiny of the Wicked
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Phrenology Examined, and Shown to be Inconsistent with the Principles of Phisiology, Mental and Moral Science, and the Doctrines of Christianity: Also an Examination of the Claims of Mesmerism
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The Presbyterian Expositor: A Monthly Periodical Volume 2
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Lectures on Slavery: Delivered in the North Presbyterian Church, Chicago
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An Account of the Law-suit Instituted by Rev. G.A.M. Elder, President of St. Joseph's College, Against Rev. N.L. Rice, Presbyterian Minister, for a Pretended ... with Some Remarks on Celibacy and Nunneries
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Account Of The Law-suit Instituted By Rev. G. A. M. Elder ...: Against Rev. N. L. Rice ... For A Pretended Libel On The Character Of Rev. David ... With Some Remarks On Celibacy And Nunneries
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Phrenology Examined, and Shown to Be Inconsistent With the Principles of Phisiology, Mental and Moral Science, and the Doctrines of Christianity: Also ... of the Claims of Mesmerism (Classic Reprint)
Personality
Rice was a man of extraordinary energy and industry; usually he carried the work of about three men.
Connections
On October 3, 1832, he married Catherine P. Burch, daughter of Rev. James K. Burch.
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