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SLICER, Henry, clergyman, born in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1801 ; died in Baltimore, 23 April, 1874. He received a good education, worked for a time as a furniture-painter, studying theology at the same time, and in 1821 was licensed as a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal church. After serving on the Hartford and Redstone circuits, he was transferred in 1824 to the navy-yard at Washington. In 1832 he was appointed presiding elder of the Potomac district, and in 1837 he was elected chaplain of the United States senate, being twice re-elected. In 1846 he was stationed at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was again elected chaplain of the United States senate, and held the office till 1850. In the following nineteen years he was stationed at Baltimore and Frederick city, was again chaplain of the senate, and a presiding elder for eight years. From 1862 till 1870 he was chaplain of the Seaman's chapel at Baltimore, and in 1870 he was again presiding elder of the Baltimore district. He had been a member of seven quadrennial general conferences. He received the degree of D.D. from Dickinson college, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1860. While chaplain of the senate lie delivered a sermon against duelling, which powerfully aided the passage of the act making duels illegal (New York, 1838). His other works are "Appeal on Christian Baptism" (New York, 1835), and "A Further Appeal" (1836).
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