Newman, John Philip

D.D. (Rochester Seminary, N.Y., 1864), LL.D. (Wesley an University, Athens, Tenn., 1882); b. in New-York City, Sept. 1, 1826; graduated at Cazenovia Seminary, 1848; entered the ministry of the Methodist-Episcopal Church, 1848; was editor of The New-Orleans Advocate, 1866-69; pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist-Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C., 1869-72, 1875-78; and chaplain to the United- States Senate, 1869-75. He visited Green land in 1870. In December, 1873, he was appointed by President Grant inspector of United-States consulates, and in this capacity made a tour of the world, 1873-74. From 1882 to 1884 he preached in the Madison-ave. Congregational Church, New- York City. He was Gen. Grant's pastor, 1869-85. He is a member of the British Society of Biblical Archaeology. He is the author of From Dan to Beersheba, or The Land of Promise as it now appears, New York, 1864; The Thrones and Palaces of Babylon and Nineveh, from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean, 1876; Sermons preached in the Metropolitan Church, Washington, D.C., 1876; Christianity Triumphant, New York, 1884.