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was well-born ; the family of Israel of Baltimore was a 

 sturdy people. He received his education at Baltimore 

 and at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. Leaving the latter 

 before his graduation, he entered the ministry of the Meth- 

 odist Episcopal Church. He received his first appointment 

 as colleague of the late Eev. Robert Cadden, at Fort Royal, 

 Va., in 1845, whose daughter, Elizabeth S., he married 

 at Baltimore, March 28, 1850. 



His theological views having undergone a change in 

 later years, he accepted a call to the Unitarian church 

 at Wilmington, Del., where he remained several years. 

 He seemed to have joined the Unitarians, without having 

 left the Methodists ; honoring the great leaders of the 

 Methodist reform, Puritans in their way as were the early 

 New Englanders. To the day of his death, he retained 

 his love for his old conference and his former church com- 

 panions. He was installed pastor of the First Church in 

 Salem, Mass., March 8, 1877. 



Since coming to Salem he manifested a strong and lib- 

 eral public spirit. He took an interest in everything per- 

 taining to the welfare of the community. He was eminently 

 a man of the people. Philanthropic at heart, he practised a 

 broad generosity. He early associated himself with the 

 Essex Institute, was interested in its work ; frequently an 

 attendant upon its meetings, taking an active part in the 

 proceedings ; was usually on some of the standing com- 

 mittees and frequently placed on those appointed for special 

 purposes. He was a member of the committee of arrrange- 

 rnents on the commemoration of the two hundred and 

 fiftieth anniversary of the landing of John Endicott, at 

 Salem, Sept. 6, 1628, O. S., under the auspices of the 

 Essex Institute. 



His reverence and love for the old church of which he 

 was the pastor was most profound, and his views upon the 



