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Sketch of Dr. James M. FARRAR
pastor of Dutch Reformed church on Prospect
Heights
From the
McDonald PA Outlook, October 21, 1893, page unknown:
James M. FARRAR
Some one sends the Outlook a copy of the Brooklyn Eagle in
which is a picture of a 5-year-old boy and the following
sketch, which will interest many Outlook readers:
A chubby, rosy-cheeked little chap was Dr. James M. FARRAR,
the pastor of the new Dutch Reformed church on Prospect
Heights, when the above picture was taken. He was born of
Scotch parentage in Candor, Washington county, Pa., a little
town of some two hundred inhabitants. Although bro’t up in
accordance with the rigid precepts of Scotch
Presbyterianism, the doctor managed to get his share of the
pleasures of childhood. He was fond of all outdoor sports
and athletic games but his favorite pastime was trapping,
and innumerable muskrats, foxes and squirrels fell victims
to his skillfully set snares. When he was 16 his family
moved to New Wilmington, and he had an opportunity to
continue his studies, commenced at Candor under the tuition
of his mother. In speaking of his early ambitions the doctor
said: “I wanted to be a minister because I thought that I
could teach children and make the study of the Bible more
interesting than did the good old pastor at Candor, who
catechized me most rigidly.” Later, however, the young man
changed his mind and determined to study medicine. He was
influenced by the family physician at New Wilmington, with
whom he was a great favorite and who for a time was his
preceptor in the study of physics. At 17, however, Dr.
FARRAR finally determined that he was called to preach the
gospel. When told the doctor, who had been his teacher, of
his intentions the old physician, who was a bit given to the
use of strong language, remarked: “It’s spoiling a good
doctor to make a d— poor preacher.” At the Princeton
Theological Seminary, where Dr. FARRAR studied, he gained a
reputation as a scholar and immediately after his graduation
he received a call from Harrisville, O. His next charge was
at Worchester, O., and from there he was called to the
Fourth Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia.
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