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ment, and subject to great depression of spirits. He suffered much under an impression that he was unfaithful and defi- cient in his duties as pastor and teacher of his flock. This feeling, induced by his continued feebleness of health, led him repeatedly to ask a dismission from his charge. But the real opinion of his fidelity, entertained by the church, is indi- cated by their repeated refusals to grant a separation.
It is related of him, that, during the last year of his minis- try, he would prepare for the Sabbath, and, when the hour of service came, his depression would often weigh so heavily upon him, as to compel him to send word to his waiting peo- ple, that he could not appear before them.
Divine service was generally held but half the day, to- wards the close of his labors. Yet the people declined his repeated requests for a final separation ; and at last, consented on the representation of physicians, to refer the subject to a mutual council. So highly was he prized as their pastor by the people of Oxford.
His communications to the church and town, are the best exponents of the state of feeling between him and them. As early as 14 Sept., 1798, he proposed to leave the desk for them to hear a candidate, and offered to deduct the expense from his own income. On a renewal of the proposition, 9 Jan., 1799, a committee of conference was chosen, who agreed to concur with the church in seeking advice about his dismis- sion. To this committee he says :- " My health is yet ex- tremely low, and my state, I think precarious. From the nature of my complaints, being very much upon my lungs, I must freely own, I see no probability of being able to preach. What a number of years may do for me, should I be contin- ued in life, is unknown to us; but I think it must be several years, should I do as well as can be expected, before I can engage in public speaking."*
* Letter of Mr. G. F. Daniels, Oxford.
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The council which advised his removal, express in their result, much sympathy for him in his affliction, and bear tes- imony to the excellence of his character as a minister of the Gospel .*
21. REV. HERMAN DAGGETT
Was born in Wrentham, 3 Oct., 1765. He was the son of Ebenezer Daggett, M. D., who was a native of Attleboro', but pursued his profession in Wrentham. His mother was daughter of Timothy Metcalf, Esq., of Wrentham .¡
He graduated at Brown University, 1788, and A. M., and studied theology with Rev. Dr. Emmons. He was ordained at Southampton, Long Island, 12 April, 1792, and dismissed in 1796: when he removed to Westhampton, where he was settled in 1798, and dismissed 9 Sept., 1801. Thence he re- moved to Middletown, in Brookhaven, and was installed 20° Oct., 1801, and continued until 20 April, 1807, when he re- moved to Ridgefield, Ct., and from thence to Cornwall, where he established and became principal of the celebrated Mission School. He remained here until his death, 19 May, 1832, leaving a widow, but no children.
Mr. Daggett possessed a peculiarly even temperament. A gentleman intimately acquainted with him on Long Island,
* Rey. H. Bardwell, Oxford.
t Doct. Daggett was the son of Ebenezer and Mary (Blackinton) Daggett, of Attleboro', and brother of Rev. Naphtali Daggett, D. D., for 11 years Pres't of Yale College, and prof. of Divinity for 25 years.
The pilgrim ancestor of this family, was John Daggett, Watertown, 1642. He removed to Martha's Vineyard with Gov. Mayhew, 1644. His son (?) Thomas Daggett, married Hannah, eldest daughter of Gov. Mayhew. Their son John, moved from Chilmark to Attleboro', about 1709, and had 9 children ; of whom Ebenezer was the second. He married Mary Blackinton, daughter of Pentecost B., of Attleboro', and from whom came in the second generation, Rev. Herman Daggett. - Daggett's Hist. Attleboro'.
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relates, " that he was never known to laugh, although of a cheerful and happy turn of mind; to smile was all he ever did."
His style of composition was plain and direct ; his manner of preaching deliberate and solemn. He was highly appre- ciated while in the ministry.
The Cornwall school was instituted through his agency in the autumn of 1816, and opened May, 1817. Mr. Daggett was the first appointed teacher, but being unable to engage, Mr. Edwin W. Dwight took his place for a time. Mr. Dag- gett commenced the supervision of the school, in May, 1819. For this enterprise he was, say the committee in one of their annual reports, "peculiarly qualified."
Mr. Daggett published a sermon on " the character and work of John the Baptist ;" delivered at Patterson, N. J., 1813.
22. REV. ROYAL TYLER
Was born in Uxbridge, 24 May, 1770. He graduated at Dartmouth, 1798, and studied theology with Rev. Dr. Em- mons. He was ordained at Andover, Ct., July, 1792, and dismissed May, 1817. Installed over the church in Salem, Ct., in 1818, and dismissed in 1824. He died at Salem, Ct .. 10 April, 1826, aged 56.
Mr. Tyler married Miss Lydia Watson, daughter of Joseph Watson, of Thompson, Ct., by whom he had eight children, namely :
1. Samuel L., graduated Brown University, 1820; taught academy in Florence, Alabama, and died there, 5 Oct. 1822. .
2. Royal W., a farmer ; resides in Salem, Ct.
3. George W., physician in Providence, R. I.
4. Nathan, lawyer; died in Meadville, Pa., 5 March, 1833.
5. Abigail W., married to Dr. Alfred Riggs, Fourth St., New York.
6. Lydia, died young.
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7. Benjamin S., physician in Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.
8. Gideon W., merchant in Granger, Medina Co., Ohio. Mrs. Tyler died August, 1835, at Ohio City, O.
Mr. Tyler's ministry was marked by several revivals of religion. But of his character, we have had access to no materials for judgment.
23. MR. JOSIAH HOLBROOK
Was born in Wrentham, 19 January, 1765. He was the third son of Daniel and Esther (Hall) Holbrook. He grad. at Brown University, 1788, and A. M .; and studied Theology with Rev. Dr. Emmons. He went to the South, and is believed to have died in Beaufort, S. C., in 1796 or 7.
It is not known that he was ever settled, nor have any further particulars of him been collected.
24. REV. HOLLOWAY FISH
Was the son of Rev. Elisha Fish of Upton, and brother of Rev. Elisha Fish, jr., of Gilsum, N. H. He graduated at Dartmouth, 1790, and was ordained at Marlboro', N. H., 25 Sept., 1793, where he died, in the pastoral office, 1 Sept., 1824, aged 62.
Mr. Fish married Miss Hannah Harrington, of West- borough. They had no children. An adopted son of theirs, Mr. Holloway Brigham, still lives in Westborough.
Mr. Fish enjoyed two seasons of revival amongst his peo- ple, and 129 were added to the church by profession, and 45 by letter, during his ministry.
He is represented as a man of sound judgment, a faithful pastor, and a decided Hopkinsian in his theological views. His influence was of great worth in withstanding and arrest- ing the tendency towards Arminianism in his vicinity. He
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preached the doctrines of Divine sovereignty with great boldness and plainness. And though not a popular preacher, his voice being indistinct to strangers, he was an eminently useful minister of the Gospel .*
His epitaph is as follows : -
MEMENTO MORITURUS.
IN MEMORY OF REV . HOLLOWAY FISH, Who died Sept. 1, 1824, Æ. 62.
HE WAS GRADUATED FROM DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, 1790; Ordained in Marlboro', Sept. 25, 1793; AND THIRTY YEARS THE BELOVED PASTOR OF The Church and Society.
HE DIED PRAYING FOR HIS PEOPLE.+
25 .. REV. JOHN MORSE
Was the second son of Dea. James and Hannah (Daniels) Morse, of East Medway, where he was born, 20 Nov., 1763.1
Mr. Morse became personally interested in religion under the preaching of Rev. John Leland, of Peru. He graduated at Brown University, 1791, and studied theology with Rev. Dr. Emmons and Rev. David Sanford of West Medway. He went to the then " far West," and was soon ordained, in 1792, over the Congregational Church in Green River, N. Y. He continued the pastor of this flock for 23 years.
* Letter of Rev. L. Wiswall, Me.
f Letter of Rev. G. Lyman, Marlboro', N. H.
# Dea. James Morse, the father of Rev. John Morse, was the eighth child of Henry and Sarah Morse, who was the son of Joseph and Prudence (Adams) Morse, who was the son of Capt. Joseph, jr., the son of Joseph, who was the son of Samuel Morse, born in England, 1558, and appears in Dedham, 1635, and who died at Medfield, 5 April, 1654. - Book of the Morses.
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In 1816, he removed to Otego, N. Y., and was installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church, where he remained for 12 years. The last sermon he preached was on the occasion of the death of President Harrison. He died 3 Jan., 1844, aged 80 years ; over 50 of which he spent in the ministry.
Mr. Morse married Clarissa Sanford, daughter of Rev. D. Sanford, of Medway, 4 Feb., 1793. They had two children : 1. David Sanford, born 22 Dec., 1793; Rev. and settled in Richford, N. Y. He married Miss Margaret Vandyke.
2. Clarissa, born 4 May, 1796, and married to Isaac Fair- man, of Medina, Orleans Co., N. Y.
Mrs. Morse died at Pompey Hill, N. Y., 15 March, 1850. It is said of Mr. Morse that he took a very prominent and active part in the extensive revivals in 1785, in and around his native place ; holding conference meetings in Holliston, and in West Medway, in different neighborhoods. The influence of these meetings went far towards deciding the character of the churches in those two communities, especially when the popular movement was opposed to a pure Gospel. This revival also fixed his purpose to become a preacher of righteousness.
" Soon after his settlement at Green River, a powerful revival of religion followed his ministry, during the whole of which the church continued remarkably united in him.
" His theology was sound, and of the New England stamp, which enabled him, during the prevalence of the 'new measures' in central New York, to see the rock upon which the churches were driving.
" He loved and preached the distinguishing doctrines of grace which supported him in his last sickness and death. During his short illness of four days, he enjoyed his mental faculties in a remarkable degree. Not a cloud was over his mind to darken his prospects beyond the grave."*
* See Book of the Morses.
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26. REV. SAMUEL JUDSON.
[See Sketches of Members, No. 22.]
27. REV. NATHANIEL HALL
Was born in Sutton, 9 April, 1764, and was the son of Dea. Willis Hall* and Anna (Cage) Hall. His mother was the daughter of William and Anna Cage, of Grafton and Warren, formerly of Scotland.
Mr. Hall graduated at Dartmouth, 1790, and A. M., and studied divinity with Rev. Dr. Emmons. He was ordained over the Congregational Church in Granville, N. Y., 3 Oct., 1797, and continued its pastor until his death, - by a can- cerous tumor, 31 July, 1820, at the age of 56.
His gravestone bears the following inscription : -
A SPIRITUAL COMPANION, An able Pastor, a faithful, instructive Preacher, a consistent, PENETRATING DIVINE. His influence in this region was precious. The intelligent Christian who knew him best, WILL REVERE HIM MOST. The plan of Grace which he loved and defended, SUPPORTED HIM IN DEATH.
Mr. Hall married, 22 Jan., 1798, Hannah Emerson, daughter of Dea. Daniel Emerson, of Hollis, N. H., and
* He was descended from Capt. John Hall, of Medford, formerly of Concord and of Charlestown, who married Elizabeth Green, 2 April, 1656, and who was the son of Widow Mary Hall, of Charlestown. His son, Dea. Percival Hall, born 1672, and married Jane Willis, migrated to Sutton, and was the father of Dea. Willis Hall, above mentioned. - Rev. D. B. Hall, Cleaveland, N. Y.
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sister of Rev. Joseph Emerson. (Licentiates, No. 40.) She was born 7 Dec., 1773, and died 22 May, 1832.
They had nine children, seven of whom are still living :
1. Hannah Emerson ; born 9 Nov., 1798, and married Aug., 1823, to Rev. Abijah Crane, for fifteen years Central Agent of the American Home Missionary Society. He died · at Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y., 14 May, 1847. His wife died at Clinton, 12 June, 1846.
Their son, Edwin H. Crane, graduated Hamilton College, 1844, and Auburn, 1851; married Ann Eliza Cowles, of Otisco, Onondaga Co., N. Y., and embarked, 31 May, 1852, as Missionary to Nestoria. A second son, Lewis H. de Loss Crane, graduated Hamilton College, 1845, and is now a lawyer in Selden, L. I.
2. Willis, born 1 April, 1801 ; graduated at Yale College, 1824, and studied law. He settled in New York City, re- presented the City and County of New York in the State Legislature of 1838. In 1839, appointed Attorney-General of the State. Representative for the City and County of Albany in 1842. In 1847, was Councillor to the Board of Aldermen of New York City. . He married Mrs. Helen Haudley.
3. Nathanael Emmons, dentist in Middle Granville, N. Y. ; married Miss Mary Fell, of Bloomington, Ill.
4. Eliza, resides in Middle Granville, N. Y.
5. Richard Baxter, was a portrait-painter ; now a physician in Sacramento City, Cal.
6. Daniel Emerson, born 9 May, 1810 ; graduated at Yale, 1834; lawyer in Mobile, Ala. He married Delphine E. Kennedy, 13 Jan., 1840, and died 24 April, 1852.
7. David Brainerd, graduated at Union College, 1839, and at Princeton Theo. Seminary. Is now settled at Cleave- land, Oswego Co., N. Y.
8. Mary, resides at Middle Granville.
9. Edwards, graduated at Hamilton College, 1840 ; phy-
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sician in New York City. He married Maria M. Chambers, of Trenton, N. J .*
" As a preacher, Mr. Hall was always interesting to those who hear for instruction. His discourses contained the sin- cere milk of the Word. His discernment of defects in the matter or method of a sermon was singularly acute. This rendered him particularly useful in ministerial circles, and to. theological students. His gifts and influence in our churches as a religious instructor, an able councillor, and faithful · disciplinarian, were such as we know not how to spare.
" His discernment of moral truth, and his ability to inves- tigate and defend its principles, were distinguishing. Loose and unsystematic notions in divinity and moral science, rarely escaped his observation.
" He saw with clearness, the first leadings of error, in principle or practice, and opposed them with candor and firmness.
" It was the habitual object of his zeal and effort to instruct his hearers in the doctrines of grace, - to convince them of , those self-denying truths which stain the pride of all flesh.
" His discourses were serious and practical. Practical improvement was the moral and literal end of every sermon. And God was pleased to crown his labors with many precious fruits. These consisted in the enlightening and restraining power of Gospel truth on his hearers generally, and in the conversion of many souls.
" In the course of his ministry, he enjoyed three special revivals among his people. In 1800, when the church re- ceived 45 hopeful converts. In 1814, 77 were added to the church. In 1816, 45 were added .. The whole number re- ceived during his ministry was 255.
"Days of religious harvest appeared to be particular sea-
* Letter of Rev. D. B. Hall, Cleaveland, N. Y.
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sons of his enjoyment ; and his skill in divinity rendered him a consistent and very useful guide to inquiring souls.
" He was the warm friend of Bible, Missionary and Educa- tion Societies. He was also a companionable and interesting friend, and his house was always the mansion of unaffected hospitality."*
Mr. Hall's only publication is a sermon preached before the Evangelical Society, in Poultney, Vt., at their- annual meeting, 22 Nov., 1815.
28. REV. JOHN FITCH
Was the oldest son of Rev. Elijah Fitch, of Hopkinton, where he was born in 1770. He graduated at Brown Uni- versity, 1790, and studied theology with Rev. Dr. Emmons.
In 1793, July 29, he was invited to settle in Danville, Vt., where he was ordained the first pastor, 30 Oct., 1793, in a grove of maples, at the base of a circular valley. His salary was two hundred dollars, paid in produce.
After laboring twenty-three years, he was dismissed, 1 Oct., 1816, on account of feeble health, and took a journey to the West. In about two years he returned, resigned the office of the ministry, and removed to Guildhall, Vt., where he died, 18 Dec., 1827, aged 57.
The interval after his return, was partly spent as teacher at Thetford, and at Guildhall.
Mr. Fitch married, first, Miss Sally Magoon, of Danville, by whom he had one daughter : Hannah, who was married to Dea. Asa Sargent, of the same place. Mr. Fitch's second wife was Mrs. Lydia Parmer, sister to Mr. Jeduthun Loom- is, of Montpelier, Vt. : by whom he also had one daughter, Nancy Jane.
* Obituary in Boston Recorder, by Rev. W. Jackson, D. D., Dorset, Vermont.
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She became the wife of a Mr. Elkin, formerly professor in Mandaville College, but now resident in New Orleans.
Mr. Fitch wrote largely for " The Adviser," published at Middlebury, Vt., and issued several sermons; among them was an Election Sermon, before the State Legislature, at Danville, 1805.
The church of Danville at its organization, 9 Aug., 1792, embraced twenty members. During Mr. Fitch's ministry, sixty-five were added.
He stood high in the estimation of his people up to the time of his dismission, and though no marked revivals of religion occurred, he was regarded at large, as an able and faithful minister. He was a strong writer, but not an elo- quent speaker ; yet he possessed a considerable degree of free- dom, coupled with moderation .*
29. REV. ELI SMITH
Was born in Belchertown, 17 Sept., 1759, and was the son of Joseph Smith .¡ His early life was spent on a farm, and
* Hist. Sermon, of Danville, Vt., by Rev. J. Dudley, pastor.
t His earliest American Ancestor was Joseph Smith ; who removed from Hartford, Ct., to Hadley, 1680, and had four sons. The second son, John, b. 1686, settled in Hadley, and d. 1777, aged 91. He had five sons and five daughters : viz. John, Abner, (father of Rev. Abner, of Derby, Ct .; ) Daniel, Joseph, and Elijah.
Joseph, just mentioned, was the father of Rev. Eli, above, also of Rev. Amasa, and Rev. John, D. D., of Bangor: (Licentiate No. 33.)
It may be added, that Elijah, the youngest son, had nine children. Among them were ; 1. Asa, father of Rev. Asa, of Virginia, and of Rev. Theophilus, of New Canaan, Ct. ; 2. Sarah, wife of Elijah Bardwell, of Goshen, and mother of Rev. Horatio B., of Oxford, and of Sarah, wife of Rev. Wm. Richards, of the India Mission : 3. Rev. Ethan, of Boyls- ton ; 4. Dea. Jacob, father of Elizabeth, wife of Rev. Wm. Hervey, of the India Mission, of Esther, wife of Rev. Mr. Dunbar, of the Pawnee Mission, of Martha, wife of Rev. O. G. Hubbard, of Leominster, and of Miranda, wife of Rev. P. Belden, of E. Amherst. - Geneal. Regis- ter, Vol. I. p. 183.
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it was not until 1787, some time after the death of his first wife, at Sunderland, that he commenced his course of edu- cation. He graduated at Brown University, 1792, and A. M., at the age of thirty-three, and studied theology with Rev. Dr. Emmons. He was ordained as colleague pastor at Hollis, N. H., 27 Nov., 1793. He labored with fidelity and success for thirty-seven years, and was dismissed in 1831. After this date, he preached one year in Greenfield, N. H., one year in Montague, one year in Marshfield, and shorter periods in other places. He died 11 May, 1847, aged 87 years and 8 months.
Mr. Smith married, first, Miss Catharine Sheldon, of North- ampton, by whom he had one son. His second wife, was Miss Ama Emerson, of Hollis, daughter of Dea. Daniel Emerson, and sister of Rev. Joseph Emerson, (Licentiate No. 40). By this marriage he had five children. His fam- ily were :
1. Eli. He formed the first church in Frankfort, Ky., of which he was pastor ten years. He was then ten years pastor of the church in Paris, Ky. He died at Frankfort, Ky.
2. Ama : m. Rev. Noah Emerson.
3. Luther, teacher in West Liberty, O.
4. Hannah C., m. Rev. Darwin Adams, now of Dunstable, Mass.
5. Joseph E., lives in Hollis, N. H.
6. John R., physician in Lexington, Ky.
Mr. Smith's ministry in Hollis was signally blessed. The first great revival among his people began in 1801, and con- tinued over a year. It was preceded for three or four years, by an uncommon degree of religious feeling. As its fruits, one hundred and forty-two, mostly heads of families, united with the church. This was one of the first revivals of the present century. During his pastorate, between 400 and 500. were added to the church.
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He was also an early and fast friend to missions, and once left his people, as a home missionary for a short time.
His prominent features of character, as gathered from his funeral sermon, by Rev. R. Emerson, Andover, were, an ar- dent temperament, and quick mental activity, which gave peculiar point and power to his extempore efforts ; "an invin- cible firmness, manifested in his boldness and distinctness in preaching the humbling truths of grace. He was a revival preacher, in the best sense of the term, plain, pungent, prac- tical.
His late education prevented his being a learned theolo- gian. Yet he was a diligent student, rising usually at four o'clock in the morning, and spending much of his time in secret devotions.
The system of christian doctrine taught by his revered preceptor, Dr. Emmons, he embraced in all its strictness, and with all his heart, and taught with all his power.
He published but two or three sermons. An ordination sermon, of Rev. Stephen Farley, and a Fast sermon, are known to exist.
30. REV. WILLIAM JACKSON, D. D.
Of his ancestry little is known, except that his paternal great grandfather lived and died in Norwalk, Ct .; and that piety distinguished his progenitors and their families for sev- eral generations.
His grandfather, Ebenezer Jackson, removed to Sharon, Ct. and was deacon in the church, and died in triumph, saying, ' Welcome, Welcome, I am ready.'
His father, Abraham Jackson, married Eleanor Bumpas, of Wareham, and settled in Cornwall, Ct., where the subject of this notice was born, 14 Dec., 1768.
Mr. Jackson was the youngest of five sons, and the tenth of
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eleven children, all of whom lived to be married and become parents. When he was but three years of age, the father migrated with his numerous family, to Wallingford, Vt., in which town they were the first, and for several months the only settlers. Here amidst the severe toils, simple habits, and scanty means of culture, incident to a new settlement, his early life was spent. At sixteen he became a subject of grace. .
He fitted for college at Norwich, Vt., and at Moore's charity school, Hanover, N. H., graduated at Dartmouth College, 1790, and A. M. He received a Doctorate from Middlebury College.
After graduation, he taught a female select school at Wethersfield, Ct., for a season, and then studied Theology for one year with Rev. Dr. Samuel Spring, of Newburyport, and completed his course with Rev. Dr. Emmons. He immediately commenced preaching, at Dorset, Vt., but de- clined an invitation to continue there, on account of his health, and journeyed south and preached, for a season, in New Jersey. After three years, he returned ; and, on a re- newal of their invitation, was settled over the church in Dor- set and East Rupert, Vt., 27 Sept., 1796. He labored here until 1837, when his health, always feeble, induced him to accept a colleague. Rev. Ezra Jones, formerly of Greenfield, N. H., was settled in this relation, 12 Dec., 1838. He was dismissed, 28 Oct., 1841, and Mr. Jackson remained sole pastor of the church until his death, 15 Oct., 1842, in his 74th year, having been settled 46 years.
Dr. Jackson married, 3 Nov., 1796, Miss Susanna Cram, of Brentwood, N. H., who survived him. They had seven children ; two of whom died young.
1. Samuel C., grad. Middlebury Col., 1821, settled at An- dover. He is now Assistant Sec. of the Mass. Board of Edu- cation.
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2. Margaret Graves, m. to Rev. John Maltby, Bangor, and died in 1851.
3. Susan, lives unmarried at Dorset.
4. Elizabeth Rogers, wife of Rev. Nathaniel Beach, of Milbury.
5. Henrietta Anna Lorain, m. to Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, Miss. at Constantinople. She died at Rhodes, 14 Nov., 1850 .*
Dr. Jackson's bodily constitution was naturally frail, and subjected him to frequent and severe indisposition ; yet he accomplished much as a builder in the temple of the Lord of Hosts. His most striking feature was that of deep solemnity when exhibiting the truths of God.
One intimately acquainted with him, says : " He had strik- ing and uncommon powers in the pulpit. His sermons were solid and effective. His preaching, as a whole, was biblical, instructive. His manner was characterized by a natural dig- nity and an urgent, solemn earnestness. His whole appear- ance, in the pulpit, indicated a holy sincerity - that he spoke according to his own deep convictions."
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