GORDON, William Robert, clergyman, born in New York City, 19 March, 1811. He was graduated at the University of the City of New York in 1834, studied theology in the New Brunswick seminary, and was graduated and licensed to preach in 1837. He held Dutch Reformed pastorates in North Hempstead in 1838-'43, in Flushing in 1843-'9, in Houston Street, New York City, in 1849-'58, and in Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, till 1880, when he resigned on account of failing health, but continues to preach occasionally and edits the "Sower and Mission Monthly." The degree of S. T. D. was conferred on him by Columbia in 1859. He has been a constant contributor to various theological journals, and published, besides sermons and essays, "Supreme Godhead of Christ" (New York, 1844); "Particular Providence, proved by the History of Joseph" (1855): "Threefold Test of Modern Spiritualism" (1856) ; "Christocracy" (1867) ; "The Church and her Sacraments" (1870) ; "Life of Henry Ostrander, D. D." (1875); and "Revealed Truth Impregnable" (1878).