house Infirmary. In 1802, he was made a member of the American Philosophical Society. In 1805, he was elected to the Professorship of Surgery in the University of Pennsylvania. In 1819, he was appointed Professor of Anatomy in the same institution. In 1822, he was elected President of the Phrenological Society of Philadelphia. In 1824, President of the Philadelphia Medical Society. In 1825, he was made a member of the "Academy of Medicine" of France, probably the first American who received that honor. In 1831, the University conferred upon him the highest honor in its power, by electing him unanimously "Emeritus Professor of Anatomy and Surgery." In 1836, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, an acknowledgment of his well-earned reputation, which gave him the highest pleasure.

When his death was announced, the medical, and other learned societies of the nation, rendered their tributes of respect for his services and his worth in the most earnest and expressive forms. His remains rest in his native city, the theatre of his life's achievements; and his fame is in the keeping of his countrymen and the cultivators of medicine throughout the world.

REV. JOSEPH PILMORE, D.D.

DR. PILMORE was, for many years, rector of St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia; and the crowded congregations which attended his ministry, during the greater part of his time, attested his popularity and usefulness. He was originally attached to the Society of Methodists; and the narrative of his labors in South Wales (England), performed partly in company with the Rev. John Wesley, in the years 1767 and 1768, are very interesting, containing an account of the religious state of that country, with notices of the ancient castles and natural curiosities; the whole illustrative of the early history of Methodism.

When Dr. Pilmore arrived in America he belonged to the Methodist Church, and, for some time afterwards, preached in the

open fields, as he had done in England. At length he joined the Protestant Episcopal Church, and was duly ordained one of its ministers, and a truly zealous one he was. His style of oratory was bold and declamatory. In social life he was kind and engaging, and his efforts to do good unceasing. He became in early life attached to the service of his Maker and Creator.

Methodism was first introduced into Philadelphia in the year 1769 by the Rev. Dr. Joseph Pilmore, of St. Paul's Church; he having then, as a young man, arrived here on a mission from the Rev. Mr. John Wesley. He preached from the steps of the StateHouse, in Chestnut Street, and from stands put up in the racefields, being a true field preacher, and carrying his whole library and wardrobe in his saddle-bags. His popularity as a preacher soon led to his call to St. Paul's. Among the novelties of his day, he was occasionally aided in preaching by Captain Webb, the British Barrack-Master at Albany, who, being a Boanerges in declamation, and a one-eyed officer, in military costume, caused attraction enough to bring many to hear from mere curiosity, who soon became proselytes to Methodism.

The first regular meetings of this Society were held in a pothouse in Loxley's Court, a passage running from Arch to Cherry Streets, near Fourth Street. The first church owned by the Methodists, was the present St. George's, in Fourth near New Street. It was an unfinished building, which they bought of the Germans; having no floor laid when the British possessed the city, they took it to the use of their cavalry as a riding-school.

Dr. Pilmore, we believe, was twice married, but had only one child, a daughter, who died in early life.

The following tribute of gratitude to his memory, was delivered by a member, at the anniversary dinner of "The Society of the Sons of St. George," at Head's Mansion House Hotel, on the 24th April, 1826:

"Mr. President: Having gone through your customary routine of toasts, on this our festive anniversary, I beg leave to solicit for a few moments, the attention of the Society, to an event which has occurred since our last annual meeting in this place; I mean the death of our late venerable and highly respected brother, the Rev. Dr. Joseph Pilmore, late rector of St. Paul's Church in this city, whose

professional merit as a zealous orthodox and pious divine, popular applause, and the testimony of crowded audiences, for many years before his death, loudly proclaimed.

"He was born in Yorkshire, on the 31st October, 1739, and emigrated to this country in the character of a Methodist itinerant preacher, in the year 1769. Being a man of vigorous and active intellect, he, after much serious investigation, became acquainted with, and of course attached to, the doctrines and discipline of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and obtained admission into it, first as a deacon, and afterwards as a priest, by the ordination of Bishop Seabury; as such he became one of her most zealous advocates, and continued so to the day of his death, which happened on the 24th July, 1825, in the eighty-sixth year of his age. He was elected an honorary member of this Society on the 23d April, 1791. Being a native of England, he uniformly maintained and cherished an ardent attachment to her government, laws, and established religion; and was ever ready to assist his countrymen, when involved in difficulties, both with his counsel and his purse; and with that nobleness of mind, that independence of character, and that integrity of principle, which characterize the true-born Englishman, he admired, approved, and scrupulously conformed to the civil and ecclesiastical establishments of this country; in which, under different locations, he so many years resided as a useful and exemplary citizen.

"Though married, yet having no children, his domestic expenses were small, and he was thereby, through the exercise of temperance and frugality, that he might have to give to him who needed,' enabled to accumulate a very handsome independence, with a considerable portion of which he has generously endowed our charitable institution.

"It is well known that no inconsiderable portion of the population of this city arises from emigrants from England, of the middle and lower classes of society, who flatter themselves with the hope of improving their circumstances in a new country. The consequent wide range of embarrassment and distress which many of them experience, from being unknowing and unknown' in a strange land, naturally occasions the number of applicants to our Society to be annually multiplied. When these things are con

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sidered, they ought forcibly to operate upon the sensibility, the patriotism, and the liberality of every Englishman; and that they did so upon the heart of our departed brother, he evinced by the largeness of his bequest to us, in a sum estimated to be above seven thousand dollars.

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May his philanthropy, his generosity, and his patriotism prove influential upon those of his countrymen who are residents among us, and particularly upon the members of our highly useful and benevolent institution, The Society of the Sons of St. George, established at Philadelphia, for the advice and assistance of Englishmen in distress.'

When so active, useful, and truly meritorious a character is called to his great account, his virtues and benevolent actions should not only be remembered but imitated by his survivors.

EXTRACT FROM HIS WILL.

"Item.-I give and bequeath fifty dollars to Frederick Scuder, my man-servant. Moreover, I will and ordain that all my residuary estate, after paying all my debts, legacies, &c., shall be equally divided into two parts, one-half towards the support of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the State of Pennsylvania, to be paid to the Treasurer, for the time being, of the Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The other half I give and bequeath to 'The Society of the Sons of St. George, established in Philadelphia, for the advice and assistance of Englishmen in distress,' to be paid to their Treasurer for the time being, and applied for the carrying on of the charitable designs of that institution, according to the terms and principles of their charter. Furthermore, I will and ordain that, for the payment of all the legacies mentioned above, all my property of every kind shall be sold as soon as may be after my death, &c. &c.; and I appoint Richard North and John Matthews, Esqrs., of the city of Philadelphia, executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twenty-second day of May, A.D. 1816.

"[Seal.]

Signed, JOSEPH PILMORE, D.D."