I     Mitchell,  James  Young,  D.  D.,  son  of  James
'  and  Elizabeth  Mitchell,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,
in  1834.     He  graduated  at  Union  College,  Schenectady,
N.Y.,  in  1854,  and  at  Princeton  Theological  Semi-
nary, in  1857.     A  call  received  to  the  p;istorate  of  the
Church  at  Phillipshurg,  N.  J.,  was  promptly  accepted,
and   during  the  four  and  a  half  years  of  his  labor
there  the '  membership   was    largely  increased,   the
church  edifice,  of  which  he  found  only  the  ba.sement,
when  he  settled,  was  finished,  and  practically  freed
from  debt.     In  the  early  part  of  the  year  18(i2   he
accepted  a  call  from  the  (now)  "  Temple  Presbyterian
Church,"  Philadelphia.     This  pastoral  relation  was
su.statned  for  fourteen  years.     Within  this  period,  not
only  was  the  congregation  largely  increased  in  mem-
bership and  spiritual  growth,  but  its   material  ad-
vancement was  signal.     Another  site  was  purchased,
and  a  new  church  building  erected  at  Franklin  and
Thompson  streets.     In  1876  he  accepted  a  call  to  the
Presbyterian  Church,  Lancaster,  Pa.,  the  field  of  his
present  labors.     Here,  under  his  prompt  and  success-
ful energy,   the    church  building   was   handsomely
remodeled  and  improved,  the  expense  of  this  meas-
ure met,  and  all  pre^-ious  financial  obligations  of  the
congregation  paid  oft".     During  the  succeeding  years
of  his  service  to  the  congregation,  it  has  steadily  in-
creased in  numbers  and  influence,  and   now   ranks
among  the  first  in  the  city.
Dr.  Mitchell  pos.sesses  rare  social  qualities.  With
dignity  and  affability  of  manner  he  unites  energj%
practical  wisdom  and  reverential  devotion.     In  his


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