Messler, Abraham
clergyman, was born Nov. 15, 1800, in Whitehouse, N. J. He was pastor of the reformed Dutch churches in Pompton Plains and in Montville from 1829 till 1832, and became subsequently pastor of the churches of this denomination in Raritan and Somerville, N. J. His publications include Fruits of Early Piety; St. Paul's Gratitude to Onesiphorus; and Sermon on the Death of President Lincoln. He died June 12, 1882, in Somerville, N. J.
MESSMER, SEBASTIAN SEBBARD, clergyman, bishop, was born Aug. 29, 1847, in Switzerland. For eight years he was professor of theology in South Orange, N.
J., and for two years professor of canon law in the Catholic university of Washington, D. C. Since 1892 he has been bishop of the diocese of Green Bay, Wis.