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Mrs. Moran contributed 58 examples of her work, 

 nmnv of the plates being large. Her more im- 

 portant etchings include East Hampton Barrens, 

 Twilight, Twixt the Gloaming and the Mirk, 



Point Isabel, Ha.; 

 . Th<- Goose Pond. 

 I East Hampton; 

 Georgica Pond, 

 An Old Home- 

 stead. East Hamp- 

 ton; A California 

 Forest, and The 

 Haunt of the 

 Muskrat. At the 

 Chicago Columbi- 

 an Exposition, in 

 1893, she received 

 a medal and a, 

 diploma for etch- 

 ings. Mrs. Moran 

 had a finely cul- 

 tivated intellect 

 and a wide range 

 of interests, in- 

 cluding intimate 



knowledge of trees and flowers and practical 

 work among them. As wife, mother, home 

 maker, neighbor, and friend she possessed all the 

 qualities that brighten life and dignify woman- 

 hooda rounded character, perfect in its natural- 

 ness and simplicity. 



Murray, James Ormsbee, educator, born in 

 Camden. S. C., Nov. 27, 1827; died in Princeton, 

 N. J., March 27, 1899. He was graduated at 

 Brown University in 1850, spent a year there as 

 instructor in Greek, and was graduated at An- 

 dover Theological Seminary in 1854. Soon after- 

 ward he was called to the pastorate of the Con- 

 gregational Church at South Danvers (now Pea- 

 body), Mass., where he remained till 1861. He 

 then spent four years with the Prospect Street 

 Church in Cambridgeport, which he left to be- 

 come the associate of the late Rev. Dr. Gardiner 

 Spring, in the Brick Presbyterian Church, New 

 York. On the death of Dr. Spring, in 1873, Dr. 

 Murray succeeded to the pastorate. His connec- 

 tion with Princeton University began in 1874, 

 when he was elected Professor of Belles-Lettres 

 and English Language and Literature. In 1886 

 the office of dean of the faculty of Princeton was 

 created, and Dr. Murray was chosen its first in- 

 cumbent. He was also elected a trustee of the 

 college in 1867 and 1883. In 1867 he received the 

 degree of D. D. from Princeton, and in 1885 that 

 of LL. D. from Brown. The respect in which he 

 was held by the students is best attested by the 

 fact that he never was nicknamed, but was al- 

 ways spoken of as Dr. Murray or the dean. He 

 was especially popular in his lectures on the poets, 

 dramatists, and prose writers of the seventeenth, 

 eighteenth, and early part of the nineteenth cen- 

 turies. His publications include Life of Francis 

 Wayland; George Ide Chace: A Memorial; In- 

 troduction, with Bibliography, to Cowper's Po- 

 etical Works; William Gammell: A Biographical 

 Sketch, with Selections from his Writings; Lec- 

 tures on English Literature; and a compilation 

 of Church hymns, The Sacrifice of Praise. 



Nafziger, Christian, clergyman, born in 

 Hesse-Nassau, Germany, May 30, 1819; died in 

 Hopedale, 111., March 6, 1899. He was educated 

 at Augsburg, Bavaria. In 1845 he settled in 

 Pekin, III., and in March, 1855, he was appointed 

 minister of the Amish Mennonite Church, at 

 Hopedale, 111., and in October, 1861, was made its 

 senior bishop. He furnished the site and super- 

 intended the erection of the present church. 



Neely Henry Adams, clergyman, born in 

 Fayetteville. N. Y., May 14, 1830; died in Port- ! 

 land, Me., Oct. 31, 1899. He was graduated in j 

 1849 at Hobart College, where he was subse- 

 quently tutor. He took deacon's orders in the 

 Episcopal Church in 1852, and was admitted to 

 the priesthood in 1854. He was successively rec- $ 

 tor of Calvary Church, Utica, N. Y. (1853-'55), j 

 and Christ Church, Rochester, N. Y. (1855-'62), j 

 and from 1862 to 1864 was chaplain of Hobart 

 College. From 1864 he was an assistant at Trin- 

 ity Church, New York city, till he was elected 

 Bishop of Maine in October, 1866. For some years ; 

 he was rector of St. Luke's parish, Portland, but ; 

 on the establishment of a diocesan fund for the 

 support of the episcopate he resigned this office. 

 Through his efforts St. Luke's Cathedral and the 1 

 bishop's residence were erected, and he was instru- ] 

 mental in establishing St. Catherine's Hall as a | 

 girls' school, at Augusta, and St. John's School 

 for Boys, at Presque Isle. He was an extremely 

 conservative High Churchman, his doctrinal posi- 

 tion not differing essentially from that of the 

 early Tractarians in England. In the matter of 

 ceremony he was not a ritualist, and the service 

 at St. Luke's Cathedral was very simple. Yet 

 he was a broad-minded man in spite of his theo- 

 logical position, and was on cordial terms with 

 clergymen of his Church who held views widely 

 differing from his, as well as with clergymen of 

 other churches. 



Newman, John Philip, clergyman, born in 

 New York city, Sept. 21, 1826; died in Saratoga, 

 N. Y., July 5, 1899. He studied theology, was re- 

 ceived into Oneida Methodist Episcopal Confer- 

 ence, and began preaching in 1849. His first pas- 

 torate was in Canastota, N. Y. In 1855 he was 

 transferred to Troy Conference, and in 1857 was 

 appointed to a charge in Albany, where he began 

 to attract attention as a preacher. In 1860-'61 

 he studied abroad and visited Egypt and Pales- 

 tine. On his return he was stationed in Hamil- 

 ton and Albany, N. Y., in New York city, and in 

 1864-'69 in New Orleans, where he established 

 several conferences, two colleges, and the New 

 Orleans Advocate. In 1869 he was called to the 

 Metropolitan Church in Washington, D. C. He 

 was pastor there three years, and again in 1875- 

 '78. He was chaplain of three Congresses, and 

 was appointed by President Grant inspector of 

 United States consulates in Asia. In 1879 he 

 went to the Central Methodist Church, New York 

 city, and in 1882 to Madison Avenue Congrega- 

 tional Church, where he remained two years. He i 

 then visited California, returning East in season 

 to be with Gen. Grant in his fatal illness. In 

 1885 he entered on a third pastorate of the Metro- 

 politan Church, and three years later he was 

 elected bishop. He received the degree of D. D. 

 from the University of Rochester in 1863, and 

 of LL. D. from Grant Memorial and Otterbein 

 Universities in 1881. Bishop Newman was noted 

 for his eloquence. His publications include 

 From Dan to Beersheba (New York, 1864); 

 Babylon and Nineveh (1875); Christianity Tri- 

 umphant (1884); Evenings with the Prophets on 

 the Lost Empires and America for Americans 

 (Washington, 1887); and The Supremacy of 

 Law (1890). 



Nichols, Henry E., naval officer, born in New 

 York; died off Paranaque, Philippine Islands, f 

 June 10, 1899. He entered the United States | 

 Naval Academy, Oct. 1, 1861, and was promoted 

 ensign, Dec. 1, 1866; master, March 12, 1868; 

 lieutenant, March 26, 1869; lieutenant com- 

 mander, Jan. 1, 1881; commander, June 25, ! 

 1891; and captain, March 3, 1899.. He served 



