Smyrna times., 1872-06-05
The Eight Bishops.

The following is short account of the e;ybt
Bishops OF the NJ, +. Church just elected bv
the General Conferences
- hey Thomas Bowman, d. D., is a native of
Der"l>k, Penn, and graduate of Dickinson
college: For ten years he was the nresdent
oI DicklnSon Seminary, at Williamsport. Penn
1I 14G III looO he Was elected president of Asbury
university at !IreencaStle, Ind, where his
nome now is. lie is very popular as a n,earhpr
ana one OF the prominent orators of the
Church u Tue
Rev. VIM. L. Harris, D. D., LID. native
"I Ohlo' Is now nearly tifiy-tive years old H.
mas oeen a member OF the General Conference
S'hce $780, during which time he has acted as
orcleta'y' Alter ten years Of pastoral work he
was chosen principal of Baldwin In>titutn and
altttrward professor in The OLio Wr,Iava,
University. Since 1860 he has been assistant
missionary secretary OF the General Confer.
ence. O0'ie1-
Rev, Randolph S. Foster d. D. ILL., D.
aSo native OF Ohio, is now in his fifty.third
year lie was transferred to the New Yn,E
Sst"nierence in 1850, and in 1860 succeeded Dr.
McChntock as president of the Drew Theolooi-
Cal Seminary. Dr. Foster is well known as an
author' ms most prominent works being his
trea'IeS on CalyinlSm, Christian Purity"
ana Ministry aud his Lectures ON Dar-
winSm. Y" A"l-
Rev. Isaac w. Willy, D. D.. was horn in
rennsylvana in 1925. He took the degree Of
NJ. u. IN 1916, and, having entered the Con.
terence IN lS49, went to China as missionary in
iooo, where he remained four years. In 1883
ne was chosen president Of the Penninoton
(N: j. Senllnary, and in 1864 was apuointeI
editor OF the Ladies' Repositorv, a no,ition
winch V be still retains. He Is the author of
Fallen Heroes Of Foochow" and Religion in
5he Family, and has edited number Of pub
llcatlons. pun
Rev; Stephen NJ. Merrill, D. D.. was horn
~ Jefferson county, OHIO, in 1925 Hcentoyed
the Conference in 1916, aud, after many ve,ro
labor as presiding elder, was appointed editor
9i the Western Christian Adcocdte in 1868
~ essays on important theological questions
greatly praised '-"'0 O'ei
Nv. Edward G. Andrews, D. D., was horn
IN New Hartford, n T., in 1925, and graduYtcd
at the Wesleyan University, in l847. In 1854
ne he was elected Professor in the Oneida Con
l-rence Seminary, at Cazenova, n. Y, and
Tue 1'Howlng year was chosen president Of that
II i,S' !utlon Alter ten years service in the
Teu' - u'nhry ne was transferred to the New York
East Conference IN 1864, spending eight wears
since chiefly i'll prominent churches in Brooklvn
anu New Ork city.
Rev. Gilbert Haven is native of Maiden
Mass, and was born in 1921. Tn 1S46 he
graduated at the Wesleyan University, AMI the
same year was elected Professor of Greek and
Latin Armenia Seminary, N. Y. In IS4S he
was chosen President ofths Stitution and three
years atterward he joined the New England
Conference. He was several years Since Elected
editor OF Zton'S Herald, and has conducted thai
journal with signal ability. Besides volume
OF travels IN Europe he has published numer-
Gus sermons, speeches aud addresses. He re-
fused the honorary title Of b. d.
hey; Jesse /. Peck, d. D., vas born in Mid
aiehed, n. T., and is 81 years old. He and
Iour bro'herS were ministers of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. and nine of the children Of
These brothers are also ministers in The same
Church. DIR. Peek entered the ministry 40
years ago. He was President of Dickinson
College, Penn, four years. He spent eight
Years IN California chiefly in the office of
Presiding Elder Returning to the East he
has been in the pastoral work at Peckskill
Albany, aud Syracuse. Dr. Peck is the author
3f The Central Idea of Christianity. t'Tbe
True Woman" WHAT Must | DO TO ke
oaved? and the History of the Great Repub-
&c. He is the oldest in age of the eight Bis
hops recently elected.