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my for two years. He entered the New
England Conference in the year 1855,
was assigned to Laurel Street Church,
Worcester, Mass. From Worcester he
went to North Russell Street. Boston,
thence to Fremont Street, the leading
church of his denomination in that city.
He next removed tn St PaulS, LYNN.
and while stationed here represented his
city in the Legislature. The following
year he WAS chosen to preach the cleo
tive sermon before the Governor and
Legislature, an honor which has been
shared by only two other ministers of his
denomination. From Lynn he was
tranferred to Westfleld, Mass, thence to
Harvard, at Cambridge, thence to Trim
ity Church, Charlestown. From this
charge he was called to Arch Street, one
of the leading churches of Philadelphia.
While at Arch Street he visited Europe
and the East, and published on his re-
turn that excellent book of travels,
Sights and Insights." From Philadel-
phia he was called to st. Johns. Brook
lyn, where he spent three years, and on
finishing his time returned to Arch
Street, Philadelphia. He has been prom
inently pastor, and is one of the three
men in the history of the Church called
directly from the pastorate to the Epis-
cOpate.
DR.. Warren has great platform us well
as pulpit power. He has been almost a
yearly lecturer at Chautauqua, and his
lectures there suggested the most pOpu-
lar book ever issued III this country on
the subject of astronomy, "RecTeatiOns
in Astronomy published by Harper
Bros.
DR.. Warren married in the year 1855
Miss d. A. Gilgore, of Conway, n. II.
Mrs. Warren died in 1867, and DR.. War
rem has never remarked. In person Dr.
Warren i'll six feet in height, with light
brown hair and blue eyes; well proper
toned, little stout, and is possessed of
great bodily serength and endurance.
He wears full beard except the mus
tache, and his expression while amiable,
is yet full of force. His voice is deep
and flexible, and can be heard in any
congregation. A pure, loving and able
man he re-enforces the Board of Bishops
in the person of DR.. Warren.
BISHOP E. O. HAVEN.
Rev. Erastus Otis Haven, D. D., IL
D., was born in the vicinity. of Boston,
in the year 1920, and was graduated
with honor from the Wesleyan Univer-
sity at Middletown, Conn.,, about 1912,
under the Presidency of the eminent
DR.. Wilbur Fisk.
Having taste for teaching, he ell
gagged as a professor in the Armenia
Seminary, under the principalship of the
Rev. DR.. Clark, afterwards Bishop, and
whom he succeeded in the principalship.
While at Armenia he was married to the
daughter of Rev. George Coles. DR.. Ha-
yen's pastoral ministry began in the
New York Conference, in which he filled
two appointments in the city of New
York, at the close of which, Ill 1850, he
was elected to the Chair of Greek in the
Michigan University.
He was for several years editor of Iii
on's Herald, at Boston, from which posi-
ton he was called to the Presidency of
Michigan University. III this position
DR.. Haven gained great reputation and
became widely known as an educator.
From Michigan University DR.. Haven
was called to the Presidency of the
Northwestern University, a Methodist
institution located at Evanston. In
1872 DR.. Haven was made Secretary of
the educational department uf his de-
nomination, which relation he still re-
tains. In 1874 DR.. Haven was elected
Chancellor of Syracuse University, from
which position he will now retire. DIR.
| Haven's success in so many responsible
and difficult appointments indicates his
many-sidedness and versatility. He is a
cousin to the late Bishop Gilbert Haven
and is descended from n Methodist an
cestry. DR.. Haven is, like the lamented
Bishop Thompson, rather below the me-
dunn height, but has a compact and sin
envy body, full of force and vitality.