William Mackergo Taylor (1829 – 1895) was an American

United States

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 Congregational

Congregational church

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 minister, born at Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock is a large burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland, with a population of 44,734. It is the second largest town in Ayrshire. The River Irvine runs through its eastern section, and the Kilmarnock Water passes through it, giving rise to the name 'Bank Street'...

, Ayrshire

Ayrshire

Ayrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...

, Scotland

Scotland

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. He graduated at the University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...

 (1849), and at the divinity hall of the United Presbyterian Church

United Presbyterian Church of Scotland

The United Presbyterian Church of Scotland was a Scottish Presbyterian denomination. It was formed in 1847 by the union of the United Secession Church and the Relief Church, and in 1900 merged with the Free Church of Scotland to form the United Free Church of Scotland, which in turn united with...

, Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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 (1852). He was pastor

Pastor

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 of churches in Britain till 1872 (for 17 years one in Liverpool

Liverpool

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). He entered the United States

United States

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 where he became pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle (Congregational), in New York

New York City

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 till 1893 when a paralytic

Paralysis

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 stroke

Stroke

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 caused his retirement. He wrote biographies

Biography

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 of Rev. Matthew Dickie

Matthew Dickie

Matthew Dickie was a Scottish professional football player who is best known for his time with Rangers.Dickie made his Rangers debut against St. Mirren in a 5-1 home win at Ibrox on the 15 August 1896. He played 126 league matches from a possible 132 in an amazing spell during his time at the club...

 (1872) and John Knox

John Knox

John Knox was a Scottish clergyman and a leader of the Protestant Reformation who brought reformation to the church in Scotland. He was educated at the University of St Andrews or possibly the University of Glasgow and was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1536...

 (1885) and published numerous volumes of sermon

Sermon

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s and discourses, of which those of a biographical

Biography

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 character on Joseph

Joseph (Hebrew Bible)

Joseph is an important character in the Hebrew bible, where he connects the story of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in Canaan to the subsequent story of the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt....

, Moses

Moses

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, David

David

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, Elijah

Elijah (prophet)

Elijah also Elias ; , meaning "Yahweh is my God";Arabic:إلياس, Ilyās), was a prophet in the Kingdom of Samaria during the reign of Ahab , according to the Books of Kings....

, Daniel

Daniel

Daniel is the protagonist in the Book of Daniel of the Hebrew Bible. In the narrative, when Daniel was a young man, he was taken into Babylonian captivity where he was educated in Chaldean thought. However, he never converted to Neo-Babylonian ways...

, and Paul

Paul of Tarsus

Paul the Apostle , also known as Saul of Tarsus, is described in the Christian New Testament as one of the most influential early Christian missionaries, with the writings ascribed to him by the church forming a considerable portion of the New Testament...

 were very popular. He lectured at Yale

Yale University

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 in 1876 and at Princeton

Princeton University

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 in 1880. He published: The Scottish Pulpit from the Reformation

Protestant Reformation

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to the Present Day (1887).

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