THE REV. SAMUEL B. BOSTWICK, S.T.D. and D.D.
While visiting at the house of his brother-in-law, the Rev. Dr. Gibson, in Sing Sing, that pure-minded and holy man of God, the Rev. Dr. Bostwick, was called by the Master he had so faithfully served : " Come up higher;' March 16th, 1881.
Samuel B. Bostwick was born in Jericho, Vermont, March 15th, 1815. He graduated from Vermont University, in 1835, and was admitted to orders in 1842, and was Rector of St. Thomas's Church, Brandon, Vt., in 1844. Two years later he accepted an election to the Church of the Messiah, Glens Falls, and St. James' Church, Fort Edward, New York. In this connection he taught school to supplement his salary, and founded Zion Church, Sandy Hill, which, with its stone edifice, was the crowning work of his life. After the parishes at Glens Falls and Fort Edward were detached from his field, he continued his rectorship at Sandy Hill (laboring there for thirty years), until Easter Day, 1877. During two years, he taught a select school there, and in the Spring of 1880, accepted an election to Trinity Church, Gouverneur, New York.
He was still in charge of this parish when he died at Sing Sing. He was also a member of the Standing Committee of the Diocese, and discharged, for twelve years, the duties of his office with singular fidelity and ability.
Such is a brief sketch of the life of Dr. Bostwick, but it would take a volume to tell what that life was. ...
