and especially of Scott's _Commentaries_, he began to edit with selected notes the _Family Bible_ of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. He delivered episcopal charges to the clergy of Connecticut and New York entitled _The Churchman_ (1819) and _The High Churchman Vindicated_ (1826), in which he accepted the name "high churchman," and stated and explained his principles "in distinction from the corruptions of the Church of Rome and from the Errors of Certain Protestant Sects." He exerted himself greatly in building up his diocese, attempting to make an annual visit to every parish. His failing health led him to visit Europe in 1823-1825. Upon his return he preached a characteristic sermon entitled _The United States of America compared with some European Countries, particularly England_ (published 1826), in which, although there was some praise for the English church, he so boldly criticized the establishment, state patronage, cabinet appointment of bishops, lax discipline, and the low requirements of theological education, as to rouse much hostility in England, where he had been highly praised for two volumes of _Sermons on the Principal Events and Truths of Redemption_ (1824). He died at Auburn, New York, on the 12th of September 1830. He was able, impetuous, frank, perfectly fearless in controversy, a speaker and preacher of much eloquence, a supporter of missions to the Oneida Indians in his diocese, and the compiler of the following devotional works: _A Companion for the Altar_ (1804), _Festivals and Fasts_ (1804), _A Companion to the Book of Common Prayer_ (1805), and _A Clergyman's Companion_ (1805). See _Memorial of Bishop Hobart_, containing a _Memoir_ (New York, 1831); John McVickar, _The Early Life and Professional Years of Bishop Hobart_ (New York, 1834), and _The Closing Years of Bishop Hobart_ (New York, 1836).