In 1826, he was ordained by William Carey, Bishop of Exeter; soon afterwards, he was appointed master of the grammar school at Helston, Cornwall. One of his most distinguished pupils there was Charles Kingsley. While at Helston, he published his largest work, "The Scriptural Character of the English Church" (1839). He agreed with the conclusions which Gladstone supported in "Church Principles considered in their Results", published the following year, although Gladstone wrote as a pronounced high churchman, while Coleridge aimed at setting forth the views of his father on church and state. The avowal that he wished to be regarded as his father's disciple induced F. D. Maurice to dedicate to him his "Kingdom of Christ". Coleridge's book, though eloquent, missed popularity, perhaps on account of its impartiality.