climate, the ban) work, and plenty of it. and harder fare were jusi what Infinite Wisdom saw I needed. I praise the Lord to this day for Dunham Circuil : ii sav ed me from an early grave." His next lid. 1 of labor was in the
wilderness lying north of Lake < Intario. To this region be was sent as the tirst minister of the Gospel, within about twelve months after the firsl settlement had been made. He established his appointments, organized his circuit, which be travelled on foot, making bis way through the trackless foreBl by the aid of a com], ass, and carrying with him "an Indian hatchet, as a defence against wild beasts and as a means of constructing bridges over streams of water too deep to ford." From
1820 to 1828 Mr. Reed was a member of Genesee Con- ference. He tilled some of its most, important stations, and. when twenty-eight years of age, was appointed presiding elder of Susquehanna District. After eight years he was again transferred to New York Conference and stationed at Rhinebeck, and subsequently in New York city. Brooklyn, Poughkeepsie, and other important tields of labor, including New Haven District. In 1848 he was transferred to Oneida Conference, to which he gave fourteen years of effective service, including seven years in the office of presiding elder. In (he year 1862 he was compelled by increasing bodily infirmities to retire to the superannuated relation, and thereafter, though his love for the work never abated, be preached only as health and opportunity would permit. He died Oct. 10, 1871. leaving behind the record of a life well spent in the service of his heavenly Master. See Chris- tian Idvocate, Dec. 0. 1871.
Reed, John ( I), D.D.. an American Unitarian di- vine, was born in Framingham, Mass.. m 1751, and was educated at Yale » lollege, class of 1772. He studied for the ministry, and became pastor at Bridgewater, Ma—.. in 1780. He finally took interest in political affairs, and was a member of Congress from 1794 to 1800. He died in 1831. He published various sermons and theological treatises of passing value. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, viii, 143.
Reed, John ( 2), D.D.. a clergyman of the Protes- tant Episcopal ( 'hurch.was horn at Wickford, I.'. I., a1 t
1777. He had his thoughts early turned towards the ministry, and went to Union College with a view to greater efficiency in the sacred work. < >n May -.'7. 1806, he was made a deacon, and on dune 17. 1808, priest His firsl pastorate was at St. Luke's Church, Catskill, N. Y. In 1810 he became rector at Chris) Church. Poughkeepsie, and there preached for thirty-five years, in his latter years having the aid of an assistant. He
died duly 6, 1845. A tablet, erected in the church by the vestry, records the high respect and veneration in
which he was held by his parish. He was a careful ob- server, a diligent student, a man of God, and an accept- able preacher. "His whole demeanor." said the Kev.
Dr. John Brown, of Newburgh, N. Y.. at the funeral service, " showed that his [ Reed's] besl treasure was in heaven." He published a small work in defence of episcopacy, and two or three separate Sermons. See Sprague, Annals of tin Anu-r. f'n/jiit, v. 506 50!): Alli- hone. Diet, of Brit, and Amer. Authors, s. v. (J. II. W. )
Reed, Joseph, a Roman Catholic priest, was horn at Waterbury, Conn., aboul 1845. In 1869 ho was or- dained at Troy, N. Y.. and, after supplying a mission at Birmingham, Conn., and serving as a curate at the cathedral in Providence, R. I., was appointed secretary and chancellor of the diocese of Hartford. Conn. He died in 1877.
Reed, Nelson, a pioneer minister of the Methodisl Episcopal Church, was born in Ann Arundel County, Mil.. Nov. 27, 1751. Nothing positive is known of his early history. In 177'.) his name appears on the min- utes as a travelling preacher, and be is believed to have thus preached for lour years. His appointments were. in 177!» to Fluvanna; in 1780, Amelia : in 1781, Calvert : in 1782, Little York ; in 1783, Caroline ; in 1784, Dover. From 1785 to 1796 he had the charge of districts in Maryland and Virginia. In I7:»t', he was stationed at l-ell's Point; in l7o7. at Baltimore city; in 1798, at I'ell's Point asain; in 1799, on Baltimore Circuit. In
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1800 his name is found among those "who are under a location through illness of body or family concerns," and it disappears now from the minutes until 1805, when we find him again on the Baltimore Circuit. The next year he was placed in charge of the Federal and Annapolis Circuit. In 1807, 1808, 1809, and 1810 he presided over the Baltimore District, on which were stationed at that time some of the strong men of the itinerancy. In 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 he presided over the George- town District. In 1815 we find him on the Baltimore District again, where he presided four years. In 1819 he stands connected with the Baltimore Circuit as a supernumerary. In 1820 his name appears on the super- annuated list; in this relation he continued till the close of his life. At the time of his death, which occurred in October, 1840, he was the oldest Methodist preacher in Europe or America. See Minutes of Annual Confer- ences, 1840; Sprague, Annuls of the Amer. Pulpit, vii, 68-70.