MONSELL, JOHN SAMUEL BEWLEY: English hymnist; b. at St. Columb's (1 m. n.e. of Londonderry), Ireland, Mar. 2, 1811; d. at Guildford, Surrey, England, Apr. 9, 1875. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin (B.A., 1832; LL.B. and LL.D., 1856); was ordained deacon in 1834, and priest 1835; was successively chaplain to Bishop Mant, chancellor of the diocese of Connor, and rector of Ramoan; and became vicar of Egham, Surrey, 1853, and rural dean; then rector of St. Nicholas, Guildford, 1870. His verse has been drawn upon largely for hymnologicaI collections. He was the author of Hymns and Miscellaneous Poems (Dublin, 1837); Parish Musings, in Verse (London, 1850); Verses Addressed to the Cross (1854); His Presence, not his Memory (1855); Spiritual Songs for Sundays and Holidays throughout the Year (1857); The Beatitudes, Sermons (1861); Hymns of Love and Praise for the Church's Year (1863); The Passing Bell and Other Poems (1866); Our New Vicar, or Plain Words on Ritual and Parish Work (1867); Lights and Shadows (1868); Teachings of the Epiphany (1871); Watches by the Cross (1874); Simon the Cyrenian, and Other Poems (1876). He edited also The Parish Hymnal (1873). Among his individual hymns are " Earth below is teeming" and " Holy offerings rich and rare."

Bibliography: DNB, xxaviii. 192-193; S. W. Duffield, English Hymns, p. 235 et passim, New York, 1886; Julian, Hymnology, pp. 762-763, 1673-74.

MONSTRANCE. See Vessels, Sacred, § 3.

MONTAGU (MOUNTAGUE), RICHARD: Church of England bishop; b. at Dorney (26 m. w. of London) in Buckinghamshire, during Christmastide, 1577; d. at Norwich Apr. 13, 1641. He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge (B.A., 1598; M.A., 1602; and B.D., 1609). He received the living at Wooten Courtney, 1610; was made rector at Stanford Rivers, Essex, and fellow of Eton, 1611; dean of Hereford, 1616; canon of Windsor, 1617; and archdeacon of Hereford the same year. Throughout life Montagu was continuously active as pamphleteer and controversialist, aiming, as he professed, to support the Church of England against its enemies on both sides. His Diatrfbm (London, 1621) in defense of tithes threw him into the brunt of popular controversy. The Immediate Address unto God Alone (1624) brought upon him the charge of advocating prayer to saints and angels. This he answered with his Apello Cwsarem (1625) in which he sought to vindicate himself against the charge of Arminianism and popery. It was issued without license; and in 1626 the House of Commons petitioned the king that the book be burned and the author fitly punished. In 1628 he was elected bishop of Chichester. He was strenuously opposed by the Presbyterian tendency, but applied himself assiduously to the promotion of his diocese and, in 1638, was elected bishop of Norwich. He bore the reputation of great scholarship and left besides his controversial works: Eusebii de demAnstratione evangelica (Paris, 1628); Apparatus ad origines ecclesiastical (Oxford, 1635); De originibus ecclesiasticis (London, 1636, 1640); and The Acts and Monuments of the Church before Christ Incarnate (1642).

Bibliography: J. H. Overton, The Church in England, ii.

43-56 59 London, 1897; W. A. Shaw, Hist. of the EnpliSh Church, 18/,0-80, i: 323, ii. 412, 430, New York, 1900; W. H. Hutton, The English Church (1826-171.¢), London, 1903; DNB, xxxviii. 266-270.