of  his  decease,  resolved,  "That  we  record  our  high
estimate  of  the  ability  with  which  he  managed  the
afiau-s  of  this  Board;  of  the  indefatigable  industry
with  which  he  prosecuted  its  interests;  of  the  wisdom
with  which  he  guided  its  iiolicy  in  times  of  dilficulty ;
of  the  humble,  earnest,  and  prayerful  confidence  with
which  he  always  carried  forward  the  work;  of  the
persuasive  and  effective  eloquence  with  which  he
urged  the  claims  of  missions  upon  the  churches,  and
of  the  self-denial  to  which  he  submitted  in  sacrificing
high  secular  position,  in  consecrating  his  fortune  and
life,  and  giving  his  chihlren  to  be  laborers  in  the  great
work  of  the  world's  evangelization."

Lo-WTie,  Walter  H.,  LL.D.,  son  of  JIatthew  B.
and  Sarah  Lowrie,  was  born  in  Armstrong  county.
Pa.,  March  31st,  1807,  dtiring  the  removal  of  his
father's  family  from  Butler  county  to  Pittsburg,  Pa.
He  graduated  at  the  AVestern  University  of  Pennsyl-
vania, in  1826,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  iu  Pitts-
burg, August  4th,  1629.  On  August  20th,  1846,  he
was  appointed  by  Grovernor  Francis  R.  Shunk  to  the
Judgeship  of  the  District  Court  of  Allegheny  county.
Pa.,  made  vacant  by  the  elevation  of  Judge  Grier
to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  and
occupied  this  position  until  elected  to  the  Supreme
Couit  of  Pennsylvania,  in  October,  1851.  This  being
•the  fijst  election  of  Judges  in  the  Commonwealth
(previously  they  were  appointed  by  the  Governor),
the  five  then  newly  elected  to  the  Supreme  Court
resorted  to  the  lot  to  fix  the  term  of  office  for  each.
