STONE, John Seely, clergyman, born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 7 October, 1795; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 13 January, 1882. He was graduated at Union college in 1823, and thence went to the Episcopal general theological seminary, New York city, preparatory to taking orders. He was ordained deacon in St. Mark's church, New York, 4 January, 1826, by Bishop Hobart, and priest in Christ church, Hartford, Connecticut, 7 June, 1827, by Bishop Brownell. He was tutor in Greek and Latin in Hobart college in 1825-'6. He was rector of St. Michael's church, Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1827, of All Saints' church, Frederick city, Maryland, in 1828-'9, of Trinity church, New Haven. in 1830-'2, anal of St. Paul's church, Boston, in 1832-'41. He received the degree of D.D. from Kenyon college, Ohio, in 1837. He next became rector of Christ church, Brooklyn, New York, in 1841, and in 1852 of St. Paul's church, Brookline, Massachusetts, where he remained till 1862. He accepted the post of professor in the divinity-school of the Protestant Episcopal church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1862, which he held for five years. In 1867 he became dean of the newly established theological school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but in 1875 resigned active work. Dr. Stone attained reputation as a pulpit orator. ]n theological position he was prominent among the evangelical Episcopal clergy, and it was largely due to his efforts and influence that the theological school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was founded. Dr. Stone's publications were "Memoir of Bishop Griswold" (Philadelphia, 1844) ; "The Mysteries Opened" (New York, 1844; republished, with the title "Christian Sacraments," 1866) ; "The Christian Sabbath" (1844 ; enlarged ed.. with the title "The Divine Rest," 1867) ; "The Church Universal" (1846 ; republished, under the title of "Living Temple," 1866); "Memoir of Reverend Dr. Milnor" (1848 ; abridged by the author, 1849); and "The Contrast" (1853). Dr. Stone was twice married ; his second wife was a daughter of Chancellor Kent, of New York.--Their son, James Kent, clergyman, born in Boston in 1840, was graduated at Harvard in 1861. After studying for two years at the University of Gottingen and in Italy, he returned to this country and entered the National army, from which he retired after six months, owing to wounds. He became professor of Latin in Kenyon college, Ohio, in 1863, and professor of mathematics in 1867, and was soon afterward appointed president. In 1868 he became president of Hobart college, but resigned in 1869, and a few months later united with the Roman Catholic church. He entered the congregation of missionary priests of St. Paul the Apostle in New York city, and soon became one of the best-known preachers of that body. Afterward he joined the Passionists, in which order he is known as Father Fidelis. He is now (1888) a missionary in South America. He published "The Invitation Heeded," in which he gave his reasons for becoming a Roman Catholic.