William Swan Plumer

I am currently teaching a Sunday School class on the use of the Law. I am mainly following Calvin, but recently came across the work by the Southern Theologian William S. Plumer, entitled Law of God. So far I have found it to be an excellent, concise and plain handling of the Law - one of the best I have read.

This got me thinking about who was this William S. Plumer. There is not much out there about him (not even Wikipedia - the fount of all 21st Century knowledge - has a page on him), but after some searching I found that Princeton Seminary is the repository for his papers, and they include on their website a short timeline of this somewhat forgotten servant:

CHRONOLOGY

	1802:	Born, July 26, at Greersburg (Darlington), Pennsylvania.
	1825:	B.A., Washington College, Virginia.
	1825-26:	Student, Princeton Seminary.
	1826-29:	Missionary and stated supply, Virginia and North Carolina.
	1827:	Ordained evangelist, by Presbytery of Orange.
	1830:	Stated supply, Petersburg, Virginia.
	1831-34:	Pastor, Petersburg, Virginia.
	1834-46:	Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia.
	1847-54:	Pastor, Franklin Street Church, Baltimore, Maryland.
	1854-62:	Pastor, Central Church, Allegheny, Pennsylvania and Professor, Western Theological Seminary.
	1865-67:	Pastor, Second Presbyterian Church, Pottsville.
	1867-80:	Professor of theology, Columbia Theological Seminary.
	1880:	Died, October 22, Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Plumer was also an author and commentator. He was awarded honorary doctorates from Washington College (Pennsylvania), Lafayette College, College of New Jersey (Princeton University), and the University of Mississippi. Dr. Plumer was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in 1838 and 1871.