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in 1847. During his university course he accepted the position 

 of assistant editor of the New York Sirn, offered him by the edi- 

 tor, Mr. Moses Y. Beach. Taking a theological course at the 

 Theological Seminary of the Reformed Dutch Church, at Nevv 

 Brunswick, N. J., he graduated from that institution in 1850 ; 

 received his ministerial license the same year from the Classis of 

 New York ; and immediately entered upon his nrst pastorate in 

 the Reformed Church at Cortlandtown, Westchester County, N. Y 

 which position he held until 1852. He then filled successive 

 pastorates in Reformed churches, at Gilboa, N. Y., from 1852 to 

 1854, and at Keyport, N. J., from 1S54 to 1869. 



In 1867 he was appointed Superintendent of Instruction for 

 Monmouth County, N. J., and for a more central position in this 

 field of labor he moved his residence to Freehold in 1870. It 

 was in this office, which he held until the time of his death, that 

 he rendered service in behalf of public education which will long 

 be remembered for its faithfulness and efficiency. 



An interested student of nature from his youngest days, he pos- 

 sessed the enthusiasm, patience, and assiduity which especially 

 succeed in exploring and interpreting the secrets of wonder and 

 beauty veiled from the careless crowd. He took delight in an- 

 nouncing to others what he had learned, as is evidenced by his 

 numerous publications during many years in scientific serials of 

 this and foreign lands, and by his numerous addresses before 

 scientific bodies of our own country. 



During his pastorate at Gilboa, Schoharie County, N. Y., he 

 made a special study of the local geology, which resulted in dis- 

 coveries confirming opinions of the grandeur of the Devonian pe- 

 riod, and in a notable palseontological collection, now at Rutgers 

 College, New Jersey. It was of this collection that Prof. George H. 

 Cook, afterward State Geologist of New Jersey, is said to have 

 exclaimed, on displaying it before the students : '' If Hugh Miller 

 were living he would want to cross the Atlantic to see it." 



At Keyport, N. J., he found a different but no less fascinating 

 field of nature spread out before him, which he enthusiastically 

 cultivated, and in relation to which he issued various noted publi- 

 cations on palaeontology and marine zoology. It was during this 

 period — 1867 — that the Nevv York University conferred on him 

 the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. 



