Little john, Right Rev. Abram Newkirk

D.D. (Univei-sity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1855), LL.D. (University of Cambridge, Eng., 1880), Episcopalian, bishop of Long Island; b. at Florida, Montgomery County, N.Y., Dec. 13, 1824 graduated at Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., 1845; studied at Princeton (N.J.) Theological Seminary, 1845-46; became rector of Christ Church, Springfield, Ma ., 1850; of St. Paul's, New Haven, Conn., 1851; of Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1860; bishop, 1869. He lectured on pastoral theology in the Berkeley Divinity School, Middle town, Conn., 1853-58; declined presidency of Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y., 1858, and bishopric of Central New York, 1868. In 1874 he was appointed by the presiding bishop to take charge of the American Episcopal chm-ches on the Continent of Europe. Besides charges, addre es, and occasional sermons, his contributions to current literature embrace critiques, e ays, etc., on Philosophy of Religion; The Metap>hysics of Cousin The Life and Writings of S. T. Cole ridge: The Poetry of George Herbert; Sir James Stephens's Lectures on the History of France; Rogers's Eclipse of Faith; The Bible and Common Sense; The Outwardne of Popular Religion; Human Progre dependent on Tradition rather than Invention; Thoughts and Enquiries on the Alt- Catholic Movement; Discourse at the Consecration of St. Paul's Church within the Walls, Rome, Italy; E ay before the Church Congre , New York, 1877; Condones ad Clerum, 1879-80, 1881; Individualism: its Growth and Tendencies, with some Suggestions as to the Remedy for its Evils, being Sermons preached before the University of Cambridge, Eng., November, 1880, 1881; The Christian Ministry at the Close of the Nineteenth Century, being Lectures before the General Theological Seminary, New York, on the "Bishop Paddock Foundation," 18S4.