Seminary, New York City, and was licensed by New York Fourth Presbytery April 9, 1866, and was ordained by the same Presbytery May 11, 1866, as an evangelist. He was well known as an earnest worker for the truth, preaching frequently in New York and elsewhere. Soon after his ordination he removed to Brownsville, Texas, where he died, Dec. 3, 1866, of congestion of the brain.

He married Miss Martha Lucy Kinkead, who, with three children, survives him,

HOWARD CROSBY, D.D., of New York City, writes: "He was a self-denying, patient worker for Christ. His wife, who is a member of my church, is one of our most devoted city missionaries."

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GROSVENOR, DAVID ADAMS-The son of Rev. Nathan and Lydia (Adams) Grosvenor, was born in Craftsbury, Vt., July 10, 1802. They were from Windham county, Conn., and trained their family in the old Puritan way, which has left such an impression for good upon those blessed with its heavenly influences. His father died before he was twelve years old, leaving his mother with six children to train and educate, with very limited means a praying, godly mother in Israel, whom he greatly revered, loved and cherished. Under these parental influences he became at the age of fourteen the subject of divine grace, and at sixteen commenced his studies for the ministry in Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., under the eminent. guidance of its principal, John Adams. He entered Yale College, New Haven, Conn., in 1821; but owing to a temporary failure of his eyes he did not graduate until 1826. His standing in college, as a scholar and as a Christian, was highly commendable. After graduating he spent one year in the family of the late Judge Hall, of Ellington, Conn., as principal of his High School. He studied theology in the Yale Theological Seminary under Dr. Taylor. He was licensed by the Litchfield South Congregational Association. In 1829 he supplied for nine months the pulpit of the church in Pomfret, Conn., the place of his father's nativity. He afterward labored for several months in a revival of great interest and power in Wallingford, Conn. In August, 1831, he commenced his ministry in Uxbridge, Mass., and was ordained and installed by Worcester South Congregational Council in June, 1832. over the First Evangelical Society of that place, as colleague pastor to the Rev. Samuel Judson. A member of this, his first charge, gives the following testimony: "He was a faithful servant of the Lord, and through the grace given to him was uncommonly successful in his labors. an idler in his Master's vineyard, but every day found him an earnest laborer." His connection with the church in Uxbridge was dissolved in the summer of 1842. Accepting an invitation from the First Presbyterian Church of Elyria, Lorain county, Ohio, he removed thither and commenced his ministry there in October of the same year, and was installed in February, 1843, by Elyria Presbytery. His ministry in Elyria continued for about ten years, and was terminated by a season of illness, which rendered him unable to preach for one year. In the autumn of 1853 he took charge of the First Congregational Church Medina, Ohio, where he continued for about nine years. In both these fields his labors were successful in the conversion of souls, the edification of the Church and the establishment of the truth.

He was never

After his pastoral work in Medina ceased, he prosecuted an agency for many months in aid of Lake Erie Female Seminary, Painesville, Ohio, of which he had been from its commencement an active trustee, and greatly assisted in securing its endowment. Few ministers have done more to promote the cause of education than he. In each of the three places of his permanent ministry he originated and sustained female seminaries of a high order. In the assemblies of his ministerial brethren he warmly advocated every practicable measure for the promotion of Christianity. He engaged in the discussions connected with the science of theology with great zest and ability. By his death the loyal government of the country has lost a firm defender and the colored race an able advocate. His sermon on the Black Laws of Ohio contributed not a little to remove the disabilities created by unrighteous legislation.

For some time past he had ceased to entertain the idea of settling again as a pastor. Most of the time for more than a year he had spent in Cincinnati, Ohio, prosecuting the business of life insurance, in connection with his brother, M. Grosvenor, Esq., agent of the Etna Life Insurance Company, but preaching to destitute churches as occasion offered, which was a considerable portion of the time.

He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1866, of cholera. The attack of the fatal epidemic so suddenly prostrated his strength that he was able to converse very little after his physician arrived, but enough to express his unwavering confidence in his Saviour and entire resignation to his will. He soon sank into a quiet stupor, in which, without apparent suffering, he died in little more than twenty-four hours.

He married Miss Sarah Whitney, of Princeton, Mass, who is now living at Uxbridge, Mass. They had one child, which died in infancy.

Rev. ANSEL R. CLARK, of Huntington, Ohio, writes as follows: "Brother Grosvenor was a brother much beloved: he was warm and sincere in his attachments, and always gained the confidence and esteem of his co-presby ters. He was ever ready to engage in efforts which promised the conversion of sinners and the promotion of the kingdom of Christ, whom he so much loved. He was kind and affable, and in all the relations he sustained was easy and at home. He was a valuable member of ecclesiastical bodies. Though educated under the influence of the Congregational form of government, and for many years in the first part of his ministerial life was connected with the Congregational denomination, yet in connection with the Presbyterian he became warmly attached to its policy, believing it to be better adapted to secure the great ends of Church government than any other which has hitherto been adopted. In his death the Presbyterian Church has lost a warm and valuable friend and advocate, and the world a useful minister.

HICKS, MARCUS-Was born in Burke, Vt., in 1814. His youth was spent in Western New York, where he was prepared for college by Rev. Pratt, of Geneva, N. Y. He removed to the West and entered Illinois College, Jacksonville. Ill., where he graduated in 1840. In the autumn of the same year he commenced the study of theology in Lane Seminary, at Walnut Hills, Ohio, whence he graduated in 1843. He was licensed by Cincinnati Presbytery, and began the ministry as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Ill., having been ordained by Ottawa Presbytery; the next two years as agent of home missions in Northern Illinois.

He subsequently settled in Elgin, Ill., where he remained a year and a half, when his health failed, and he returned to Cincinnati, Ohio, his pulpit being

supplied during the winter. After his return, finding himself unable to remain, he resigned his charge to their former pastor, and returned again to Cincinnati. Here he was Presbyterial agent for two years, and after preaching for Lane Seminary during 1850, he removed with his family to Portsmouth, Ohio. With this people he remained two years and a half, and always afterward till his death remembered them with warm affection.

He next spent eight months in the mining region, preaching to the church in Jackson, Ohio, previous to taking charge of the work of home missions, when his home was in Columbus for three years. While thus engaged, and after a long illness, his physician advised his removal to Minnesota on account of climate. Accordingly he removed to Monticello, where he remained six years, preaching most of the time as his health would permit. Just before leaving Minnesota he came to Ohio and spent a few months in aiding to rebuild the Female Seminary, which had been destroyed by fire, at Oxford, Ohio, hoping that he might remove his family, but his cough returning, he left immediately for his Minnesota home.

During the Indian outbreak in 1862 he removed his family to Mankato, Minn., where, after eight months' anxiety and effort to make a feeble church self-sustaining, and see them into a house of their own, his nervous system gave way, first with a nervous fever and afterward a nervous chill, from the effects of which he never recovered.

He was advised to visit Chicago, Ill., Cincinnati and Portsmouth, Ohio, to solicit aid for the church, but the journey was too much, and his long prostration resulted in an attack of pleurisy, settling upon his lungs.

He removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1865, and soon after to Walnut Hills, Ohio, where he died Feb. 19, 1866, of consumption. His widow and six children survive him.

Rev. E. P. PRATT, of Portsmouth, Ohio, writes as follows: "His labors in this place were greatly blessed of God, and during a revival in the winter of 1850 and 1851 nearly forty were added to the church, many of whom still remain and are among our best working members. His health failed about that time, and he was compelled to give up preaching for a season, and to resign his charge in Portsmouth. I was his successor in this church, and I have often heard his prudence and self-sacrificing devotion commended in his trying position at that time. The church was a good deal divided, and but for his Christian principle and wisdom and disinterested regard for its welfare, might have been greatly weakened if not broken up. I have often heard his conduct at this crisis commended by those even who were not his personal friends. His name is held in grateful remembrance by this people, and his period of labor here has been a rich blessing to this church, and many in the great day will rise up and call him blessed.' He left the church with the affection and confidence of all its members, and their full conviction of his piety, and they have felt it to be a pleasure to minister to his comfort in his long sickness and severe trials.

HOLLISTER, A. D.-The son of Amos and Tryphena Hollister, was born in Burlington Green, Otsego county, New York, Feb. 24, 1801. He was educated at Oneida Institute, New York, graduating in 1834, and studied theology under the care of Rev. A. E. Campbell, of Cooperstown, N. Y. He was licensed by Otsego Presbytery, and ordained by the same Presbytery at Cooperstown, N. Y., Feb. 13, 1838. His first charge was Milford, N. Y., and he also preached for several small churches in Pennsylvania. He was without charge-though preaching frequently-for a number of years. He removed to Washington, D. C., where he died Oct. 20, 1865, of typhoid

fever. He was married, Nov. 10, 1841, to Arrian C. Corbin, of McDonough, N. Y., who, with two daughters, survives him.

Rev. JOHN CHESTER, of Washington, D. C., writes as follows: A good man, full of faith and of the Holy Ghost. He devoted most of his life to preaching the gospel in comparatively destitute places, at great self-sacrifice of health and means. He was eminently successful as a winner of souls.' His loving, gentle disposition and holy life won the love and respect of all that knew him. It can be truly said of him that he practised the gospel which he preached, and by his life adorned the profession he made of the religion of Jesus."

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HOYT, JAMES-The son of James T. and Rachael Hoyt, was born in Greenfield, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1817. He attended the academies at Cazenova and Fairfield, N. Y., and entered Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., where he graduated and was licensed by New York Third Presbytery in 1844, and removed to the southern part of the United States, settling at Tuskegee, Ala. He was ordained by East Alabama Presbytery in 1846, and labored as pastor to that people for some years. In 1855 he accepted a call to the First Presbyterian Church, Orange, N. J., which relation existed till his death. On Saturday evening he was engaged in preparing a sermon, when he was seized with apoplexy, and died the next day, Dec. 16, 1866.

He married Miss Frances L. Pratt, who, with two children, survives him. Few ministers of the day possess a scholarship, or a power of application, or a grace of expression superior to his. He was eminently studious. He delighted to task his faculties with close and profound thought. Whatever he undertook he resolved to master, and it was no ordinary difficulty that was allowed to block his way.

For several years he was engaged in teaching, and in this sphere we believe he was eminently successful, but the work of the ministry was his choice, and to it he consecrated the strength of his powers. Sternly conscientious and true to the convictions which he had once formed, nothing could force him to swerve from them. He saw with much more than usual distinctness the clear and well-defined line of duty, and in following it out he showed himself a worthy son of the Puritans. A genial companion, a warm friend, with intellectual faculties admirably balanced, with keen penetration, cool and careful judgment and a cultivated taste, he at once invited confidence and commanded respect.

His character was unblemished; no breath of reproach was raised against the Christian name on his account. Of strict integrity in the little things of life as well as the greater, he was at the same time charitable in judging his fellow-men. Remarkably clear in the perception and expression of truth, he maintained his own views with all the power of a strong mind, while he was equally tolerant of those of others. To the candor and simplicity of the child he united the wisdom, energy and vigor of the man. Every good cause found in him an earnest advocate and efficient supporter. Generous with his own means, he hesitated not to lay the claims of benevolence in its multiplied forms before his church. Watchful over the members of his flock, he was faithful in the much-neglected duty of administering rebuke where it was needed-so mingling with it the graces of gentleness and love

as to gain the heart. His own heart was ever open, and his time was at the service of all, without regard to their worldly condition, in sickness or health, at their homes or in his own, or by the way. He shrank from no duty, and in his varied labors he manifested so much of Christ and so little of self that we were largely unaware of the deep sensitiveness of his nature. The honor of the Church and of the Christian name was dearer to him than life. ministry has been eminently useful and blessed of God.

His

He prepared and had published "A History of the First Presbyterian Church of Orange, N. J;" also several poems, one of them, "We have met in the Fatherland," set to music by his wife, is replete with poetic beauty, and the music is equally charming.

HOYT, D.D., OVA PHELPS-The son of Ezra and Jerusha (Phelps) Hoyt, was born in New Haven, Vt., May 26, 1800. He was educated at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., where he graduated in 1821, and studied theology in the Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass., where he finished his course in 1824. Soon after leaving the seminary, having been licensed by a Congregational Association, he accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church, at Potsdam, N. Y., and was ordained and installed pastor of that church by Ogdensburg Presbytery in 1825. He labored with this people till 1830, during which time he was abundantly blessed in his work. His own church was revived and strengthened by the addition of over sixty members each year, and all the churches in that county were favored with a powerful work of grace, which he was largely instrumental in promoting. From Potsdam he went into the agency of the American Home Missionary Society, and resided in Utica. While there he edited the Western Recorder for a year and a half. Afterward he accepted a call from the Presbyterian Church in Old Cambridge, N. Y., where he remained until 1838. After he resigned that charge he continued to act as secretary for the American Home Mission Society, and resided in Cleveland, Ohio, for a time, and as stated supply of the First Presbyterian Church in Detroit, Mich., where he was engaged in a revival which brought many valuable members into that church. In the spring of 1840 he was called to Kalamazoo, Mich. He was pastor of the Presbyterian church in that place until 1849, and left a prosperous and able church, accepting the appointment as district secretary for Michigan and Northern Indiana from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. In that work he continued for ten years, respected and beloved by the churches and the ministry. In 1861 he returned to his favorite pastoral work, and for a few years he supplied the Presbyterian church in Elkhart, Ind., where he will long be remembered for his earnest devotion and untiring diligence in gathering and strengthening that congregation. With health somewhat impaired, and the loss of early vigor he now went to New England with his wife, and spent a summer for rest. But his home was in the West. Here he had witnessed the planting and growth of churches, and for twenty-five years had labored in the work himself. He returned in the summer of 1863 to his old home in Kalamazoo, to spend the evening of his life among his former parishioners. He found a welcome in their hearts and homes. The dear pastor was not forgotten; they were kind and considerate for his welfare in all their intercourse with him until