Introduction

Biography

Young at­tend­ed Wes­ley­an Uni­ver­si­ty, Mid­dle­town, Con­nec­ti­cut; Wes­ley­an Sem­in­ary, Read­field, Maine (now Kents Hill School); and the Vir­gin­ia Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, Al­ex­an­dria, Vir­gin­ia.

Ordained a Pro­test­ant Epis­co­pal min­is­ter, he served in Tex­as, Miss­iss­ip­pi, Lou­isi­ana, and New York, and became the se­cond bish­op of Flo­ri­da in 1867.

Works

• Ca­rols for Christ­mas Tide (New York: Da­ni­el Da­na, Jr., 1859)
• Hymns and Music for the Young, 1860–61
• Great Hymns of the Church, is­sued post­hu­mous­ly by John H. Hop­kins (New York: James Pott, 1887))