 From 1869 to 1878 he was associate editor of "The Congregationalist", and from 1878 to 1888 editor of the "Literary World", whose direction he again assumed in 1895.In 1879 he was ordained a priest of the Episcopal Church and appointed rector of St. James's parish, Cambridge.His publications include "The Conversations of Jesus" (1875) and "Phillips Brooks" (1900).