Oxenden, Right Rev. Ashton

D.D. (by decree of Convocation, 1869), Church of England; b. at Broome, near Canterbury, Sept. 25, 1808; educated at University College, Oxford; graduated B.A. 1833; was or 171 dained deacon 1833, priest 1834; was rector of Pluckley, Kent, 1848-69; lord bishop of Montreal and metropolitan of Canada, 1869-78; rural dean of Canterbury, 1879-84; since 1879, vicar of Hacking ton (or St. Stephen's), near Canterbury. He is the author of numerous devotional works, many of which have had large sales on both sides of the Atlantic. The following may be mentioned; Cottage Sermons, 1853; The Earnest Communicant, 1856; The Pathway of Safety, 1856; 'The Christian Life, new ed. 1870; Our Church and its Services, new ed. 186S; The Parables of our Lord, new ed. 1868; Portraits from the Bible, 1872, 2 vols.; The Earnest Churchman, 1878; Short Comments on the Gospels, for Family Worship, 1885.