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KIRKWOOD, Robert, clergyman, born in Paisley, Scotland, 25 May, 1793; died in Yonkers, New York, 26 August, 1866. He was educated in Glasgow college, studied theology there, was licensed in 1828, and, in response to a call for pastors, went to the United States and became pastor of the Dutch Reformed church at Cortlandville, New York He officiated successively there, at Auburn, and at Sandbeach, New York, until 1839, when he served seven years as domestic missionary in Illinois. For the next twelve years he was an agent of the Bible and tract society. He connected himself with the Presbyterian church in 1857, settled at Yonkers, and devoted his time to literary labors. Besides contributions to the religious press, he published " Lectures on the Millennium" (New York, 1855); " Universalism Explained " (1856);" A Plea for the Bible " (1860); and " Illustrations of the Offices of Christ" (1862).
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