In Memoriam.
Dorrance, Benjamin C.—The son of Rev. John and Penelope Dorrance, was born Nov. 8, 1832, in Wysox, Pa. He graduated at the College of New Jersey, and studied Theology in the Seminary at Danville, Ky. He was licensed by Luzerne Presbytery in 1858, and was labouring as a missionary at Minneapolis, Min., but the continued failing of his health constrained him to return to his father's house in Wilkesbarre, Pa., where he died, February 2, 1859, of consumption.
His health began to fail ere his seminary course was finished; after his licensure, he preached for several months in the bounds of his Presbytery; his discourses were characterized by earnestness and simplicity. Descending from a Scotch-Irish lineage, he manifested many indications of power; and those who heard him preach during the short time he was permitted to labour in his master's cause, retain a lively and pleasant recollection of the faithfulness and sincerity of his sermons.
—Published in Joseph M. Wilson, The Presbyterian Historical Almanac, and Annual Remembrances of the Church, for 1860, Philadelphia: Joseph M. Wilson, 1860, p. 70.
Dorrance, Benjamin C.—The son of Rev. John and Penelope Dorrance, was born Nov. 8, 1832, in Wysox, Pa. He graduated at the College of New Jersey, and studied Theology in the Seminary at Danville, Ky. He was licensed by Luzerne Presbytery in 1858, and was labouring as a missionary at Minneapolis, Min., but the continued failing of his health constrained him to return to his father's house in Wilkesbarre, Pa., where he died, February 2, 1859, of consumption.
His health began to fail ere his seminary course was finished; after his licensure, he preached for several months in the bounds of his Presbytery; his discourses were characterized by earnestness and simplicity. Descending from a Scotch-Irish lineage, he manifested many indications of power; and those who heard him preach during the short time he was permitted to labour in his master's cause, retain a lively and pleasant recollection of the faithfulness and sincerity of his sermons.
—Published in Joseph M. Wilson, The Presbyterian Historical Almanac, and Annual Remembrances of the Church, for 1860, Philadelphia: Joseph M. Wilson, 1860, p. 70.
In Memoriam.
Dorrance, Benjamin C.—The son of Rev. John and Penelope Dorrance, was born Nov. 8, 1832, in Wysox, Pa. He graduated at the College of New Jersey, and studied Theology in the Seminary at Danville, Ky. He was licensed by Luzerne Presbytery in 1858, and was labouring as a missionary at Minneapolis, Min., but the continued failing of his health constrained him to return to his father's house in Wilkesbarre, Pa., where he died, February 2, 1859, of consumption.
His health began to fail ere his seminary course was finished; after his licensure, he preached for several months in the bounds of his Presbytery; his discourses were characterized by earnestness and simplicity. Descending from a Scotch-Irish lineage, he manifested many indications of power; and those who heard him preach during the short time he was permitted to labour in his master's cause, retain a lively and pleasant recollection of the faithfulness and sincerity of his sermons.
—Published in Joseph M. Wilson, The Presbyterian Historical Almanac, and Annual Remembrances of the Church, for 1860, Philadelphia: Joseph M. Wilson, 1860, p. 70.
Dorrance, Benjamin C.—The son of Rev. John and Penelope Dorrance, was born Nov. 8, 1832, in Wysox, Pa. He graduated at the College of New Jersey, and studied Theology in the Seminary at Danville, Ky. He was licensed by Luzerne Presbytery in 1858, and was labouring as a missionary at Minneapolis, Min., but the continued failing of his health constrained him to return to his father's house in Wilkesbarre, Pa., where he died, February 2, 1859, of consumption.
His health began to fail ere his seminary course was finished; after his licensure, he preached for several months in the bounds of his Presbytery; his discourses were characterized by earnestness and simplicity. Descending from a Scotch-Irish lineage, he manifested many indications of power; and those who heard him preach during the short time he was permitted to labour in his master's cause, retain a lively and pleasant recollection of the faithfulness and sincerity of his sermons.
—Published in Joseph M. Wilson, The Presbyterian Historical Almanac, and Annual Remembrances of the Church, for 1860, Philadelphia: Joseph M. Wilson, 1860, p. 70.
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