Hudson, where he remained but one year, having accepted the Rectorship of S. John's Church, Brooklyn. In June, 1865, he was elected Professor of Ecclesiastical History in The General Theological Seminary, which he accepted, retaining the Rectorship of S. John's Church until the election of his successor, in January, 1867.

In September, 1874, he was elected Bishop of Illinois, but the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies of the General Convention declined to confirm the election.

In June, 1875, he was elected Dean of The General Theological Seminary, which position he held, with his Professorship, until his elevation to the Episcopate.

In December, 1877, he was elected Bishop of Springfield, and the election was confirmed by the Standing Committees and the Bishops. In April, 1878, he sent his declination.

At the Annual meeting of that Diocese, on the 28th day of May, a resolution was unanimously passed asking him to withdraw his letter, which he did.

Consecrated Bishop of Springfield, in Trinity Church, New York, on the 11th day of June, A.D. 1878, by The Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., assisted by The Right Rev. Henry John Chitty Harper, D.D., Bishop of Christ Church, and Metropolitan of New Zealand, The Right Rev. Horatio Southgate, S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Henry Odenheimer, D.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. Henry Champlin Lay, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Charles Todd Quintard, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Robert Harper Clarkson, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Henry Adams

Neely, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John Scarborough, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Edward McLaren, S.T.D.

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology from Racine College, A.D. 1867, and that of Doctor of Laws from Columbia College, A.D. 1878.

THE RIGHT REVEREND

SAMUEL SMITH HARRIS, D.D., LL.D.

THE second Bishop of Michigan, was born in Antauga County, Georgia, on the 14th day of September, A.D. 1841.

He graduated from The University of Alabama in 1859, and at once entered the Law School of Chancellor Keyes, from which he was admitted to the Bar in 1860. He practised five years in Montgomery, Alabama, after which he removed to New York, where he was engaged in practice before the Supreme Court only. While in New York, yielding to an early cherished desire, he relinquished his profession, and became a Candidate for Holy Orders. He studied Theology under the direction of The Rev. J. M. Forbes, D.D., and returning to the South, was

Ordered Deacon in S. John's Church, Montgomery, Alabama, on the 10th day of February, A.D. 1869, by The Right Rev. Richard Hooker Wilmer, D.D.

Ordained Priest in the same Church, on the 30th day of June, A.D. 1869, by the same Prelate.

His first Parochial work was as Deacon in charge of S. John's Church, Montgomery. Immediately after his Ordination to the Priesthood, he became the Rector

of Trinity Church, Columbus, Georgia, where he remained two years and six months, when he removed to New Orleans, and became the Rector of Trinity Church, where he remained four years. In the year 1875 he became the Rector of S. James's Church, Chicago, which position he held when he was elected Bishop of Michigan.

He was a deputy to the General Convention of 1874 from the Diocese of Georgia, and in 1877 from the Diocese of Illinois.

In December, 1878, he was elected by an unanimous vote, on the first ballot, as the Bishop of Quincy, but, at the earnest solicitation of the Vestry of S. James's Church, he declined.

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, A.D. 1874, and the Degree of Doctor of Laws from The University of Alabama, A.D. 1879.

Consecrated Bishop of Michigan, in S. Paul's Church, Detroit, on the 17th day of September, A.D. 1879, by The Right Rev. Richard Hooker Wilmer, D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Joseph Cruikshank Talbot, D.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. Robert Harper Clarkson, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Edward Randolph Welles, S.T.D., The Right Rev. George DeNormandie Gillespie, S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Edward McLaren, S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Stevens Perry, S.T.D., LL.D., and The Right Rev. Alexander Burgess, S.T.D. WRITINGS.-A few Sermons, Articles for the Reviews, and The Bohlen Lectures for 1862.

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THE RIGHT REVEREND

THOMAS ALFRED STARKEY, S.T.D.

THE second Bishop of Northern New Jersey, was born in the City of Philadelphia. He was educated for, and entered upon the work of a Civil Engineer, which he continued several years.

Ordered Deacon in The Church of the Ascension, Philadelphia, on the 21st day of February, A.d. 1847, by The Right Rev. Alonzo Potter, D.D.

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of May, A.D. 1848, by the same Prelate.

His first Ministerial work was under the direction of The Rev. W. C. Cooley, Rector of Trinity Church, Pottsville, in the Missionary work of the Church in Schuylkill County, where he founded The Church of the Holy Apostles, at St. Clair. In April, 1850, he removed to New York, and became the Rector of Christ Church, Troy. In February, 1854, he became the Rector of S. Paul's Church, Albany, succeeding Dr. Kip, who had been made Bishop of California. In 1858 he removed to Ohio, and became the Rector of Trinity Church, Cleveland. In the spring of 1869 he accepted the Rectorship of The Church of the