Clark, Rev. James A., Professor of the Latin Language in Kalamazoo College, Mich., was born in Pittsfield, Mass., in 1827, and died in Kalamazoo in August, 1869.

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Clark, Rev. James A., Professor of the Latin
Language in Kalamazoo College, Mich., was born
in Pittsfield, Mass., in 1827, and died in Kalamazoo
in August, 1869. THe was in early life converted
and began preparation for the work of the ministry.
He graduated from Williams College in 1853, and
after teaching a year studied at Newton, where he
finished the usual course in 1857. Soon after he
became pastor at Adrian, Mich., and subsequently
at Fairfield. From the latter place he was called
to the professorship in Kalamazoo College, but
during his residence there he served the college as
financial agent, and as editor of the Michigan
Christian Herald, and he was treasurer of the
State Convention for three years preceding his
death. He was a man of large practical sagacity,
and self-sacrificing devotion to the church, His
death at the age of forty-two was sincerely and
deeply lamented.
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