He  graduated  at  Jefferson  College;  studied  theology
at  Princeton  Seminary,  and  was  licensed  to  preach
by  the  First  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  in  1836.  His
first  pa.storal  charge  was  at  Portsmouth,  Ohio,  where
he  had  a  successful  ministry  for  several  years.  In
l:-^:;9  he  accepted  the  pastorate  of  the  Church  at  Po-
land, Ohio,  and  continued  in  this  relation,  with  the
Divine  blessing  upon  his  labors,  until  1841,  when  he
w;is  called  to  the  Presidency  of  Franklin  College,
New  Athens,  ILirrison  county,  Ohio.  'W'hile  in  this
position  he  raised  funds  and  secured  the  erection  of  a
new  college  building,  and  the  Institution  gained  a
wide  repute  under  his  administration.  He  was  sub-
sequently pastor,  at  Mt.  Vernon,  O.,  and  Cleveland,
O.,  and  of  several  Congregational  churches  in  New
England.  Al'ter  an  interval  of  rest,  necessitated  by
ill  health,  he  was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  St.  Paul's
Reformed  Church  in  Lancaster,  Pa.,  and  from  thence
to  the  Finst  Reformed  Church  of  Philadelphia,  where
he  remained  several  years.  After  relinquishing  this
position,  he  connected  himself  with  the  Central  Pres-
bytery of  Pliiladelphia,  and  has  not  since  accepted  a
pastoral  charge.
Dr.  Nevin  is  an  eloquent  and  impressive  jireacher.
