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a dutiful son, an affectionate brother, a good soldier, and a friend of all. Fired with patriotic zeal, he volunteered at the first call of his country, and fell, as the true soldier loves to fall, amid the smoke and roar of battle, fight. ing gloriously.
. TABER, DANIEL D. Enlisted in Co. G, 11th Conn. Vols., Dec. 1, 1861- served his time out, and was honorably discharged.
TAYLOR, DANIEL S. Enlisted in Co. I, 2d Heavy Artillery, 6th Aug., 1862. Wounded in leg at Cedar Creek, 19th Oct., 1864. Mustered out at Hartford 1st June, 1865.
TAYLOR, JAMES K. POLK. Enlisted in Co. I, 2d Heavy Artillery, 2d Jan., 1864. Deserted 28th July, 1864.
TAYLOR, WILLIAM. Enlisted in Co. I, 27th Mass. Vols., Jan. 2d, 1864. Taken prisoner at Kingston, N. C., 7th March, 1865. Mustered out of the regiment, (technically,) while yet in captivity, 26th June, 1865.
THOMAS, CHARLES L. Enlisted in Co. I, 2d Heavy Artillery, 11th Aug., 1862. Died of lung fever in Regimental Hospital, 16th Jan., 1864. Sent home and buried in Woodbury.
THOMAS, HORATIO S. Enlisted in Co. I, 2d Heavy Artillery, 25th July, 1862. Promoted Corporal Died of congestion of the lungs at Regimental Hospital, Alexandria, Va., 20th Feb., 1864. Sent home and buried in Wood- bury.
THOMAS, IRA. Enlisted in Co. I, 2d Heavy Artillery, 28th July, 1862, at the age of 63 years. Walter J. Orton dyed his whiskers, after which his ap- pearance was that of a man of about thirty years. He, with other Christian men in his company, instituted a prayer-meeting in his tent, which became well attended, and was the means of great good to the attendants. He was mustered out for disability 4th March, 1864.
TIERNEY, ANDREW. Enlisted in Co. I, 2d Heavy Artillery, 4th Aug., 1862. Was wounded at the battle of Cedar Creek, 19th Oct., 1864, and had his arm fractured, for which he draws a pension. The wounded could not all be reached and cared for on the day of the battle. Many a poor fellow had to lie where he fell. Capt. Marsh, of Co. M, was one of them. Tierney could walk, and as the night was cold, he sought the friendly lee side of a horse, which had been killed in the battle, but which retained some animal heat. Capt. Marsh relates that, at intervals, all night long, Tierney broke out with anathemas, saying that the 'd-d rebels fired carelessly, or rather they fired on purpose, and meant to hit him !
TRACY, THOMAS. Enlisted in Co. B, 12th Conn. Vols., 20th March, 1861. Killed at Port Hudson, La., 29th May, 1863, aged 21.
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TRAPPELL, FREDERICK. Mustered as a substitute for Roderick At- wood, Co. G., 8th Conn. Vols., 12th Ang., 1864. Mustered out at City Point, Va., 12th Dec., 1865.
TUTTLE, ELISHA. Mustered as the substitute of Jolin Galpin, 28th Aug., 1862, into Co. I, 28th Conn. Vols. Mustered out 31st May, 1863.
TUTTLE, CHARLES A. Enlisted in Co. A, 8th Conn. Vols., 25th Sept., 1861. Discharged for disability 5th March, 1863, at Washington, D. C.
TUTTLE, JOHN E. Enlisted in Co. E, 8th Conn. Vols., 25th Sept., 1861. Shot through the breast at the battle of Antietam and killed, 17th Sept., 1862. He did not die instantly. Charles S. Buell supported him, as he fell. He desired him not to leave him, but the regiment was ordered forward, and he had to be left with many another, to die. He was killed on a charge in three lines of battle, after they were forced to fall back. The men were or_ dered to lie down, but it was soon found that the bullets of our own inen, from a piece of woods, were striking near the head of the 8th regiment, which then got up and started to retreat. At this moment Tuttle fell. So, there is no doubt that the poor fellow was killed by the bullets of his own men. The field where he lay was lost and won several times that day. Next morning, when details were made to bury the dead, and bring in the wound- ed, John was found by Buell, stripped of his clothing, with his hands under his head, as though sleeping in repose, looking as natural as when alive. He was no doubt stripped by the rebels before he died. He was one of the Wood- bury boys, who volunteered with the 100 picked men to lay the pontoon bridge across the Rappahannock, previous to the battle of Petersburg, under Burnside. Woodbury furnished one twenty-fifth of the whole number volun. teering in that hazardous undertaking. A hundred and fifty of our cannon were playing over their heads, and as many more on the rebel side, while the bullets from the rebel sharp-shooters fell like rain among the brave fellows. It was a bold-a sublime affair. They desisted from their work several times, but finally succeeded. While half of the number volunteering fell a sacrifice in that bloody adventure, neither of the Woodbury boys was hit. Forty of the regiment, among whom was Tuttle, were buried in a trench, · about half a mile from Sharpsburg, on the direct road to the Stone bridge across the Antietam creek, and 20 rods West of the house of John Otto. The graves were marked with head-boards. He was afterwards moved, with the rest, and buried in the Antietam National Cemetery, about a mile from Sharpsburg. His comrade and bosom friend, Charles S. Buell, says of him :--
"John Tuttle was killed by my side at the battle of Antietam, nobly doing his duty. He was always a true and faithful soldier,-never complaining. Many a sorry soldier has been compelled to cheer up faint heart by John's merry way. Not one that will count on the rolls of old Woodbury, can show a fairer record than he, in your history. We were together in many battles, and I always found him brave to the uttermost. Before the battle in which he lost his life, he was impressed with the idea of death, though never be. fore, and yet was in no wise daunted."
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VOGELLI, FREDERICK. Mustered in as a substitue for Ambrose H. Wells, Co. K, 20th Conn. Vols., 25th Aug., 1863. Deserted 30th Sept., 1863.
WAKEMAN, DANIEL P. Enlisted, 2d Jan., 1864, in Co. I, 2d Heavy Artillery. Musteaed out at Washington, D. C., 18th Aug., 1865.
WALKER, WILLIAM P. Enlisted in Co. I, 2d Heavy Artillery, 2d Jan., 1864. Mustered out at Washington, D. C., 18th Aug., 1865.
WALKER, JOSEPH. Mustered as a substitute for Henry C. Buckingham, 20th Aug., 1863. Deserted 13th Sept., 1863.
WALSH, TIMOTHY F. Enlisted in Co. I, 2d Heavy Artillery, 5th Aug., 1862. Promoted Sergeant. Wounded in elbow at the battle of Winchester, 19th Sept., 1864. Killed at the battle of Hatchet's Run, Va., 6th Feb., 1865- ten miles south of Petersburg.
WARNER, ABRAM A. Enlisted in Co. I, 9th Conn. Vols., 1st Nov. 1861. Died at New Orleans General Hospital, 12th Aug., 1862. Buried in Monu- ment National Cemetery, at Chalmette, La., six miles below New Orleans, on the site of General Jackson's Battle-ground, in the war of 1812.
WARNER, GEORGE. Mustered in as a substitute in Co. O., 20th Conn. Vols., 25th Aug., 1864, and deserted while on the way to the regiment.
WARNER, JAMES L. Enlisted in Co. G., 5th Conn. Vols., 29th July, 1861. Re-enlisted in Vet. Vols., 21st Dec., 1863. Discharged for disability 19th June, 1865.
WARNER, NEWTON J. Enlisted in Co. B, 13th Conu. Vols., 22d Dec., 1861. Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, 30th April, 1864, and mustered out at the end of the war.
WELLMAN, BENJAMIN. Enlisted in Co. I, 2d Heavy Artillery, 11th Aug., 1861. Promoted Corporal and Quartermaster-Sergeant. Wounded in the left cheek and back at Cold Harbor, June 1st, 1864. Lay on the field all night by the side of a dead rebel. Mustered out at Washington, D. C., 7th July, 1865. For further particulars see page 1239.
WELLMAN, JOSEPH. Enlisted in Co. D., 28th Conn. Vols., 8th Sept., 1862. Died at Port Hudson, La., 23d July, 1863.
WELCH, WILLIAM, JR. Enlisted in the regular army in Spring of 1865, at New Haven, Conn. Was sent to the Fort at New London, and deserted soon after.
WELLS, PHILIP. Enlisted at Woodbury, April 22d, 1861, in Co. E, 5th
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Conn. Vols. Mustered at Hartford 22d July, 1861. Re-enlisted Vet. Vols., 21st Dec. 1863. Mustered out 19th July, 1865.
WEST, THOMAS. Enlisted in Co. E, Ist Conn. Cavalry, 21st Aug., 1864. Mustered out at Hartford, Conn., 23d June, 1865.
WHITLOCK, FREDERICK. Enlisteo in Co. I, 20th Conn. Vols., 15tlı Aug., 1862. Was promoted Corporal, and while he lay sick and insen- sible at Washington, D. C., in a Government Hospital, his commission as 2d Lieutenant, arrived from Gov. Buckingliam. But he never knew of his promotion. He died 24th Jan., 1862. His remains were embalmed, and buried at Greenwood Cemetery. For a sketch of his life, see page 1216.
WHITLOCK, WALTER B. Enlisted in Co. G, 1st Heavy Artillery, 21st Oct., 1861. Re-enlisted Vet. Vols., 26th Jan., 1864. Mustered out at Wash - ington, D. C., 25th Sept., 1865.
WHITLOCK, WILLIAM. Enlisted in Co. G, Ist Heavy Artillery, 22d Oct. 1861. Dircharged for disability 18th Oct., 1862.
WHITE, JOHN S. Enlisted in Co. I, 2d Heavy Artillery, 6th Aug., 1862. Died of typhoid fever 13th Nov., 1862, at Regimental Hospital, Alexandria, Va. Embalmed, sent home, and buried in Woodbury.
WHITE, DANIEL. Mustered as a substitute for Newell Osborn, Sept. 3d, 1863. The writer has no further account of him.
WHEELER, CURTIS. Enlisted in Co. I, 2d Heavy Artillery, 8th Aug.' 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor through both thighs by the same bullet. Was removed to Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D. C., where he died, 14th June, 1864. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, on the es. tate of the rebel Gen. Lee, back of his mansion, which was formerly owned by George W. P. Custis.
WILLIAMS, GEORGE. Enlisted as a substitute for Frederick Ward, in Co. F, 28th Conn. Vols., at New Haven, Sept. 10th, 1862. The writer has 110 further account of him.
WILSEY, AMBROSE H. Enlisted in Co. I, 2d Heavy Artillery, 12th Aug., 1862. Discharged 17th Ang , 1863, by order of the Secretary of War.
WINTON, ALBERT B. Enlisted in Co. E, 5th Conn. Vols., 22d April, 1861. Mustered at Hartford 22d July, 1861. Promoted Corporal. Re-enlist- ed Vet. Vols., 21st Dec., 1863. Mustered out 19th July, 1865.
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WINTON, EUGENE. Enlisted in Co. F, 6th Conn. Vols., 7th Sept., 1861. Discharged 11th Sept., 1864-term expired.
WINTON, JARED B. Enlisted in Co. I, 2d Heavy Artillery, 6th Aug., 1862. Mustered out at Washington, D. C., 7th July, 1865.
WORDELL, WILLIAM. Enlisted in Co. I, 2d Heavy Artillery, 2d Jan., 1864. Deserted 6th June, 1865.
WOODRUFF, RODERICK STEELE. Enlisted in Co. A, 23d Conn. Vols., 20th Aug., 1862. Promoted Hospital Steward. Taken prisoner at La Fourche, Crossing Hospital, La., 25th June, 1863. Mustered out 31st Aug., 1863.
WYANT, WILSON. Enlisted April 22d, 1861, at Woodbury. Mustered 22d July, 1861, at Hartford, as Captain Co. E, 5th Conn. Vols. Resigned for disability 31st Jan., 1863 .- Total, 264.
Thus have we endeavored, with persevering toil and unwearied fidelity, to gather up the history of the part that Woodbury took in the war of the Great Rebellion-a rebellion without precedent in the annals of the world. None was ever so causeless, none so malignant, none so all-destroying. The most thoughtful and ob- servant mind, after the lapse of ten years from its baleful com- mencement, has scarcely yet been able to grasp a full idea of its frightful proportions. It seems as though there had been some horrid dream running through all those dark and lurid, and all-devouring years; that those bitter years had been counted out of the regular series of the era, and had, so to speak, become the days of vengeance, the dies irae of an avenging God, mected out to an offending people-grievously offending in the curse of human servitude. It was only by such suffering, so much blood, and the expenditure of such vast treasures, in the way of Providence, that so great a curse could be expiated.
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" STATISTICS DURING THE WAR .- In a recent address, General J. P. C. Shanks, a member of the United States House of Repre- sentatives, presented copious and very interesting statistics relative to the military arm of the service during the rebellion, which were compiled from official records in the War Department and other reliable sources. From these figures it appears that the number of white commissioned officers in service during the war was 83,935 ; colored officers, 9; white enlisted men, 2,073,112; color- ed, 178,895 ; total officers and men, 2,335,951. There were killed in action-officers of white troops, 3,686 ; white officers of colored troops, 91; officers, regular army, 93; general officers, 51; total officers, 3,931. Of troops killed in action there were 37,531 white volunteers, 1,514 colored volunteers, 1,262 regular army ; total 40,307 ; grand total, officers and soldiers, 44,238. There died of wounds received in action, 2,069 officers and 31,924 soldiers, of whom 1,037 were colored; total, 38,993. There died of disease, 1,728 officers, of whom one was colored, and 147,320 men, of whom 26,211 were colored; total, 149,043. Died from other known causes, 388 officers and 11,457 men-total, 11,485; from unknown causes, 1,203 officers, 54,094 men-total, 55,297. The deaths from all causes amounted to 294,416 ; 119 officers and 36, 093 privates died in southern prisons. The number of Union ofli- cers captured by the rebels was 7,072, and of soldiers, 179,091. There were legally paroled and exchanged, 6,477 officers and 147,- 851 soldiers; illegally, 105 officers and 1,038 men ; there escaped, 397 officers and 2,376 men ; recaptured, 301. The number of reb- els captured during the war was-officers, 35,872 ; soldiers, 426,- 852; citizens, 15,535 ; total, 476,130.
What painful reflections a careful review of this civil war must ever bring to the reflecting mind and sensitive heart. "There are torn and shattered bodies which are beyond the reach of the sur- geon's hand, and to whom the Secretary of War can send no as- sistance. They sleep peacefully enough in the forty-one military cemeteries of the Nation-three hundred and fifty-five thousand of them-and every mouldering body represents a human life which, before the rebellion, was useful, active and productive. There are more to come, and to these must be added the remains
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of those who were buried elsewhere during and since the war, who died in consequence of their service in it, till the number must reach to more than half a million men. What a harvest of death ? What an expenditure of the virility of the land ! What a draft upon the production of the future ! What a diminution of the real wealth of the country ! But, putting aside the cold calculations of the economist, every reader of ordinary sensibility will recall the mental and physical suffering, the bereavements, the untimely departure of the dead, and the long and sharp sor- row of the surviving-of wives, of children, of sweethearts, to whom the telegram or the letter bore intelligence, which, if it did not palsy their souls, at least changed the whole tenor of their lives, and while it darkened all their future, left them possibly self dependent and alone in a bleak and busy world. There are wounds which pensions do not heal, and wants which the Govern- ment, however generous, cannot supply. All the laws in the world cannot give back the son to his widowed mother, or restore the husband to the arms of his lonely wife. There is and can be no record in the War Department of broken hearts-there is no bureau of blighted hopes, no Secretary to compute the sighs and tears, the days of distress, the sleepless nights, or the false and mocking dreams of women whom the red hand of war, stretching from the far off battle field, has remorselessly smitten, upon the very hearth-stone of a blasted home, with all its tender recollec- tions, and may be, stern, material necessities. The Government places a little iron monument at the head of a soldier's grave; it pensions his widow and provides for his children. Can it do more ? Yes, more, much more! It can remember in all its vaunted policy, in all its law-making, in all its care of the present, and in all its provision for the future, how much the very oppor- tunity of doing anything has cost us, and by what sacrifices we have earned the right and the power to shape the destinies of the Republic, and to make it indeed the guardian of all its children against every form of oppression. We want no wasted lives. We want no gratuitous mortality. We want a steady remembrance of the past, unvexed by revengeful memories and perpetuated hatreds, but always fresh when principles are at stake, or social equities again endangered. So much is due to those who have suffered and those who have died."
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As a result of all the wild turmoils of the war, of the untold suffering and anguish, and seas of human blood, we have peace, a disenthralled race, brighter skies and a purer atmosphere, Let all join in the devout aspiration, that the Giver of all Good will evermore lead the hearts of all to the ways of peace.
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CHAPTER VII.
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY-CONTINUED FROM PAGE 307.
1853 TO 1872; REV. LUCIUS CURTIS DISMISSED ; RELIGIOUS REVIVAL; REV. ROB" ERT G. WILLIAMS, SETTLED ; REV. CHARLES E. ROBINSON; REV. CHARLES LITTLE ; RELIGIOUS REVIVAL ; REV. HORACE WINSLOW ; REV. GURDON W. NOYES; MEM- BERSRIP AND BAPTISMS; REV. SAMUEL R. ANDREW-LIFE AND CHARACTER ; HIS OWN ACCOUNT OF HIS SETTLEMENT; DEACON MATTHEW MINOR; MINOR JUBILEE ; BENEDICT WILL ; CONCLUDING REMARKS.
HE history of the First Church, in the previous edition of this work, closed in the year pre- ceding the termination of the ministerial labors of Rev. Lu- cius Curtis in Woodbury. He had proved himself a very ac- ceptable pastor and preacher, but ill-health, the great dis- troyer of human usefulness, intervened, and he was obliged to re- sign his charge, which he did with reluctance, and to the great re- gret of his people, on Sunday, Jan. 22, 1854. A special meet- ing of the church and society was held, Feb. 4, 1854, at which the following votes were passed :-
" Whereas the Rev. Lucius Curtiss has communicated to this Church and Society his request that they should unite with him in calling the Consociation to dissolve the connection now exist- ing between us and him as Pastor and People, on account of ill health ; and said church and society being unwilling to sunder those bonds and be separated from one in whom they are so well united, and to whom, personally they are so much attached, with- ont some judicious effort on their part to enable the Pastor to re- gain his health, and still remain with us ;- therefore be it
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" Resolved, That we propose to him that, instead of calling the Consociation, he take a vacation of six months, with entire free- dom from all pastoral care and labor.
" Resolved That for the same period, we continue his salary as heretofore, and supply the pulpit from our resources as a soci- ety ; and when the period proposed shall arrive, if his health is not re-established, we will then, if he still desires it, unite with him in calling the Consociation."
Mr. Curtis asked time to consider the proposal, and on the 9th of April, he renewed his request for dismission. On the 27th of the same month, the church and society voted to join with him in referring the matter to the Consociation, to be acted on at its an- nual meeting in the following June. William Cothren was ap- pointed delegate on the part of the church to attend the Consoci- ation. The matter was duly submitted, and the request of Mr. Curtis granted.
There was an extended revival of religion during the ministry of Mr. Curtis, as a result of which, forty-seven persons were ad- ded to the church. The whole number of admissions during his administration was eighty.
. Some time after the dismission of Mr. Curtis, rest from pasto- ral cares had brought a decided improvement to his health, and he was settled over the Congregational Church in Colchester, Conn., where he continued till about two years ago, when he re- moved, and is settled over a church in Wisconsin,
On the 29th of January, 1855, a call was.extended to Rev. Rob- ert G. Williams, of Durham, Conn., which he accepted, and was installed April 25, 1855.
During the administration of Mr. Williams, in 1857, the church edifice was repaired, and remoddled, at an expense of a little more than $4,000. Thirty-two persons were received to membership under him, and the affairs of the society were prosperous.
On the 15th of January, 1859, Mr. Williams tendered his resig- nation. The church and society accepted it, and united with him in referring the matter to the annual Consociation in June, which approved of this action, and such arrangements were made, that he continued his pastoral care of the church till after the Bi-Cen- tennial Celebration, July 5th, 1859.
In accepting his resignation, the society "Resolved, That he has our hearfelt thanks for the faithful manner in which he has discharged his pastoral duties to us."
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The church also, at the same time, "Resolved, That we take pleasure in testifying, on this occasion, to our high apprecia- tion of, and full confidence in the character of our Pastor, as a man, a Christian, and a minister of the Gospel, and that our best wishes and heartfelt sympathies will follow him wherever he may go to labor in the wide harvest-field of the Lord."
At the close of Mr. Williams' labors, the people of his congre- gation gave him a farewell donation. The following is an account of the event, which appeared in the public prints at the time :-
" A PLEASANT RE-UNION AT WOODBURY.
" The members of the First Congregational Church and Society in Woodbury, in pursuance of a notice read from the pulpit on the preceding Sabbath, met at the parsonage on Wednesday eve- ning last, for the purpose of exchanging sentiments of sympathy and kindness with their late pastor, Rev. Robert G. Williams, who had been dismissed, at his own request, from his pastoral charge over the people, by the late Annual Consociation of Litchfield South. Notwithstanding a severe thunder storm, which came on about the time appointed for the meeting, a large number con- vened at the parsonage. After an hour or two spent in pleasant, social intercourse, and the exchange of kind congratulations, Mr. William Cothren, at the request of the assemblage, presented to Rev. Mr. Williams a purse containing the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, contributed by individuals, in addition to the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, which had been previously given him as a parting donation by the Society.
On presenting the donation, Mr. Cothren remarked substan- tially as follows :-
" MY DEAR SIR :- I have been requested, by the friends here assembled, to perform the pleasing duty of presenting to you, with their kind congratulations and sentiments of esteem and af- fection, a slight token of their enduring regard, and also of ex- tending to you their adieus at parting. The same hour that wit- nesses these cordial greetings, marks also the time of separation, and our paths diverge from this point forever. Thus it ever is in this changing, fleeting life. We meet in the rapid journey of our pilgrimage on earth, we take the friendly hand, pass some brief moments in joyous, social intercourse, and then pass on our vari-
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ous paths in the great labyrinth of life. Perchance our paths may sometimes cross, and we may meet again, but we tarry not in our hurried course.
" We meet this evening under circumstances of pleasure, and of pain-pleasure in meeting, pain that we must part so soon. I am glad to be present on this occasion, and the more so, because I did not expect to be here. It is a happy interview. It gives us an opportunity to see the sunny side of human nature-the clear atmosphere of the heart's best affections. It is well that there should be pauses like this in life's turmoil of contending interests. And we congratulate you, sir, that you have been able to perform, creditably and well, so far as you are concerned, your immediate labors with us, for our personal and spiritual welfare .-- We con- gratulate you that you have labored with so great a meed of suc- cess. We would fain imitate your earnest, unremitting and unsel- fish labors for the good of the Church, and of mankind. We would imitate your caution in speech -never retaliating an injuri- ons word or act. In this parting hour, we do not ask you, if we have erred, to forgive and forget, for well do we know, that in your generous heart, it is done already.
" And now. sir, I extend to yon the hand of fellowship, never, as I hope and believe,to be withdrawn during life's changing pil- grimage. I do this, from the dictates of my own sentiments and emotions, and at the request of the friends here assembled, and others who cannot be present on this glad occasion. I give you the hand of kindly greeting, as well as of friendly parting. We extend to you that hand of kindness, which is often withdrawn, even among most intimate friends,-sometimes for real, but often- er for most imaginary causes. We greet you as one of God's mes- sengers of "peace on earth and good will to men." Our hearts will follow you with kindly emotions, to whatever field of labor, in the vineyard of the Lord, you may be called. We would hold up your hands, and cheer you on in the path of duty, and of use- fulness. And now, with this our final greeting, we bid you an affectionate farewell, in the cheering hope that God will at last gather us, a happy and redeemed people, in the mansions of the błest."
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