SUCCESSION OF ASSISTANT MINISTERS OF CHRIST CHURCH. REV. THOMAS HUGHS. 1718. The Rev. Mr. Hughs supplied the vacancy for one year, after the removal of Dr. Evans, the former rector, to Maryland. REV. JOHN URMSTON. 1723. The Rev. Mr. Urmston officiated about a year, on account of the sickness and death of the Rev. Mr. Vicary, the rector. REV. RICHARD PETERS, D. D. 1736. Dr. Peters was an assistant to the Rev. Mr. Cummings for a few months only. More than a quarter of a century after, he became the rector. REV. ENEAS ROSS. 1741 to 1743. Mr. Ross came from England in June 1741, and finding the church vacant by the death of the Rev. Mr. Cummings, he took charge of it, and officiated two years; a part of the time as assistant to the Rev. Dr. Jenney. He resigned in July 1743, to become rector of the churches at Oxford and White-marsh. REV. WILLIAM STURGEON. 1747 to 1766. Mr. Sturgeon was a graduate of Yale college in Connecticut; and having obtained orders in England, came out under the patronage of the society for propagating the Gospel in foreign parts, as "assistant to the rector, Dr. Jenney, and catechist to the negroes." In July, 1766, he resigned his office, as assistant minister in the united churches, in consequence of ill health. REV. JACOB DUCHÉ. 1759 to 1775. Mr. Duché was called as an assistant to Dr. Jenney, in 1759, and was elected rector in 1775, after holding the office of assistant minister for sixteen years. REV. THOMAS COOMBE. 1772 to 1778. Mr. Coombe was a native of Philadelphia, and was chosen an assistant to Dr. Peters, at the same time with Mr. White. He went to England, in consequence of the revolutionary troubles, in 1778; and from that time his connexion with the churches ceased. REV. WILLIAM WHITE. 1772 to 1779. Mr. White was called to be an assistant, to Dr. Peters, in November, 1772; and after Dr. Duché and Mr. Coombe left for England, Mr. White remained alone, with the care of both churches, for nearly three years. He was elected rector in 1779. REV. ROBERT BLACKWELL, D. D. 1781 to 1811. The Rev. Dr. Blackwell was elected an assistant minister of the united churches, in September, 1781, and continued to officiate in that station for thirty years. REV. JOSEPH G. BEND. 1787 to 1791. The Rev. Mr. Bend was called from New York, to be an assistant minister, in December, 1787; and resigned his station, in June, 1791, having been elected rector of St. Paul's Church, Baltimore, Maryland. REV. JAMES ABERCROMBIE. 1794 to 1832. Mr. (now Dr.) Abercrombie, was elected an assistant minister of the united churches, in June, 1794; and continued in that office, until November, 1832, a period of more than thirtyeight years. In the language of one who was for several years his associate in the ministry, Dr. Abercrombie was "long admired for his unrivalled excellence as a reader of our admirable liturgy, for his ability as a writer, and his eloquence as a preacher; and exhibiting in his long continued, active and steady discharge of ministerial duty, an unbroken attachment to the cause of Christ and of his church."* REV. JACKSON KEMPER. Mr. (now Dr.) Kemper, was elected an assistant minister, in May, 1811; and after filling the office very successfully for twenty years, he resigned, to become rector of St. Paul's Church, Norwalk, Connecticut. He was con * Sermon by Rev. Dr. De Lancey, preached in St. Peter's Church, June 30, 1833, p. 34. secrated missionary bishop, for Missouri and Indiana, September 25, 1835; where he continues to labour with untiring zeal, and with entire devotedness, in the great missionary work. REV. JAMES MILNOR. Mr. (now Dr.) Milnor was chosen an assistant minister of the united churches, in December, 1814; and resigned in June, 1816, to become rector of St. George's Church, New York; which dignified and useful station, he still continues to occupy. REV. WILLIAM A. MUHLENBERG. Mr. (now Dr.) Muhlenberg, became assistant to the rector in October, 1817, and after holding that station with much usefulness, for a little more than three years, he resigned, to take charge of St. James's Church, Lancaster. For several years past he has been eminently successful, as the founder and principal of the Flushing Institute, now St. Paul's college, Long Island. REV. WILLIAM H. DE LANCEY. 1822 to 1836. Mr. (now Dr.) De Lancey was elected an |