Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-15
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Satur ,ss A4rr.:ng, May 15, 1880.
LOCAL. NEWS.
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Tn. New Methodist Bishops.

The New Methodist Bishops.
 sketch of Bishop Fess, one of the new Methodist bishops, is as follows: The Rev. Dr. Cyrus D. Foss is 6 native of Kingston, Ulster county, New York, where he was born, January IT, 1884. He entered Wesleyan Uni versity as student in 1850. and was graduated in 1854, and passed the succeeding three years at Armenia Seminary as professor and princi- pal of the preparatory school. On May 6, 1857, he was received into the New York Con- ference at Newburg. His first charge was Chester, New York, post which he held with satisfaction to himself and the society until 1859, when he was transferred to Fleet street, Brooklyn. After serving the two years allotted by the rules of the church, he was advanced in 1861 to Han son Place church, Brooklyn. In 1S63-4 he off, ciated in St. Johns church, Williamsburg in 1865-7 at St. Pauls, in Hartford; in 1868-7O at Trinity, in New York, and in 1871-3 sec- ond time at St. Paurs. In 1873 he was ap- pointed to the pastorate of St. James, Har- lem, and on July 28th, 1875, he was elected president of the Wesleyan University at Mid dlstown- He was installed in his seat on Oc tober 26th of the same year, and has since filled that responsible position with satisfac- ton to his pupils as well as the trustees. His degrees of doctor of divinity, bachelor of arts, and master of arts were all con- ferred upon him by his alma mater. He was one of the delegates from New York to the general conference, held at Brooklyn, at which he received 85 votes for bishop. Dr. Foss made an extended tour across the At lantic in the summer of 1867. In person he is above the middle height, of commanding presence, with piercing black eye, dark hair and dark complexion. Though natural ly quiet and undemonstrative, he is good conversationalist, full of anecdote and pos sessed of remarkable memory.
 The Rev. Dr. John F. Hurst, another of the bishops, was born near Salem, Md, in theological studies at Halle and Heidelberg universities. He previously taught ancient languages at Hedding Institute, New York. He has been principal of the theological de- pertinent of the Mission Institute of the Methodist church in Bremen professor of Madison, N. J., and president of that insti- tuition. He is distinguished writer, the au thor of many theological works and man of great versatility.
 The Rev. Dr. E. o. Haven was born in 1920 and graduated at Wesleyan University. He has been professor at Amenia Seminary two years, a professor in the University of Michigan, the editor of zion's Herald, and president of the University of Michigan, and president of the Northwestern University at Evanston, H.; also chancellor of Syracuse University. He is the author of several works, including "Haven's Rhetoric" He is able and eloquent.
 The Rev. Dr. Henry W. Warren, the other of the four new bishops, is Massachusetts man. He is another Wesleyan man. For two years after graduation he taught the ancient languages at W1lbraham Seminary, and in 1855 he joined the New England con ference, filling the pulpits of various churches. AT-1 him to preach the election sermon in 1864. In 1871 he became a member of the Phila- delphia conference, and was assigned to the Arch street church. He was transferred to the New York East conference in 1874, and remained there three years. Then he re- turned to the Philadelphia conference, and resumed the pulpit of the Arch street church. Dr. Warren has travelled extensively in Flu rope and the East. He has written many prominent articles for the church periodicals, and is the author of 8 popular work called Sights and Insights," and treatise on as- trOnOmY,