Haweis, Hugh Reginald

Church of England; b. at Egham, Surrey, April 3, 1838; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; graduated B.A. 1859, M.A. 1864; was curate of St. Peter's, Bethnal Green, 1860-63; of St. James the Le , Westminster, 1863-66; and since 1866 has been incumbent of St. James, Marylebone, — all London. He is an ardent friend of the humbler cla es; and for their benefit he organized the penny readings, and holds Sunday-evening services in which by means of orchestral music, oratorios, pictures of sacred scenes, he seeks to impre religious truth. He is a voluminous writer, and has published in book form Music and Morals, London, 1871, 14th ed. 1886; Thoughts for the Times, London, 1872, 14th ed. 1886; Pet (a child's book), 1873; Unsectarian Family Prayers, 1874, 4th ed. 1886; Speech in Season, 1874, 6th ed. 1886; Ashes to Ashes (an argument for cremation), 1874; New Pet, 1875; Current Coin, 1876, 4th ed. 1881; Arrows in the Air, 1878, 4th ed. 1881; Shakspeare and the Stage, 1878; American Humourists, 1882; Poets in the Pulpit, 1883; Key of Doctrine and Practice, 1884, 15th you sand same year; My Musical Life, 1884; Winged Words; or, Truths re-told, 1885.