Monrad, Ditler Gothard, a Danish prelate of note, was born at Copenhagen Nov. 24, 1811. In 1836 he passed his theological examinations, and was two years later honored by the title of D.D. In 1846 he was called to the pastorate of Vester Ulsler, in the dio- cese of Laaland. Having taken a prominent position in the national party, he was made chaplain JMarch 24, 1848, but occupied the position only until the following November, when he retired, together with most of his colleagues. He continued to take an active part in po- litical affairs until 1850, when he was created bishop of Laaland-Falster, and later figured as a cabinet officer until 1804. After the unsuccessful termination of the war against Prussia he migrated to New Zealand, where he died in 1874. He published valuable papers on the Ot'ganization of Schools in many large Protestant Cities (1844), besides which he issued mainly " Political Pam- phlets" (1839-42). See Vapereau, Diclionnaire Universel des Contenqjorains, s. v.
Monro, Alexander, D.D., an English prelate, was born in 1648, in the County of Ross. After having taught philosophy in the University of Aberdeen, he was principal of that of Edinburgh (1686), and had just been appointed bishop of the Orkney Islands when, re- fusing to take the oath of allegiance to William III, he lost that dignity. He was appointed in 1688 bishop of Argyle, but it is doidjtful whether he ever were institut- ed. He died in 1713. Bishop IMonro is the author of X IT Sermons (London, 1673, 8vo) :— Letter to Sir Robert Hoioard, occasioned by the Twofold Vindication of Arch- bishop Tillotson (1696) -.—hiquiry into the New Opinions of the Presbyterians, etc. (1696, 8vo). He was also the author of one of the four letters published as An Account of the Presmt Persecution of the Church of
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Scotland (1690, 4to, 68 pages). See Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and A mer. A uihors, voL ii, s. v.
Monroe, Andre'W, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal ('liiirch, South, called the patriarch of Mis- souri Methodism, was born in Hampshire County, Va., Oct. 29, 1792 ; was converted and joined the Church when but a youth. In March, 1815, he was licensed to preach, and sent to labor on the Fairfield Circuit. In the following year he was admitted on trial to the Ohio Conference. In 1824 he was transferred to Missouri, and stationed at St. Louis; he returned the next year, and was then placed over the St. Louis District, which embraced the entire state. He was a member of eleven General Conferences, and took an active part in the es- tablishment of the Church, South. He died in Mexico, Mo., Nov. 18, 1871. His several appointments were: 1816, Jefferson Circuit; 1H17, Franklin Circuit; 1818, Fountain Head Circuit; 1819, Bowling flreen. In the Kentucky Conference : 1820, lIoi)kinsvillc ; 1821 and 1822, Maysville ; 1823, presiding elder of Augusta Dis- trict. In the Missouri Conference : 182-1 and 1825, St. Louis Station; 18-26 and 1827, presiding elder of Mis- souri District ; 1828 and 1829, St. Louis Station ; 1830, St. Louis District; 1831, left, by re(iuest, without an appointment ; 1832 to 1835, presiding elder of St. Louis District ; 1836 and 1837, Missouri District ; 1838, Co- lumbia District; 1839 and 1840, agent of St. Charles Col- lege; 1841 and 1842, St.Charics Station, and agent of the college ; 1843, presiding elder of St. Charles Dis- trict ; 1844 and 1845, presiding elder of St. Charles Dis- trict, and agent of the college ; 184G to 1849, presiding €lder of Columbia District ; 1850 and 1851, Fayette Cir- cuit ; 1852 and 1853, presiding elder of Hannibal Dis- trict ; 1854, transferred to the St. Louis Conference, and appointed superintendent of Kansas Mission District ; 1855, transferred back to the Missouri Conference, and appointed presiding elder of Fayette District ; 1856 to 1859, presiding older of St. Charles District ; 1860, agent of Central College; 1861 and 1862, Fayette Circuit; 1863 and 1864, Brunswick District; 1865, Faj'ette Dis- trict; 1866 and 1867, Conference missionary; 1869 to 1870, St. Charles District ; 1871, Conference missionarj^ It is not within the scope of this sketch to enter into any exhaustive analysis of a life so protracted, aims so single and sublime, purposes so pertinaciously adhered to through a long, eventful course. His name is his- toric : scarcely a book of Methodist annals has appeared ■within half a century past that does not contain it. See McFerrin, I/isl. of Meth. in Tenn. ii, 473 ; Minutes of Conference (f Meih. Episc. Ch., South (1872) ; Elliott, Hist, of the Meth. Episc. Ch. in the South-west, p. 74 and sq.
Monroe, Jonathan, an American Methodist min- ister, was born in Annapolis, Md., June 11, 1801 ; joined the Baltimore Conference, and was appointed to Alle- ghany Circuit in 1825; in 1826, to Concord; in 1827 he was ordained deacon by bisliop Soule, and a[)pointed to Shamokcn; in 1828, to Lewistown; in 1829 he was or- dained elder by bishop IM-Kendree, and appointed to Concord; in 1830, to Gettysburg; in 1831, to Shrews- bury; in 1833, to Patapsco": in 1835, to Calvert; in 1837, to Lewistown; in 1839, to Warrior's Mark; in 1841, to Huntingdon; in 1843, to Bedford; in 1845, to Westmin- ster; in 1847, to Liberty; in 1849, to Jlontgomery; in 1850. to Gettysburg; in i8.V2, to :Mcchanicsburg; in 1854, to :Mcr<(rsburg; in 1856. to East Hartford; in 1858, to Great Falls; in 1859, to Hereford; in 1861, to Westmin- ster; in 1863, to Emmitsburg; and in 1864 he became supernumerary, and retired to Westminster, Carroll County, Md., where he died, Dec. 4, 1869. His Cliris- tian virtues, uniform piety, and tievotion to his calling demonstrated the power of divine grace in his life, and endeared him to all who knew him. .See Minutes <f Bidllim.rc Cnnfrencefn- 1«70.