HURST

hurst, john fletcher (1834-1903), american methodist episcopal bishop, was born in salem, dorchester county, maryland, on the 17th of august 1834. he graduated at dickinson college in 1854, and in 1856 went to germany and studied at halle and heidelberg. from 1858 to 1867 he was engaged in pastoral work in america, and from 1867 to 1871 he taught in methodist mission institutes in germany. in 1871-1873 he was professor of historical theology at drew theological seminary, madison, new jersey, of which he was president from 1873 till 1880, when he was made a bishop. he died at bethesda, maryland, on the 4th of may 1903. bishop hurst, by his splendid devotion in 1876-1879, recovered the endowment of drew theological seminary, lost by the failure in 1876 of daniel drew, its founder; and with mcclintock and crooks he improved the quality of methodist scholarship. the american university (methodist episcopal) at washington, d.c., for postgraduate work was the outcome of his projects, and he was its chancellor from 1891 to his death. he published _a history of rationalism_ (1866); hagenbach's _church history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries_ (2 vols., 1869); von oosterzee's _john's gospel: apologetical lectures_ (1869); lange's _commentary on the epistle to the romans_ (1869); _martyrs to the tract cause: a contribution to the history of the reformation_ (1872), a translation and revision of thelemann's _martyrer der traktatsache_ (1864); _outlines of bible history_ (1873); _outlines of church history_ (1874); _life and literature in the fatherland_ (1875), brilliant sketches of germany; a brief pamphlet, _our theological century_ (1877); _bibliotheca theologica_ (1883), a compilation by his students, revised by g. w. gillmore in 1895 under the title _literature of theology; indika: the country and people of india and ceylon_ (1891), the outgrowth of his travels in 1884-1885 when he held the conferences of india; and several church histories (chautauqua text-books) published together as _a short history of the christian church_ (1893). hurstmonceaux (also herstmonceaux), a village in the eastbourne parliamentary division of sussex, england, 9 m. n.e. of eastbourne. pop. (1901) 1429. the village takes its name from waleran de monceux, lord of the manor after the conquest, but the castle, for the picturesque ruins of which the village is famous, was built in the reign of henry vi. by sir roger de fiennes. it is moated, and is a fine specimen of 15th-century brickwork, the buildings covering an almost square quadrangle measuring about 70 yds. in the side. towers flank the corners, and there is a beautiful turreted entrance gate, but only the foundations of most of the buildings ranged round the inner courts are to be traced. the church of all saints is in the main early english, and contains interesting monuments to members of the fiennes family and others. in the churchyard is the tomb of archdeacon julius charles hare, the theologian (1855). much material from the castle was used in the erection of hurstmonceaux place, a mansion of the 18th century.