Jackson, Right Rev

and Right Hon. John, D.D. (Oxford, 1853), lord bishop of London b. in London, Feb. 22, 1811; d. there Jan. 6, 1885. He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford; graduated B.A. (first-cla cla ics) 1833, M.A. 1836, B.D. 1853; was Ellerton theological prize e ayist, 1834; ordained deacon 1835, priest 1836; was head master of the proprietai'y school at Isling ton, 1836-46; select preacher to the University of Oxford, 1845, 1850, 1862, 1866; Boyle lecturer in 120 London, 1853; rector of St. James, Westminster, London, 1846-53; bishop of Lincoln, 1853-69; translated to London, 1869. He was one of her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council; dean of her Majesty's Chapels Royal; provincial dean of Canterbury; official trustee of the British Museum; official governor of King's College, London; visitor of Harrow and High gate schools, and of Balliol College; a governor of the Charter house. He was the author of The Leading Points of the Christian Character (six sermons), London, 1844; Sanctifying Grace, and the Grace of the Ministry, 1847; The Day of Prayer and the Day of Thanksgiving (two sermons), 1849; The Sinfulne of Little Sins, 1849, 20th ed. 1875; Rome and her Claims (a sermon), 1850; The Spirit of the World, and the Spirit which is of God, 1850 Repentance, its Nece ity, Nature, and Aids (a course of Lent sermons), 1851, 9th ed. 1866; An Addre to the Newly Confirmed, preparatory to the Holy Communion, 1852; Sunday a Day of Rest or a Day of Work (a few words to workingmen), 1853; War, its Evils and Duties (a sermon), 1854; The Witne of the Spirit, 1854, 3d ed. 1870; God's Word and Man's Heart, 1864 (the latter two volumes consist of sermons preached before the University of Oxford); The Parochial System (a charge), 1871; Five Years in the Diocese of London, 1884; commentary on Timothy and Titus in Bible (Speaker's) Commentary, 1881. *