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222 While in England, he published two volumes of sermons on " Redemption," to meet the charge industriously urged that in his ministrations he " neglected the essentials for the externals of re- ligion." As they were simply specimens of his or- dinary parochial instructions, the accusation was amply refuted. On his return in October, 1825, his first sermon was a comparison of the institu- tions of the two countries. The key to its spirit was in the words " I love and revere England and its church ; but I love my own church and coun- try better." For a time, the feelings toward him of some of his English friends were chilled, but his hold upon his own countrymen was greatly strengthened. He took up the work of his office with renewed vigor and zeal. The diocese and state were then conterminous, and, though the par- ishes were much fewer than at the present day, the facilities for travel were so much less that the 3,000 miles of his visitation in 1826 represent an amount of exposure and fatigue not equalled by four times that distance by rail and steamer. So it continued for four years more. Educational in- stitutions, benevolent and religious societies that had risen under his own eye, required constant at- tention. The care of a rapidly enlarging diocese made ever increasing demands, till the apparently vigorous frame suddenly gave way; the active brain could order the pressing throng of public and official thoughts and cares no more ; and the warm, loving heart, which had never failed to- ward family and friends and the people of his charge, ceased from earthly emotion. His disorder, which was almost of life-long experience, had been kept in check by the use of stimulants. On this last visitation of his diocese he ceased to take the usual precaution, and virtually yielded up his life that he might " give no offence to the brethren," and to those who, to use his own words, on setting out on his journey, " flung the habit of the bishop in the teeth of the church." His remains, with those of his wife, rest beneath the chancel of Trinity church, New York, in a plain massive vault, constructed for the purpose. See his " Early Life and Professional Years," by Prof. McVickar of Columbia (New York, 1834 ; republished in Eng- land, with an introduction by Rev. W. Hook. — His youngest son, John Henry, clergyman, b. in New York city, 1 Oct., 1817; d. in Fishkill, N. Y., 31 Aug., 1889. He was graduated at Columbia in 1836, and in June, 1841, was ordained. He was engaged in mission work, and held various pastor- ates in 1841-'8, and was then assistant-minister of Trinity church, New York city, till 1863. In 1872 he accompanied Bishop Whittingham of Maryland, as his chaplain, to the Old Catholic congress in Cologne, Germany. For many years he was the rector of Trinity church, Fishkill, N. Y. Colum- bia gave him the degree of D. I), in 1856. Dr. Hobart was the last survivor of his father's seven children. He published "Instruction and Encour- agement for Lent " (New York, 1859) ; " Mediaeval- ism " (1877) ; and " Church Reform in Mexico " (1877) ; and also edited his father's " Festivals and Fasts" (27th ed., 1862), and "The Clergyman's Companion " (1863).

HOBART, Peter, clergyman, b. in Hingham, Norfolk, England, in 1604 ; d. in Hingham, Mass., 20 Jan., 1678. His father, Edmund Hobart. emi- grated to New England in 1633 and settled in Charlestown, Mass., but in 1635 removed to Hing- ham, which town he represented in the general court from 1639 till 1642. He died in 1646. The son was graduated at Cambridge, England, in 1629, and after teaching a grammar-school, held a pastorate in Haverhill, Suffolk, until 1635, when he joined his family in Charlestown, Mass. He settled a new town, which he called Hingham, and established a Congregational church, of which he was pastor until his death. Four of his sons, graduates of Harvard, were Congregational clergy- men, one of whom was the successor of JotUB Eliot, at Newton, in 1764. — His grandson, Noah, clergyman, b. in Hingham, Mass., 2 Jan., 1705 ; d. in Fairfield, Conn., 6 Dec, 1773, was graduated at Harvard in 1724, and was pastor of a Congrega- tional church in Fairfield, Conn., from 7 Feb., 1733, until his death. He took part in the controversy regarding the Episcopal church, and wrote, in be- half of Presbyterian ordination, a pamphlet en- titled " Serious Address to the Episcopal Separa- tion" (1748). He also published several sermons and " Principles of the Congregational Church " (1754). — His son, John Sloss, jurist, b. in Fair- field, Conn., in 1738 ; d. 4 Feb., 1805, was graduated at Yale in 1757, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised in New York state. He was a delegate to the provincial convention in 1775, a member of the New York congress, and one of the committee to draft the state constitution, 1 Aug., 1776. In July, 1777, he became judge of the New York district court. He held important offices in the state during the Revolutionary war, after which he was appointed one of the three judges of the su- preme court. He was elected IT. S. senator in Janu- ary, 1798, but resigned in May, and became judge of the U. S. district court of New York.

HOBBIE, Selah R., lawyer, b. in Newburg, N. Y., 10 March, 1797 ; d. in Washington, D. C, 23 March, 1854. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began to practise at Delhi, Delaware co., where he became district attorney in 1823, holding this office till 1827. He was also brigade- major and inspector of militia. He was a repre- sentative in congress from New York as a Demo- crat from 1827 till 1829. On the accession of Gen. Jackson to the presidency, he was appointed second assistant postmaster-general, which office he held till 1836, when he was made first assistant postmaster-general, and acted in this capacity till 1851, when he resigned. He was first assistant postmaster-general from 1853 till his death.

HOBBY, Sir Charles, soldier, b. about 1650; d. in London, England, in 1714. He was the son of William Hobby, a merchant of Boston. He held the rank of colonel, commanded a Massachusetts regiment, and was senior officer at the capture of Port Royal. He was knighted for his fortitude at the time of the earthquake in Jamaica in 1692. — His nephew, William, b. in Boston, Mass., 17 Aug., 1707 ; d. in Reading, Mass., 18 June, 1765, was graduated at Harvard in 1725. He was minis- ter of Reading from 1732 till his death. He pub- lished "Vindication of Whitefield" (1745); "Self- Examination " (1746) ; and a pamphlet against "Jonathan Edwards's Dismission" (1751).

HOBSON, Edward Henry, soldier, b. in Greensburg, Ky., 11 July. 1825. He was educated in common schools in Greensburg and Danville, Ky. In 1846 he enlisted in the 2d reghnent of Kentucky volunteers, and was soon promoted to 1st lieutenant, serving in the battle of Buena Vista, 22 and 23 Feb., 1847. He was mustered out of service in June, 1847, returned to Greensburg, and resumed mercantile business. He was a director of the Branch bank of Kentucky in 1853, and served as president from 1857 till 1861. He then organized and became colonel of the 13th Kentucky volunteers, serving at Camp Hobson till he moved southward with Gen. Buell's army in February,