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bring him in. 1t is said that Judge Parks
has gone to Chicago to invoke relief from
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OBITUARY.
BISHOP HAVEN.
Special Dispatch to IAe Chicago Iftbssne.
Boston, Jan. 3.-Bishop Gilbert Haven, Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, died at his
home in Maiden at p: M. He has been sick
several weeks, primarily with neuralgia Of
the stomach, but latteriy Of complication
OF diseases affecting all the vital organs.
Bishop Haven was one Of those positive
men who make many friends and many
enemies. He inspired hearty admiration in
those who sympathized with his views and
his nature, and aroused strong hostility In
those whose institutions and habits he at
tackled. A good instance Of the intensity Of
the friendship he inspired appears In the
illustrated History of Methodism," by
the Rev. ". II. Daniels, dated 1872 Ths
brief biographical sketch Of Bishop Haven
contains the following: 1.-THE Rev. Gil
bert Haven, the literary genius, the rad
ical reformer, is one of the most admired
and hest-hated men in America. By the ire
sistible bent of his nature he moves in the van
of events. His eye is toward the future; for
the past he often manifests some trouble
some contempt. With him gray errors and
venerable wrongs are no more entitled to re-
spect than if they were of today; he would
crush the head of the original serpent which
appeared in Eden without stopping to
think Of its value as an ophidian specimen Of
a theological curiosity. Bishop Haven is a
fair Illustration Of what New England, and
especially Boston, can produce in the way OF
religious agitatoEs and leaders; a man Of the
William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phi1a
lips type, with no whit less of devotion and
self-abandonmentt to the principles he holds,
yet with q mighty love for the Church of
Christ, and a heart full Of good fellowship
and Methodist religion. The element Of fear
seems wanting in his composition; he is
brave enough to be singular, With him a
minority is no discouragement, provided It
be arrayed for the defense of a great truth.
He believes God. Why, then, in his case, as
well as that OF Abraham, shall it not be.
counted unto him for righteousness >?
One such man Is enough to keep the whole
Christian community from going to sleep; q
dozen such could revolutionize a nation.'
Gilbert Haven was born in Maiden, Mass,
Sept. 10, 1891, and his parents were members
Of the church which was organized in the
centre Of the town the year Of his birth. He
was sent to .Wilbraham Nlass.) Wesleyan
Academy to be fttsd for college, and was
converted there in 1889. In 1916 he gradu--
ated from the Wesleyan University Of Mid
dleton, Conn.,, and for two years afterward
he was Professor of Ancient Languages in
Armenia Seminary. Then he was made
Principal Of the Seminary, and held the place
for three years. In 1851 he joined the New
England Conference, and was stationed for
two years each at Northampton, Wilbraham,
Westfeld, Roxbury, and Cambridge (all In
Massachusetts,. About the end of his stay
in the latter place, he suffered severe be-
reayement in the loss Of his wife. His de-
yotion to her Is spoken of with great tender
ness and respect Said Clergyman who was
recounting some Of the events Of his life:
"Some things are too sacred to go
into print III connection with his feel
ings" Mr.. Haven never married again.
At about this time, 1861, he expected to
visit Europe, and was gTanted q super
bpt fhe War reatSe ef the Rs6elion breang oa
he was commissioned as Chaplain, Of the
Eighth Massachusetts Volunteers, the regi-
ment which opened the way to Washington,
by way Of Annapolis, under Gen. Butler;
hayem en- hs fSe vas ana
stoned Chaplain Of the War. Subsequently
he was pastor of the Clinton Street Church
in Newark, N. j., and in 1862 he visited
Western Europe, Palestine, aud Greece. On
his Ierg he wGS 70 the no NoH5e 6e
First Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston.
During his pastoTate there in 1867 he was
elected to the editorship of the Zlon's Her
aid, in which post he remained till he was
fhe feted to The of Sie Of Bsa9R S IN 1ep%tsa 7 In
Zio,l's Herald became more notably than
ever the organ Of the denomination, and it
was quoted, If not followed, in its criticisms
Of the current political questions Of the
aaYS was Pahsv Pshor Tine BssTs IL
come editor-in-chief of the. New York
Independent, at . salary much larger than
he was then receiving. At this time neither
any an It thought Of his being made Bishop be-
cause of Ills radical positions upon questions
which were not likely to make him popular.
But when advised by the leading men Of the
Church to accept its edltorsiilp because or
preferred to remain at work where he was.
In the course Of his Episcopal duties he
has not only attended the Conferences OF the
church in this country, but in 1878 he visited
Mexico, and in 1876 and 1877 he was = in Liberia
For several years his station has been at
Atlanta, Ga. Several works have appeared
from his pen, among them several travels,
the result of his observations H., II ten ysa5s
26oXe Ihey y n
France ae' and m Germany, =" National SERMONS"
g Our Next-Door Neighbor; or, A Winter in
Mexico" and s'Life of Father Taylor,
the Sailors Preacher" An. incident is
told Of his elsetioH lee no as RisRhop pcsSa1 Ma1e1
Of Music in 1872. He was a strong candidate,
and there was strong opposition to him. Some
person or persons Of t:lis opposition had