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Rev Nathan Lewis Rice

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Rev Nathan Lewis Rice

Birth
Garrard County, Kentucky, USA
Death
11 Jun 1877 (aged 69)
Chatham, Bracken County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Presbyterian minister from Paris, Kentucky who debated Alexander Campbell at the Main Street Christian Church, Lexington, KY. The debate lasted sixteen days, beginning November 15, and concluded on December 2, 1843. The basic issues were Christian baptism, the spiritual influence on conversion, and ecclesiastic creeds. Statesman Henry Clay moderated for Alexander Campbell.

Dr. Rice was a graduate of Union Theological Seminary, New York City. On July 4, 1851 he delivered the main address at the laying of the cornerstone of the first building at the Missouri School for the Deaf. At the time he was pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, St. Louis. He later became president of Westminster College and served as a highly esteemed, well loved servant of the college. --Anna Jaech, via email.
Presbyterian minister from Paris, Kentucky who debated Alexander Campbell at the Main Street Christian Church, Lexington, KY. The debate lasted sixteen days, beginning November 15, and concluded on December 2, 1843. The basic issues were Christian baptism, the spiritual influence on conversion, and ecclesiastic creeds. Statesman Henry Clay moderated for Alexander Campbell.

Dr. Rice was a graduate of Union Theological Seminary, New York City. On July 4, 1851 he delivered the main address at the laying of the cornerstone of the first building at the Missouri School for the Deaf. At the time he was pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, St. Louis. He later became president of Westminster College and served as a highly esteemed, well loved servant of the college. --Anna Jaech, via email.


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