Introduction

Biography

Son of a so­li­ci­tor, How at­tend­ed Wad­ham Col­lege, Ox­ford.

In 1846, he was or­dained an Ang­li­can min­is­ter. He served as cur­ate at Kid­der­min­ster, then at Shrews­bury. He then be­came rec­tor at Whit­ting­ton, Shrop­shire, near the Welsh bor­der. In 1879, he be­came suf­fra­gen bi­shop of Lon­don. In 1889, he was ap­point­ed bi­shop of Wake­field, West York­shire.

He was known for his work with the poor and with in­dus­tri­al work­ers. He wrote ov­er 50 hymns, most of them dur­ing his stay in Whit­ting­ton.

Works

• Commentary on the Four Gos­pels (So­ci­ety for Pro­mot­ing Chris­tian Know­ledge)
• Plain Words, Four Ser­ies
• Plain Words for Child­ren
• Lectures on Pas­tor­al Work
• Three All Saints Sum­mers, and Oth­er Po­ems
• Daily Fa­mi­ly Pray­ers for Church­men, 1854
• Psalms and Hymns, with Tho­mas Bak­er Mor­rell (Lon­don: Whi­taker, 1854). En­larged ed­it­ion 1864, sup­ple­ment 1867.
• Pastor in Pa­ro­chiâ (Lon­don: Will­iam Wells Gard­ner, 1868)