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groundless suspicion of having been engaged in outrages in Pennsylvania, so affected him that his health gave way and he died two months later. An old record says of him: "His episcopate was precious and excellent ; his memory will live in this country, in the West Indies, and among the Indians of North and South America."

SEIDENBUSH, Rupert. R. C. bishop, b. in Mu- nich. 13 Oct. 1830: d. in Richmond, Va.. 3 June, 1895. He began his theological studies in Bavaria, and emigrated to the United States in 1851. In 1852 he entered the Benedictine order in St. Vincent's ab- bey, Westmoreland co.. Pa. He was raised to the prirsthood on 22 JUIH-. 1853. was for some years stationed at Newark, N. J., and in 1867 was made abbot of the monastery of St. Louis on the Lake, Minn. The northern part of Minnesota was erect- ed into a vicariate apostolic by a papal brief on 12 Feb., 1875, and he was appointed its vicar apos- tolic on 30 May following, under the title of bishop of Halia in partibus. The Roman Catholic church has made great progress during his administration. In 1887 the vicariate contained 70 priests, 6 eccle- siastical students, 90 churches, 50 chapels and sta- tions, 14 convents, a monastery, seminary, college and academy. The Roman Catholic population, including white and Indian, exceeded 45,000.

SEIP, Theodore Lorenzo (sipe), clergyman, b. in Easton, Pa., 25 June, 1842. He was gradu- ated at Pennsylvania college, Gettysburg, in 1864, and at the Lutheran theological seminary, Phila- delphia, in 1867, and in the latter year was or- dained to the ministry. Immediately after his or- dination he became principal of the academic de- partment of the newly established Muhlenberg college, Allentown, Pa. He was adjunct professor of Greek there in 1867-'72, professor of Latin in 1872-'80, of Greek in 1880-'6, and president of the college since 1886. He received the degree of D. D. in 1886 from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Seip has done more than any other man for the suc- cessful establishment and endowment of Muhlen- berg college. He is a frequent contributor to the periodicals of his church. Besides sermons and addresses, he has published " Inaugural Address as President of Muhlenberg College " (Allentown, Pa., 1886) ; " Muhlenberg College," an address de- livered before the ministerium of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1887); and "History of the College Association of Pennsylvania," of which he was a founder (1887).

SEISS, Joseph Augustus (sees), theologian, b. in Graceham, Frederick co., Md., 18 March, 1823. His ancestors, whose original name was Suess, emi- grated from the Alsatian mountains and settled near Reading, Pa. His grandfather removed at an early period to the Moravian settlement of Grace- ham. Md. His father, who was a farmer, would have preferred him to be a field-laborer, and, on ac- count of his studious habits and thirst for knowl- edge, called him " dreamer Joseph," but his moth- er sympathized with him and encouraged him. After his confirmation, in his sixteenth year, as a member of the Moravian church, he determined to devote his life to the ministry. Receiving no en- couragement from his father or his church, he was, by the help of a few Lutheran clergymen, enabled to enter Pennsylvania college, Gettysburg, in 1839. Here he remained a year or two, afterward |iur-u- ing his theological course in private. In 1842 he was licensed to preach by the synod of Virginia, and in 1844 he was ordained to the Lutheran min- istry. After holding pastorates in Virginia and Maryland he was called to St. John's English Lu- theran church, Philadelphia, in 1858. In 1S74 tin- necessity for an English Lutheran church in the western part of the city led to the establishment of the Church of the Holy Communion by members of St. John's congregation, and he was at once elected its pastor. A beautiful Gothic church of green serpentine marble was erected on the corner of Broad and Arch streets, at a cost of $225,- 000. It was con- secrated on 1 7 Feb., 1875, and is one of the finest Protest- ant churches in Philadelphia. Dr. Seiss is an eloquent pulpit orator. His style is clear, or- nate, attractive, and forcible. He published his first work at the age of

twenty-two years,

and has now'attained a wide reputation as an au- thor. His publications number more than a hun- dred, and some of them have been republished in England and translated into other languages. A bibliography of his published works (Philadel- phia, 1887) makes a duodecimo volume of fifty- seven pages. He was joint editor of the " Luther- an," Philadelphia, in 1860-'l, and of the " Lutheran and Missionary" in 1861-'73, editor of the same for several years, and editor of" Prophetic Times" in 1863-'75. He spent the years 1864-'5 in Euro- pean and Eastern travels, including a tour through Syria and Palestine. His numerous publications include " Popular Lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews" (Baltimore, 1846); "The Baptist System Examined " (Philadelphia, 1854 ; re- vised ed., 1858); "The Last Times" (1856); "The Lutheran Church " (1859); " Holy Types" (1860); " Petros, or the Wonderful Building " (1862) ; " Lec- tures on the Gospels of the Church Year" (2 vols.. 1868) ; " The Apocalypse, with Revised Text " (3 vols., 1869-'81 ; complete ed., London, 1882 ; Ger- man translation, Basle, 1884-'7) ; " Uriel, or some Occasional Discourses " (1874) ; " A Miracle in Stone, or the Great Pyramid " (1877) ; " Recrea- tion Songs " (1878 ; with supplement, 1887); "Life after Death" (1878); "Practical Sermons" (1879); "Blossoms of Faith" (1880) ; "Remarks on Infi- delity " (1882) ; " The Gospel in the Stars " (1882 ; enlarged ed., 1885) ; " Luther and the. Reforma- tion " (1883) ; " Lectures on the Epistles of the Church Year " (2 vols., 1885) ; " Right Life " (1886) ; " The Children of Silence " (1887) ; and " Christ's Descent into Hell" (1887). He has also pub- lished various liturgical works, including " Book of Forms " (1860) ; " How shall we Order our Worship?" (1869); "The Golden Altar" (1882); and several collections of church music.

SELDEN, Samuel Lee, jurist, b. in Lyme, Conn., 12 Oct., 1800; d. in Rochester, X. Y.. 20 Sept., 1876. His ancestors settled in the colony of Connecticut in 1636. He began to practise law in Rochester in 1825, was chancery clerk and first judge of common pleas in Monroe county for many years, and in 1847 was elected justice of the supreme court. In 1856 he was elected judge of the court of appeals, which place he resigned in 1KII2. His brother, Henry Rogers, jurist, b. in Lvme, Conn., 14 Oct., 1805 ; d. in Rochester, N. Y.. 18