D. D Bunting Jabez, an English clergyman, born in Manchester, May 13, 1779, died June 15, 1858. He was of humble parentage, was educated in the grammar school of Manchester, and became a pupil of Dr. Percival, a physician of that town. In his 16th year he joined the Wesley an church, at the age of 19 began to preach, and in 1799 was received into the conference. He spent eight years in Manchester, five in Liverpool, and about 33 in various positions in London. His legal mind and powers of broad generalization made him the legislative leader of his connection. To him more than to any other single person were due the conception and realization of the most important measures of the Wesleyan church. He was the first to introduce laymen into the management of the missionary aifairs of the church, and also into the district meetings; and it was chiefly by his earnest advocacy that the association of laymen with the clergy on connectional committees having the charge of financial interests was recognized as a principle of Wesleyan polity. He was the first man elected by nomination to the "Legal Hundred," was their secretary ten terms, and was chosen president of the conference four times.

To his sagacity and earnestness were largely due the efficiency and success of the Wesleyan missionary society, whose secretary he was for 18 years. At the foundation of the Wesleyan theological school, in 1834, Dr. Bunting was appointed its president, and he remained in this office until his death. Next after Wesley, Coke, and Asbury, Dr. Bunting was the master spirit in settling the ecclesiastical, missionary, and educational policy of the Wesleyan church of England. His posthumous " Sermons " (2 vols. 12mo) appeared in 1861. His life, edited by his son, was begun several years since, but only one volume has appeared.