Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-06
BISHOP .uuRsT.
Ms Death At Washington From
PARALYSIS.
BRIEF SKETCH oFsHIsiuFE.

Washington, May 3.-Bishop John
Fletcher Hurst, OF the Methodist Epis-
copal church here, died this morning.
He had been in failing health for near
ly two years. He was stricken with
paralysis last September. The news
of President McKinley's assassination
Frustrated him and the shock brought
on a rapid decline, which resulted in
his death.
Bishop John Fletcher Hurst, ID. D.,
Ii. D., was born near Salem, Dor
chester county, Nd, August II. 1884.
He graduated at Dickinson college in
1854. He spent two years teaching an
Gent languages in Hedding institute,
New York. He then went to Germany,
where he studied theology in the Uni
versity of Halla and Heidelberg. He
then returned to the United States and
entered the Newark Methodist Epis-
COZ al conference. In this conference
he had several good appointments,
such as I%rvington, Passaic, Elizabeth
and Staten Island. He then was ap-
pointed in charge of the mission insti-
tute of the German Methodist Episco-
pal church in Bremen, Germany, which
was afterwards removed to Frankfort.
on-the-Main. under the name of the
Martin Biblical Institute. He continued
in charge Of said school for three
years, visiting also Russia. %Scandana-
Wan countries. France, Switzerland, 1t.
ally, Great Britain, Greece. Syria and
Egypt. In 1871 he returned to the
United States to become professor of
historical theology in the Drew Theo-
logical Seminary, at Madison, N. J.,
and in 1873 was elected president of
said school. He published several
books, History of Rationalism, T." Mar
tyrs to the Tract Cause" Outlines of
Bible History Life and Literature in
the Fatherland.' Outlines of Church
History" which was also translated
into Spanish; also Our Theological
Century" He also translated and ed
tied Hazenbach's History of the
Church in the Eighteenth and Nine
teenth Centuries" Van Vosterzie's
Lectures in Defense of Johns Cos
pel;." Large's Commentary on the
Epistle to the Romans" and the mo
raj Essays of l.. Annesis Seneca"
At the general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, held in
Cincinnati in 1880. DR.. Hurst was
elected n Of the bishops OF said
church. Since that time he has been
before the church and the people so
prominently that no further mention
of him is necessary until he took upon
himself the founding of the Am
erican University" at Washington, ID.
c. This was his browning work.
He was chancellor of the university
for several years. His failing health
made his resignation a necessity,
which took place December 10 of last
year, Bishop C. C. McCabe, d. D.,
was then elected chancellor. While
Rev. Hurst was recognized leader in
founding the university Bishops Simp-
son. Ames and Newman aided much
in lay lg foundations. One hundred
thousand dollars were raised with
which to pay for the site almost be-
fore the church knew that such a thing
had been thought Of. Ninety-three
acres Of and for site N campus
alone cost about n million dollars.
The entire assets now AMOUNT to ST.
423 $50. On the 14th day of last May
President Roosevelt laid the corner
stone of the Mckinley Memorial of the
university and other buildings will be
pushed to completion as rapidly as
possible. Its noble founder has passed
away, but his works will follow him,
and the Methodist people. pleased with
their achievement of twenty million
dollars as a thank offering for the OPP
euing of the twentieth century will see
that the efforts of Bishop Hurst to
found and build up a great school have
not been in vain. He deserves the
more because he did mis- work so quiet
ly n yet SO grandly. This man con-
ceived the thought of the university in
his great soul for ten years before he
really began to lay his plans. He
thought OF II, he prayed about 1t, he
spoke of II to his special friends and
only lived 10 see the beginning of the
great school.