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46 Butler, Pa., 24 Nov., 1827 ; d. in Shanghai, China, 26 April, 1860. was graduated at the University of the city of New York in 1846, served there one year as tutor, and studied theology at Princeton, being graduated from the seminary in 1849. He was licensed to preach by the Luzerne, Pa., pres- bytery in 1851, at which time he was engaged in missionary work among the Choctaw Indians. He was ordained as a missionary in 1853, and sailed for Shanghai, where he applied himself to the study of Chinese, and translated the " Shorter Cate- chism " and a " Catechism on the Old Testament History" into that language. He devoted much time to the completion of a " Dictionary of the Four Books," that had been begun by his brother Walter, and had also nearly finished a "' Commen- tary on the Gospel of Matthew " in Chinese when he died. — Walter's nephew, "Walter Hoge, jurist, son of Mathew B., b. in Armstrong county. Pa., 3 March, 1807 ; d. in Meadville, Pa., 14 Nov., 1876, was graduated at the Western university of Penn- sylvania in 1826, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, 4 Aug., 1829. In August, 1846, he was ap- pointed to the judgeship of the district court of Alleghany county, Pa., and occupied that office until he was elected to the supreme court of Penn- sylvania in 1851. He remained upon the bench tWeive years, officiating during the last six years as chief justice. He then practised law for a few years in Pittsburg, and subsequently was chosen president judge of a judicial district in western Pennsylvania, where he remained until his death. Judge" Lowrie was a contributor to the Princeton " Repertory " and other periodicals. Several of his papers that he read before the American philosophi- cal society have been printed, including those on the " Origin of the Tides " and " Cosmical Motion." — Another nephew, John Marshall, clergvman. son of Mathew B., b. in Pittsburg, Pa., 16 July, 1817 ; d. in Fort Wayne, Ind., 26 Sept., 1867, was gradu- ated at Lafayette in 1840. He studied theology at Princeton, was ordained, and in 1843 installed pas- tor of the churches of Blairstown and Knowlton, N. J. He was subsequently settled at Wellsville and Lancaster, Ohio, and at Fort Wayne, Ind. In addition to frequent contributions, both poetical and prose, to the periodical press. Dr. Lowrie pub- lished " Adam and his Times " and " Esther and her Times" (Philadelphia. 1862); "The Hebrew Lawgiver " and " A Week with Jesus " (1866) ; " The Translated Prophet" (1868); and "The Prophet Elijah " and " Life of David " (1869). He is also the author of a tract entitled " Christian in the Church " (1879). — A grand-nephew, Samuel Thompson, clergyman, son of Walter H., b. in Pittsburg, Pa., 8 Feb., 1835, was educated at the Western univer- sity of Pennsylvania and at Miami university, where he was graduated in 1852, after which he studied theology at the Presbyterian seminary in Alleghany City in 1852-'6, and in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1857. On his return to the United States he was called to the Presbyterian church in Alexandria, Pa., where he remained until 1863, and subsequent- ly held pastorates in Philadelphia in 1865-9 ; in Abington, Pa., in 1869-74; and in Ewing, N. J., in 1879-85 ; also occupying the professorship of New Testament literature and exegesis in the West- ern theological seminary in Alleghany City during 1874^'8. Prof. Lowrie "now (1887) holds the office of chaplain to the Presbyterian hospital in Phila- delphia. He was associated in the translation of the volumes on " Isaiah" (1879) and "Numbers" (1880), of " Lange's Commentaries " (New York), wrote " Explanation of Hebrews " (1884), and trans- lated Cremer's " Beyond the Grave " (1885).

LOWRY, Robert, clergyman, b. in Philadel- phia, Pa., 12 March, 1826. He was graduated at Lewisburg university. Pa., in 1854, studied theol- ogy, entered the Baptist ministry, and has had charge of churches in New York city and Brook- lyn, N. Y., West Chester and Lewisburg, Pa., and Plainfield, N. J. While at Lewisburg he acted as professor of literature in the university. From 1880 till 1886 he was president of the New Jersey Baptist Sunday-school union. He took part in the Robert Raikes centennial in London in 1880. He received the degree of D. D. from Lewisburg uni- versity in 1875. Dr. Lowry is a composer of music and a hymn-writer. He has edited " Chapel Melo- dies " (New York, 1868) : " Bright Jewels " (1869) ; " Pure Gold " and " Hymn Service " (1871) ; " Royal Diadem " and " Temple Anthems " (1873) ; " Tidal Wave" (1874); "Brightest and Best" (1875); " Welcome Tidings " and " Fountain of Song " (1877) ; " Chautauqua Carols " (1878) ; " Gospel Hymn- and Tune-Book " (1879) ; " Good as Gold " (1880) ; " Our Glad Hosanna " (1882) ; " Joyful Lays " (1884) ; and " Glad Refrains " (1886). He has also written many Christmas and Easter services, and single songs." More than 3,000,000 copies of his compositions have been issued.

LOWTHER, George, English buccaneer, b. in England; d. on Blanco island, off the coast of Venezuela, in 1722. He was an officer on one of the ships belonging to the Royal company of Africa, and in 1721, while stationed at the mouth of the Gambia, seized the vessel with the aid of Capt. Massey, an officer of infantry. Lowther harangued his followers, showing them that it would be madness to return to England, and that it was better to seek their fortunes on the high seas than expose themselves to certain death. The crew applauded, and a covenant was signed by them with their leader and sworn to on the Bible. They sailed for the Antilles, where they made several captures. A quarrel then took place between Lowther and Massey, who wished to attack the French colonies, and the latter was allowed to take charge of a captured sloop, with ten men. He sailed for Jamaica, where the governor treated him kindly and gave him money to go to London. He confessed his misdeeds to the African company, and was tried and executed in July, 1723. Meanwhile Lowther seized many ships, but afterward, when he had put into Porto Mayo to rest and refit, was attacked by the inhabitants, and forced to retreat with loss. After this Lowther was for some time very successful, but afterward he attacked a vessel that beat him off and pursued him, and he was forced to run his vessel aground in order to escape by land with his crew. He lost so many men in this action that he was obliged to retire to a small island, where he passed the winter of 1722. On the return of spring he sailed for Newfoundland. The pirates stopped on the way at Blanco island, off the coast of Venezuela, where Capt. Walter Moore, who commanded a vessel belonging to the South sea company, attacked them and took many prisoners, but Lowther and some others escaped to land. Moore sailed to Cumana, and afterward to St. Kitt's, with his prissoners, most of whom were hanged. The Spanish governor of Cumana sent a detachment of soldiers to Blanco island, where Lowther was discovered dead, having probably committed suicide.

LOY, Matthias, theologian, b. in Cumberland county. Pa., 17 March, 1828. He is the son of Matthias and Christina Loy. He received his classical education at Harrisbui'g academy, was graduated at the Theological seminary, Columbus, Ohio, in 1849, and, entering the Lutheran ministry in