sentences:  Ordained as an Episcopal Priest in 1868 he was rector of Christ Church (Episcopal) in Greenville while also teaching at Greenville Military Academy, Greenville Female Academy and Furman University.In 1875 he became minister of St Johns Church in Selma, Alabama and after a year returned to Christ Church in Greenville; in 1887 he was called to Trinity Church in Columbia, South Carolina.He served as the Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina from 1894 to his death, he also served as Chancellor of from 1904 to 1908.