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and in 1881 he opened an office for himself. After 

 practicing for three years, he abandoned the law, ac- 

 cepted an engagement to sing with the American 

 Opera Company, and in 1886 went to London, where 

 he became a popular salon singer. He made his ap- 

 pearance at Palmer's Theater, New York city, in 

 August, 1886, in the operetta "Josephine sold by her 

 Sisters." in which he sang with Miss Louise Parker, 

 whom he afterward married. Subsequently he cre- 

 ated the title part in Sullivan's " Ivanhoe," under the 

 management of D'Oyly Carte ; made a successful mu- 

 sical trip to Moscow ; appeared last in New York in 

 1889 in " Clover," with the McCaull Opera Company ; 

 and achieved a great success in London in 1893 in 

 " Eugene Ouegin." Mr. Oudin composed several pop- 

 ular ballads and the opera " Zaida," and translated 

 into Etiirlish many of Nidor's French songs. 



Paddock, John Adams, clergyman, born in Norwich, 

 Conn., Jan. 19, 1825 ; died in Santa Barbara, Cal., 

 March 3, 1894. He was graduated at Trinity College, 

 Hartford, in 1845, and at the General Theological 

 Seminary, New York city, in 1849. In the latter year 

 he was ordained a deacon in Cheshire, Conn., and in 

 1850 a priest in Christ Church, Stratford, Conn., of 

 which he was rector for five years. He was called to 

 St. Peter's Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1855, and re- 

 mained there till 1880, when he was appointed Mis- 

 sionary Bishop of Washington (then a Territory). In 

 1892 the General Convention of the Church divided 

 Washington into the dioceses of Olympia and Spo- 

 kane, and placed the former under the charge of Dr. 

 Paddock. He received the degree of S. T. D. from 

 Trinity College in 1860. 



Passavant, William Alfred, clergyman, born in Zeli- 

 enople, Pa., Oct. 9, 1821 ; died in Pittsburg, Pa., June 

 3, 1894. He was graduated at Jefferson College in 

 1840, and later at the theological seminarv in Get- 

 tysburg, Pa. In 1842 he was licensed by the Mary- 

 land Synod, and in the same year became pastor of a 

 congregation in a suburb of Baltimore, Ma. While 

 still at the seminary he had gathered the facts and 

 figures for the first Lutheran almanac published in 

 America, which in 1842-'44 attained a circulation of 

 19,000 copies in English and 11,000 in German. Dur- 

 ing his pastorate in Baltimore he had temporary 

 charge of the "Lutheran Observer." In 1844 he was 

 ordained and became pastor of the first English 

 Lutheran congregation in Pittsburg, Pa., where he 

 remained for eleven .years and only resigned when 

 he gave himself specially to philanthropic work. In 

 1845 he was instrumental in organizing the Pittsburg 

 Synod, and for years he served either as its president, 

 secretary, or missionary president. Under his inspi- 

 ration mission work was begun and carried on in 

 Texas and in Canada, out of which grew the synods 

 that bear these names. In 1846 the Pittsburg synod 

 sent him as delegate to the first convention of the 

 Evangelical Alliance in London. An incident there 

 changed the course of his life. Driven by a sudden 

 rain storm into an open court for shelter, he found 

 himself in a Jewish orphanage, over the door of 

 which was the inscription, " Within the orphan shall 

 find a home." He inspected the institution, realized 

 that in his church at home there was only one insti- 

 tution of this kind, and resolved that he would do 

 something for the establishment of similar institu- 

 tions. Extending his travels to the Continent, he 

 visited Theodore Fliedner, at Kaiserswerth on the 

 Rhine, and studied his work, begun but ten years 

 before, for the training of Protestant deaconesses. 

 Mr. Passavant placed a small sum of money with 

 Pastor Fliedner, and engaged him to prepare several 

 deaconesses, _ who might come to the United States 

 and help him to establish a hospital. Returning 

 from Europe, he began labor for the proposed hospi- 

 tal. After many trials he dedicated the Pittsburg 

 Infirmary, now known as Passavant Hospital, and, in 

 1849, Pastor Fliedner brought 4 deaconesses from 

 Kaiserswerth and installed them as nurses. During 

 the civil war, with several of the deaconesses, Dr. 

 Passavant went to the front to distribute supplies and 



aid in the hospitals. At Fort Monroe their services 

 received special recognition from the Government. 

 Thus the order of Protestant deaconesses was intro- 

 duced into America, and Dr. Passavant was the first 

 one to call the attention of the Church in this coun- 

 try to its efficient labors. He also undertook the work 

 of establishing homes for orphans. His first orphan- 

 age was established at Lacyville (now Keed Street). 

 Pittsburg, and was the beginning of a movement that 

 has resulted in the establishment of 35 such homes 

 within the Lutheran Church, and also some among 

 churches of other denominations. He established a 

 hospital in Milwaukee, in 1864, with which is con- 

 nected a training school for deaconesses to care for 

 the sick in this hospital and in those that he subse- 

 quently established in Chicago and Jacksonville, 111. 

 He personally managed all these institutions, cared 

 for their welfare, and secured the means for their 



support without ever asking anybody for mone. In 

 845 Dr. Passavant began the publi 

 Missionary," a monthly journal, which, in 1861, 



1845 Dr. Passavant began the publication of the 

 " Missionary," a monthly journal, which, in 1861 r 

 was united with the " Lutheran." In 1880 he founded 

 the " Workman," a biweekly journal, which he 

 edited until his death, with the exception of one 

 year. In 1864 he assisted in the establishment of the 

 Theological Seminary at Philadelphia ; in 1860 he 

 founded Thiel College, at Greenville, Pa. Greens- 

 burg and Connoquenessing Academies were largely 

 aided by him. He is the founder of the theological 

 seminary at Chicago, opened in 1891, and he gave it 

 about $50,000. 



Patterson, Kobert Wilson, educator, born in Mary- 

 ville, Tenn., Jan. 21, 1814; died in Evanston, 111., 

 Feb. 28, 1894. He was graduated at Illinois College 

 in 1837 ; studied theology at Lane Seminary ; was 

 ordained and installed pastor of the Second Presby- 

 terian Church in Chicago, 111., Sept. 14, 1842, and 

 held this charge till his resignation in 1873. In 1873- 

 '81 he was Professor of Christian Evidences and 

 Ethics in the Theological Seminary of the North- 

 west; in 1876-'78 was President of Lake Forest 

 University ; and in 1880-'83 lecturer in Lane Semi- 

 nary. He received the degrees of D. D. from Hamil- 

 ton College, and LL. D. from Lake Forest Univer- 

 sity. Dr. Patterson was Moderator of the General 

 Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (New School),, 

 at Wilmington, Del., in 1859. 



Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, educator, born in Billeri- 

 ca, Mass., May 16, 1804; died in Jamaica Plain, Bos- 

 ton, Jan. 3, 1894. She engaged in teaching at the 

 age of sixteen, her first pupils being her sisters, one 

 of whom afterward married Nathaniel Hawthorne, 

 and the other married Horace Mann. At eighteen 

 she studied Greek under Emerson, and the acquaint- 

 ance thus formed led her among the Transcendental- 

 ists. She assisted Bronson Alcott in his school, and 

 was for some time a literary assistant to Dr. Chan- 

 ning. But her principal title to remembrance is the 

 fact that she was very largely instrumental in intro- 

 ducing the kindergarten into the United States. She 

 retained to the end of her days an active interest in 

 the life about her, and until a year or two before her 

 death might be seen at lectures and other gatherings 

 as an interested listener. The following are her pub- 

 lished books : " Records of a School " ; " Spiritual 

 Culture " ; " Dick Harbinger, the Pioneer " ; " The 

 Present " ; " Introduction to Grammar " ; " First Steps 

 to History" (Boston, 1833) ; " Key to History of the 

 Hebrews " (1833) ; " Key to Grecian History " (1833) ; 

 " Chronological History of the United States " (New 

 York, 1856); "Memorial of Dr. William Wessel- 

 hoeft" (Boston, 1859) ; " Polish-American System of 

 Chronology" (New York, 1852) ; "The ^Esthetic Pa- 

 pers " (edited, Boston, 1849) ; " Crimes of the House 

 of Austria" (edited, New York, 1852) ; "Kindergar- 

 ten in Italy " (1872 ) ; " Reminiscences of William 

 Ellery Channing, D. D." (Boston, 1880) ; " Lectures m 

 the Training School for Kindergartners " ("Boston, 

 1886); "Last Evening with Allston, and Other Pa- 

 pers " (Boston, 1886) ; " Education in the Home, the 

 Kindergarten, etc." (London, 1887). 



