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50 ainirier."' In t,l)c same year he was called to the professorship of rhetoric and history in the Univer- sity of Rochester, a chair which he held until 18G8. He was the lirst secretary of the Baptist educational commission, an association formed in 1867 " to promote education and the increase of the ministry in the Baptist denomination." In 1870 the scope of this commission was enlarged by atfixing " American " to its name and extending its care to the interests of higher education in general. Of this enlarged commission Dr. Cutting remained secretary. This organization, having ac- complished its aim, discontinued its agency in 187G. From September, 1876, till May, 1879, Dr. Cutting was corresponding secretary of the Ameri- can Baptist home mission society. He was the author of "Historical Vindications" (Boston, 1859); "Struggles and Triumphs of Religious Liberty " (New York, 1876); and " Ancient Bap- tistries " (published posthumously). Several of his poems, as well as many occasional discourses, were printed. He received the degree of D. D. from the University of Vermont.

CUTTS, Maria, sister superior, b. in Lough- borough, Leicester, England, in 1811; d. at Grand Coteau in 1853. She entered the novitiate of the Society of the Sacred Heart in Paris at the age.of seventeen, and on becoming a professed nun, in 1836, asked to be sent on tbe American mission. She was named superior of the Grand Coteau con- vent after her arrival, and afterward was made superior of all the convents of her order in the west of the United States.

CUYLER, Sir Cornelins, soldier, b. in Albany, N.Y., about 1740; d. at St. John's Lodge, Hert- fordshire, England, 8 March, 1819. In May, 1759, he joined the 55th regiment of foot (British) as an ensign, and was present at the reduction of Ticon- deroga in that year, and of Montreal in 1760. Serving through the old E^'rench war, he became •captain in the 46th foot, 9 May, 1764, and was aide-de-camp to Gen. Sir William Howe from July, 1775, till 15 Jan., 1776, when he was pro- moted major of the 55th regiment. He continued on Gen. Howe's staff, and was at the battles of Long Island, Brandywine, and Germantown. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, 16 Nov., 1777, and commanded his regiment at the battle of Mon- mouth. After the conclusion of peace he was transtVrrod to the West Indies, where he was quai1i'nii,ister-general of the British forces, and was afterward in chief command. He attained the full rank of general in 1799.

CUYLER, CoriieHiis C, clergvman, b. in Al- bany, N. Y., 15 Feb., 1783; d. 3rAug., 1850. His ancestors were among the early Dutch settlers of the neighborhood, and so common was the name Cornelius among them that those who bore it were obliged to adopt distinguishing initials to prcA^ent mistakes. This accounted for the middle " C." of Dr. Cuyler's name. In 1806 he was graduated at Union, and began to study theology under Drs. Livingstone and Bassett. In 1809 he was ordained pastor of the Reformed Dutch church in Pough- keepsie, N. Y., where he remained for twenty-five years, strengthening and uniting a congregation which he found in a weak and almost divided con- dition. As a preacher he was exceptionally suc- cessful, and several revivals occurred under his ministry. An invitation from the 2d Presby- terian church of Philadelphia was accepted in 1834, and the pastoral relation then assumed con- tinued during the remainder of his life. For many years he was president of the board of trustees of Jefferson medical college. In 1838 he received the degree of S. T. D. from Union. Besides a large number of sermons, published separately, he was the author of " A Narrative of a Revival of Relig- ion in the Reformed Dutch Church, Poughkeepsie, 1815," and three tracts issued by the Presbyterian board of publication. Their titles are " The Parity of the Ministry," " Evidences of a Gracious State," and " Who shall dwell in Heaven? " He also wrote for the religious press, notably a series of essays on the Atonement, published in the " Journal and Tclegi'a]ih," of Albany.

CUYLER, John M., surgeon, U. S. army, b. in Geoigia, about 1810; d. in Morristown, N. J., 26 April, 1884. He entered the army as assistant surgeon in 1834, being among the first to pass the rigid examination instituted in 1833. He was act- ively engaged in the Creek war of 1838, and the Seminole war of 1840, and served with distinction through the Mexican war, receiving promotion as major and surgeon on 16 Feb., 18'i7. From 1848 till 1855 he served at West Point. As senior medi- cal oflRcer at Fort Monroe, during the first years of the civil war, his services were invaluable in or- ganizing the medical department of the armies con- gregated there. He served afterward as medical inspector and acting medical inspector-general. He served on examining boards, and sought to uphold a high professional standard among army surgeons. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel and medical inspector on 11 June, 1862, brevetted brigadier-general on 13 March, 1865, and promoted to the rank of colonel on 26 June, 1876. After the war he was medical director of important de- partments until his retirement, 30 June, 1882.

CUYLER, Theodore Lertyard, clergyman, b. in Auroi-a, N. Y., 10 Jan., 1822, of which town his great-grandfather, Gen. Benjamin Ledyard, was the founder. He was graduated at Princeton in 1841, and at the Pi'inceton theological seminary in 1846. Two years afterward he was ordained into the Presbyterian ministry, and for a short time was pastor of the church in Burlington, N. J. Shortly afterward he was installed pastor of the 3d Presbyterian church in Trenton, N. J., and remained' there until 1853, when he accepted an in- vitation from the Market street Reformed Dutch church in the city of New York. During the seven years of his ministry to this congregation occurred the remarka))le and wide-spread religious revival of 1858. In the impressive services connected with this awakening Dr. Cuyler took a prominent part. In April, I860, he was invited by the Lafay- ette avenue Presbyterian church, Brooklyn, N. Y., to become its first pastor, and under his charge the church rapidly grew to be one of the largest and most prosperous in the denomination, and it has twice outgrown its spacious buildings and sent out " colonies." As a preacher he has been remarkably influential, and nearly 3,500 members have been borne on the rolls of his church. He is a regular writer for the religious press, to which he has con- tributed nearly 3,000 articles, many of which have been republished and translated into foreign lan- guages. He has also written a large number of tracts on temperance. The titles of his books are " Stray Arrows " (New Y^ork, 1851); " The Cedar Christian" (1868); "The Empty Crib" (1868); " Heart Life " (1871); " Thought Hives " (1872); "Pointed Papers" (1876); "From the Nile to Norway' (1881); "God's Light on Dark Clouds" (1882); " Wayside Springs " (1884); and " Right to the Point " (spare-minute series, Boston, 1884). A large volume of miscellaneous articles on religious topics has been published in Dutch, and still an- other in Swedish.