odist Episcopal Church, was born near Frederick City, Md.j April 23, 1769. He was admitted into the Church as a seeker of religion in 1790, and soon after experienced a change of heart. In August, 1793, he was licensed to preach, and in the following October was admitted on trial into the conference held in Baltimore. For about ten years he labored in Western Virginia, Kentucky, anil the North-west, in the face of dangers, loss, and extreme hardships. Mr. Stnith was actively employed in the work of a travelling preacher forty-two years. In 1835 he took a superannuated relation, and settled in Hookstown, Baltimore Co., Md., where he continued to reside until his death, in 1862. Mr. Smith published an autobiography, A n Old Itinerant Preacher (New York, 12mo). See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1863, p. 17. Smith, Henry Boynton, D.D., LL.D., an emi- nent Presbyterian minister and educator, was born in Portland, Me., Nov. 21, 1815. He graduated at Bowdoin College in 1834, and remained as tutor in the same for some time. He prosecuted his theological studies at Bangor and at the Andover Theological Seminary. De- siring to pursue them still further, he went to Halle and Berlin, (iermany. Here he developed his pecidiarly Germanic conception of scholarship in the breadth of scope, and that critical accuracy, that patient and labori- ous research of study, which marked him so strong- ly even among the conspicuous American students of that day. In 1842 he became pastor of the Congre- gational Church at West Amesbury, Mass., which posi- tion he held for five years, enjoying happy and affec- tionate relations with the congregation. Two years from the above time, he rilled the chair of Hebrew in the Andover Seminary in connection with his pastoral duties. In 1847 he accepted the professorship of mental and moral philoso|)hy in Amherst College, whence, after a service of three years, he went, at the anxious solicita- tion of Dr. Adams and the trustees and faculty, to the Union Theological Seminar}', New York city. He was called originally to the professorship of Cluirch historv, but it was subsequently exchanged for the chair of sys- tematic the(dogy in 1855, which he held until 1873, a period of eighteen years, when, broken down by un- remitting toil, he retired from the chair, but was still retained in connection with the faculty as emeritus pro- fessor of apologetics until his death, Feb. 7, 1877. In speaking of himself he said, "My life has been given to the seminary," and it may be added that it was characterized by a lucid intensity. To strangers he seemed distant and unapproachable. He was not in any sense of the word magnetic ; yet though he did not seem to draw, he never repelled. He took a deep and abiding interest in the stutients, and held them "with hooks of steel." He was punctual in his attend- ance at church, being latterly a member of Dr. Prentiss's Church of the Covenant, which he was principally in- strumental in organizing in 1862, where on Sabbath and at the week-day prayer-meetings he was always found, taking an active part when his health woidd permit. His piety was of a pure, deep, and even kind. He en- tered into the discussions of the higher judicatories of the Church, In all matters of Church polity he was at home, and in the discussions relating to the contemplat- ed reunion of the New and Old School branches of the Church he took an active interest. As moderator of the New-school tJeneral Assembly in 1864, his utterances on Christian union were in the highest degree impressive, and conduced greatly to bring about the happy result which four years later was so successfully accomplished. As a delegate to the General Assembly in 18(i7 his sound sense as well as modesty was made apparent. On the presentation of the plan of reunion there wanted but a few lines to bind it stronger, and tlie two lines offered bj' Prof. Smith and sent up to the Assembly of 1868 became one of the strongest strands of the bond of imion. The words were, " It being understood that this confession is received in its proper — that is, historical — Calrinistic or Reformed sense." Dr. Jessup, writing from Beinit
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in 1877, thus speaks of a visit made by Prof. Smith to Syria a few years iK-fore: "As I write there rises a vi- sion before my iniml of two of tlie I^inl's eminent saints who met on yoiuier heij^hLs of Lebanon, and are now walking; the p>l.ien streets in the New .lerusalem. I re- fer to Simeon H. Calhoun and Henry H. Smitli. When Profs. Smith, Park, and Hitchcock visited tliis land a few vears ai^o. they came up to Aln-ih, on Jit. Lebanon, to meet .Mr. Callioun. I'rof. Smitli was my guest, and il was a rich treat to me to have a visit from my old teacher. At the time of my graduation in 1855, our class invited him to a social gathering one evening. He made a brief aihlress. but so sententious that it seemed apostolic. He said. ' W'lien I went to (Jerniany, I passed through an intens*- struggle with rationalistic doubt and unbelief. Hut in the midst of it all tliere came before me a vision of Clirist, so distinct, s*) sweet — of Christ as a Person, a living, divine, and human Saviour — that all shadows were tlriveii away, ami I never doubted vaoK. This vision of Christ we all must have. No man can lie a true and living Christian until he has had this vision of a hving Christ.' The whole seniiinent and substance of his theological lectures was permeated with this glorious conception of Christ. He seemed to lift up his pupils to the same high plane on which he himself stood. It brings heaven nearer to think that such men as Calhoun and Smith are actually there, for heaven seemed to be in them while they were here." In the April number, 1M77, of the Prinretim Ita-iew is an editorial by Dr. Atwaler on Prof. Smith, who was his colleague in the couiluct of the Review for a period of nine years. This noble tribute is followed by one from Dr. Sherwood. It contains a reminiscence of Prof. Smith's labors as an editor of the Revieir, an<l the larg- est Contributor to its columns. It contains a list of the titles <if all his contrilmiions to the several Reviews \\\t\\ which he was connected and the date of their appear- ance, making live pages of the Review. The record will prove of special interest to many who may wish to read or reread the always interesting, and often elaborate and fxtwerful. product ions of his pen. He be(ineathed his large and valuable library to the Union Seminary. Dr. Smith's [irincipal publications are as follows: T/ie Relations of Fuilli mill I'liiliisiijihi/ : — Xaluie mid W'lirth iiftlie Science of Vliurrh J/iitori/ : — Problem of the I'hilosophy of His- tory: — The Refnrmed Churches of Europe mid AineHca in Reliilion to (lenerul Church llistnrt/ : — The Idea of Christiiin Theoloi/y its <i System ; mi .1 ryimentfor Chns- liiin Ci>Uer/es: — Histort/oflhe Churrh of Christ: — Chron- oliif/iciil Ttihles: — .1 Synchrotiir Vieirifthe Events, Chtw- arters, mid Culture ofeiirh Period, inrludini) the History of Polity. Worship, lAterntnre, mid hoclnues, toyether wi/h It Suppleuieiitiiry Tiihle on the Church in Americti, and an Ajijtenilix contiiininy the Series of Councih, Popes, Piitriiirrhs, ntul other liishops, and n Full Index, making matter for four large volumes of print: — A Trmisliition of llr.Cieseler's Terl-hook of Churrh //h- tory: — Translation of Itr. Ilayeiihurh's Christian Doc- trines:— .-J l)isrourse on I'hristian i'nion and Ecclesias- tical Reunion In-fore the Ceneral Assembly of 18(!-1: — Slate of Relitjinu in the I'uited States in a Report made to. the Eranifelical Allimire: — Numerous contributions to the .1 mriican Thndoyical Review and to the liiblio- Iherii Sacra. .See .Mlibone, iJict. of JJrit. and Anier. Authors. KV. (\V. P. S.J