was more happy, nor a union more blessed. She united with her personal attractions, a simplicity of

his constant presence and unintermitted labours, should greatly endear him to his people.

He was exceedingly intimate with the Rev. Mr. Leaming, with Dr. Wilkins, who was then a lawyer, but who, at a later period of life, entered into the Church, and with Dr. Seabury, who was afterwards Bishop of Connecticut. When the storm of the revolution was gathering, and so many important interests were at stake, they frequently met at each other's houses, and in the discussion of the agitating questions of the times, and in intellectual and social enjoyment, made dearer to them by their union of sentiments, and the uncertainty how long it might be continued, they never knew when to part. I have heard it stated, that they generally sat up till a very late hour at night, and that the day has often dawned upon their conversations.

Mr. Wilkins, who was a man of an ardent temperament and masculine mind, and Dr. Chandler, who held a ready and vigorous pen, warmly espoused the loyal cause. They wrote a number of political pieces, and circulated them with great activity and diligence, in the hopes of checking the progress of what they conscientiously believed a rash rebellion and a crying sin. The current, however, soon set so strongly against them, that they were compelled to yield to it; and political excitement was so violent, that they were under the necessity of leaving the country. Mr. Wilkins went to NovaScotia, and Dr. Chandler to England.

The loyalty, fidelity, and zeal of the latter, were there held in high estimation by government; and his attachment to the Church, his reputation as a scholar, and his attainments as a divine, procured for him the most gratifying attentions from the Clergy. From a brief diary which he kept, it appears that he was often consulted by those in authority, on questions of the greatest importance in relation to the colonies. He was received with such a marked and universal respect into the society of the most distinguished persons, as has very rarely been rendered to any one from our country in private life. It is a mark, both of his literary reputation in England, and of the degree of influence which he was supposed to have with persons in power, that he drew up a petition to the queen in favour of Dr. Dodd, at the request of his friends; but considerations of public VOL. I.

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character, a gentleness of manners, an evenness of temper and sweetness of disposition, a kindness of

policy overpowering all private feelings, this petition, like every other, proved unavailing, and answered no other purpose but that of a new and soothing expression of sympathy and commiseration for his unhappy fate.

During the ten years which he passed in London, he received, in addition to his salary from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, an annual allowance from government of £200 sterling. He was made a Doctor of Divinity at the University of Oxford. He was appointed to the Bishoprick of Nova-Scotia, an office which he was compelled to decline, from the progress of a cancerous affection in his face; and upon his death, a pension was allowed to his widow until the day of her own.

When Dr. Chandler wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury that it would be impossible for him to take charge of the diocese of NovaScotia, he received from him a very kind and courteous reply, expressing his respect for his character, and his regret for his affliction, and begging him to point out some suitable person who might be appointed in his place. Upon his recommendation the Bishoprick was conferred on Dr. Inglis, who, previous to the peace, had been Rector of Trinity Church, in New-York.

While there were so many things to gratify him in his protracted absence from his family, it was also a delightful circumstance to him, that, amidst all the troubles and distresses of the times, they met with nothing but favour and kindness at home. He was enabled to spare enough from his income for their comfortable support. His people retaining a grateful recollection of his services, and an undiminished respect for his character, notwithstanding the difference of his political course, exerted their influence to protect them from the depredations and violence of the revolutionary army, when any part of it happened to be quartered in the town; and the British soldiers treated them with the courtesy and respect which were due to friends. In the fluctuations, therefore, of success between the contending parties, the parsonage was often made a place of common refuge.

Dr. Chandler returned to Elizabeth-Town in 1786, but the cancer in his face continuing to increase, he was never able to resume his pastoral duties, and finally died of it in 1790.

heart, a depth of humility, devotion, and piety, that not only fitted her to be a pleasing companion and helper to one whose duty it was to "frame and fashion himself and family according to the doctrine of the Gospel, but to be with him a wholesome example and pattern to the flock of Christ." In the most retired and lowly situation, she adapted herself, without difficulty or constraint, to the circumstances in which she was placed, and won the good will and regard of those around her; she adorned prosperity, repressing all elation of spirit, and making others, as far as possible, partakers of her happiness; and now, in her widowhood and desolation, by her meekness, her submission, her trust in God, and faith in his promises, she is at once an object to her friends of sympathy and admiration.

The situation at Hempstead was probably found,

The different pamphlets and fugitive pieces which were written by him in this country before the revolution, and during his residence in England-the innumerable letters which he received from eminent persons abroad, and from his friends at home, and those which he himself sent to his family-would have formed a valuable collection of papers for the illustration of our civil and ecclesiastical history, and furnished ample materials for an interesting account of his own life. But some time after his death, when the fierce passions, excited by civil broils, had, in a great measure, died away; when those who had been separated in unhappy times by different views of duty, once more met as brethren and friends, and when no reasonable danger could have been apprehended from retaining these papers in the possession of the family-they were alarmed by the timid and ill-timed advice of a person whom they respected and loved, and the whole collection, with some few exceptions, was entirely destroyed. Thus the fullest memorial that will ever be given of one of whom so much might have been said, will, perhaps, be found in this brief and imperfect sketch.

upon trial, as Mr. Hobart had apprehended beforehand, neither suited to his taste nor wishes. It was, in fact, too limited a scope for the talents and energies of his restless and aspiring mind. He was not apparently aware of the source of his weariness and disquietude, nor of the higher part which, in the designs of Providence, he was destined to fill; but, under the influence of these undefinable feelings, of the very existence of which he seemed unconscious, he took the first step in that more useful and glorious career which he afterwards ran.

In the month of December, 1800, he received an invitation as an Assistant Minister to Trinity Church, New-York; a most desirable settlement, on every account, to any one who was fitted for a participation in such an extensive and weighty charge. From a letter which he wrote shortly after to Mr. Mercer, he seems to have entered upon his duties with activity and zeal, but without the slightest degree of self-complacency or pride. Indeed, among all his letters which I have seen, there is not one besides which is so shaded with dejection and gloom. This was certainly the consequence of the nervous irritability of his system, and by no means the habitual or prevailing temper of his mind; for in company there was generally a remarkable cheerfulness both in his air and conversation, and occasionally the greatest exuberance of spirits.

Mr. Hobart's letter to Mr. Mercer.

"New-York, March 18th, 1801.

It

My long silence is indeed without excuse. would be folly in me to pretend that engagements

have prevented me from writing to you, though these, from my change of residence, have been numerous. My mind, however, has generally been so depressed, that I have not had the resolution to take up my pen. Though I have not lately had those fits of melancholy to which I was formerly subject, yet I seem to be the victim of a languor that indisposes and disqualifies me for exertion. This state of

my mind I attribute partly to constitutional malady, but particularly to my having been of late hurried through scenes so novel and so wholly opposed to my former sentiments, habits, and pursuits. From a wise law of nature, however, which gradually bends the mind to the circumstances in which it is placed, I am becoming more reconciled to my situation; and I am awakened from this fatal torpor by the reflection, that I am sacrificing to it the highest duties and enjoyments of life.

"I moved to town last December, at which time I entered on the duties of my office as one of the Assistant Ministers of Trinity Church. I find enough to occupy my thoughts and my time. I have so many interruptions, and so many engagements, that my mind and feelings become relaxed and dissipated. I am endeavouring to introduce order and energy into my studies and duties, which will, no doubt, have a favourable effect on my mind. I can, however, never like a city. I pant for the enjoyments of the country, and still indulge the hope of being one day able to realize a plan of happiness somewhat like my wishes. Who is there that does not indulge this hope?

"Yet do not suppose that I am unhappy; from