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REV. STEPHEN CHAFIN , D . D.
In 1809, Dr. Chapin married Miss Sarah Mosher, of Hol- lis, N. H. She, with three sons and two daughters, survived him .*
Dr. Chapin possessed many admirable traits of character.
" His mind was not brilliant, but close, discriminating, pa- tient, and careful in investigation. He loved to study, yet he seemed to have but one object in view, - to make a sanctified use of all the knowledge he could acquire. He possessed an excellent literary taste, and his style of com- position, for purity, precision, and a chaste and elegant simplicity, has rarely been excelled. His thoughts were always most carefully considered, and the utmost pains taken to present them in the clearest, most simple, and at the same time, most impressive manner. He lacked the graces of person and delivery, yet his performances were listened to with pleasure and profit. The Bible was his daily study and delight, especially towards the close of his life. Next to the Bible, he loved the works of the old English Divines." In sen- timents he closely agreed with his theological instructor.
Though somewhat reserved in manners, and, to strangers, appearing rather distant, yet to his friends and family he was steadily and strongly attached.
" The crowning excellence of his character, was his con- sistent and devoted piety. He appeared, in a far more emphatic sense than is common, to regard himself as belong- ing to Christ, and to be only anxious to employ himself and all that he had in his service. His simple-hearted ingenuous, and underrating piety, made the strongest impression upon the minds of all who knew him."t
A list of his publications has not been collected. A ser- mon of his was published, delivered before the Trustees of
* Rev. W. B. Sprague, D. D., Albany.
1 Rev. J. S. Bacon, D. D., Pres't of Columbian Coll., Washington, D. C.
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Columbian College, with an obituary notice of its founder, Rev. Luther Rice. Sermon before the Me. Bap. Ed. Socie- ty, 1820. Also a sermon addressed to Mariners, North Yar- mouth, Me., 1821.
49. REV. ELNATHAN WALKER
Was born in Taunton, 18 Feb., 1780, and was the son of Peter and Deborah Walker. He fitted for college at Bristol Academy, Taunton, under Rev. Simeon Doggett, and gradua- ted at Brown Univ., 1803. He studied theology with Rev. Dr. Emmons, was settled over the Presb. church in Homer, N. Y., 25 Oct., 1809, and died there in the ministry, 4 -, 1820, aged 40.
Mr. Walker married Miss Aurelia King, of Sharon, Ct., in 1809, and had three children, two sons and a daughter. James was lost at sea in the steamship " Home," 9 Oct., 1837. Elnathan G. is a merchant in W. New York .*
Mr. Walker was a slow, but patient and thorough scholar. In his youth he was sedate, amiable, and beloved by all in his native place. His mature character, is thus sketched in an obituary in the "Cortland Repository : "
" As a man, Mr. Walker possessed an assemblage of ami- able qualities. As a Christian, he was diligent and exempla- ry. As a minister, he set an example of prudence, patience, and fidelity.
He was a firm advocate for the doctrines of grace. He preached them plainly and cheerfully, and decidedly bore testimony in their favor on his dying bed. He was a friend to revivals of religion by the efficacious influence of the Holy Spirit. No less than three general revivals were ex- perienced in the congregation during his pastoral connection with them, and four hundred and sixty-eight members were added to the church.
* Letter of Rev. A. Cobb, Taunton.
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REV. ELNATHAN WALKER.
It is related,* that several persons became at one time somewhat uneasy under Mr. Walker's ministry, and agitated the subject of his dismission. He promptly responded to the suggestion, and a council was invited to consider the question. An anxious people assembled to await the result. The Moderator opened the session with a prayer of peculiar fervor and earnestness, especially praying for the movers of so responsible a step as severing the pastoral relation. The spirit of the prayer awakened new thoughts and feelings in the assembly. At its close, one of the chief agitators request- ed a delay of the proceedings, and moved, before the church, a reconsideration of the matter to be presented to the council ; which motion was unanimously carried.
The council, instead of dismissing the pastor, were invited to stay and assist him in gathering in the fruits of a most ex- tensive and precious revival, of which God's answer to that prayer was the beginning. The question of his dismission was never afterwards agitated.
" Mr. Walker's funeral was attended by more than two thousand people, assembled to pay their last tribute of res- pect to departed worth. Eleven of the neighboring clergy- men were present. The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Lansing, from Heb. 11 : 27; " For he endured as seeing Him who is invisible."
50. MR. ALGERNON S. BAILEY
Was born in Berlin, 11 May, 1782. He was the son of Dea. Stephen and Sally (Crosby) Bailey. His mother was the daughter of Doct. Samuel and Azubah Crosby of Shrews- bury, afterwards of Winchendon.t
Mr. Bailey's attention was specially turned to personal re-
* Rev. S. Raymond, Bridgewater.
Ť Letter of Rev. H. Adams, Berlin.
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ligion, by the labors of his room-mate, while he was prepar- ing for college. He joined the church at Berlin, March, 1803, and entered Harvard University the same year. But he left Cambridge, and joined the Junior Class at Williams College ; where he graduated in 1806. In March of this year, he was attacked severely with pleurisy, which devel- oped his hereditary and final disease, Consumption.
After his approbation, Mr. Bailey commenced preaching in Douglas, but he preached only until Jan., 1807, when he was compelled to leave the pulpit on account of his failing health. He removed to Philadelphia, but the change result- ed in no special benefit. The Winter of 1808, he spent in _ New York, still without visible improvement. He returned home to Berlin in the Spring, but his disease rapidly gained upon him, and he died 26 May, 1808, at the age of 26 years.
Mr. Bailey was neither ordained nor married.
His natural abilities and devoted spirit promised much usefulness. But his brief public life awakened high expecta- tions only to disappoint them.
" He had a clear, discriminating mind, and promised to be a potent advocate of the distinguishing doctrines of revealed religion. His zeal was fervent, and rose superior to every discouragement. In his prayers, he was uncommonly de- vout, collected, humble ; in his endeavors to do good, un- wearied."*
Mr. Bailey is the author of "Letters on Fashionable Amusements," in the Missionary Magazine, Vol. II. ; and also of " Letters to the Young," in Vol. IV. of the same work.
51. REV. SAMUEL W. COLBURN.
[See Members, No. 35.]
* Panoplist and Miss. Mag., Jan., 1809.
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REV. NATHANIEL RAWSON.
52. REV. NATHANIEL RAWSON
Was the son of Dea. Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Nelson) Rawson of Mendon, where he was born 26 Feb., 1780 .*
He received a good academic education, but did not graduate, and studied Theology with Rev. Dr. Emmons. He was ordained in Hardwick, Vt., 13 Feb., 1811, and dis- missed, 30 May, 1817. He then preached, until 1834, as a missionary, in Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, and Canada. Owing to bodily infirmity, he removed to Hamp- ton, Ct., where he spent the rest of his life in cultivating a farm which belonged to his second wife. He was killed in- stantly, by lightning, while raking hay in his field, July, 1845, at the age of 65.
Mr. Rawson married, first, Miss Betsey Fitch, daughter of Rev. Elijah Fitch, of Hopkinton. His second wife was Miss Sarah Piper, of Hampton, Ct. He had six children ; five of whom, with his wife, survived him.
" He was a large, stout man ; kind, peaceable, retiring, and somewhat melancholy in his disposition. His mind was clear and strong, though far from showy. His theological views harmonized closely with those of his teacher, Dr. Emmens.
" He often expressed a preference for a death without any warning, like that from a stroke of lightning, - a wish which, in his case, was singularly granted. He not only died in a moment, but was buried in less than twenty-four hours from the time he entered his field in health."t
* Dea. N. Rawson was the son of Thomas. and Anna (Waldron) Rawson, and grandson of Wilson and Margaret (Arthur, of Nantucket) Rawson, who was the son of Rev. Grindal Rawson, of Mendon, whose father was Edward, the well known Secretary of the Mass. Colony. - Hist. and Geneal. Register.
¡ Letter of Rev. W. Barnes, of Foxboro', formerly of Hampton, Ct.
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53. MR. ISAAC PERKINS LOWE.
He is supposed to be still alive ; but no information has been obtained of him or about him, other than that he is not a graduate of any college, and is not known to have ever been ordained.
54. REV. MARTIN MOORE
Was born in Sterling, 1790, and the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Richardson) Moore, whose ancestors appear amongst the original settlers of Sudbury .*
He graduated at Brown Univ., 1810, and A. M., and then took charge of Wrentham Academy four years ; during which time he studied Theology with Rev. E. Fisk.
He was ordained in Natick, 16 Feb., 1814, and dismissed Aug., 1833. Installed at Cohasset, 4 Sept., 1833, and dis- missed, Aug., 1841. In Jan., 1844, he became editor and proprietor oft he " Boston Recorder ;" now united with the "New England Puritan," and issued as the " Puritan Re- corder," with which paper he is jointly connected, as editor and proprietor.
Mr. Moore married Miss Sarah Fisk, of Natick, and has several children. His oldest son, Jonathan F., graduated at Middlebury, 1838, and is a Lawyer in Boston. His third son, Francis C., is of the well-known firm of Damrell & Moore, Printers, Boston.
Mr. Moore has published several volumes and pamphlets. Among them are : Memoir of Rev. John Elliot, 1822 ; 2d ed., 1842; History of Natick, 1817 ; Memoir of Sophro- nia Lawrence, Boston ; Revival of 1842, with a History of Evangelical Religion in Boston ; the "Old Way of the Pil- grims," 1835.
* John Moore was in Sudbury in 1643, and died, 6 June, 1674. He had a son Jacob, born 1645 .- Farmer
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REV. JOHN BURT WIGHT.
55. REV. JOHN BURT WIGHT
Was born in Bristol, R. I., 7 May, 1790, and was the son f Rev. Henry Wight, D. D .* His mother was Alice Bur- ington.
He graduated, with the highest honors of his class, at Brown Univ., 1808, and A. M. ; also A. M., at Harvard, 816. He studied Theology with Dr. Emmons, and was or- lained in Wayland, 25 Jan., 1815. He was dismissed in May, 1835. He was next settled over the First Congrega- ional church in Castine, Me., from 1836 to 1839. Then over the two . associated churches, in Milford and Amherst, N. H., from 1839 to 1841 ; and over the First Congrega- ional church in North Dennis, from 1842 to 1846. Since his last date, he has resided in Wayland, where he was first settled.
Mr. Wight married Miss Sarah Grout, of Sudbury, by whom he has had four children : Martha, Henry, Sarah, and John.
Henry married Miss Isabella Mann, of Orford, Me., 28 May, 1848, and resides in Wayland.
Sarah was married, 14 Jan., 1852, to Mr. Edward P. Bond, of Boston. They reside in Kawai, one of the Sand- wich Islands.
56. REV. JOSEPHUS WHEATON.
[See Sketches of Members, No. 38.]
* Rev. Dr. Wight, for over fifty years the pastor of the church in Bristol, R. I. ; and, for many years, was one of the Fellows of Brown Univ. He was born in Medfield, 1752; Harv., 1782 ; ordained, 5 Jan., 1785; dis., 11 Nov., 1828; and died, Aug., 1837, aged 84.
The ancestral line is as follows :
1. Thomas Wight, immigrant from the Isle of Wight, England, 1637.
2. His son, Samuel Wight, of Dedham. 3. Jonathan Wight. 4. Jonathan Wight, Jr., of Medfield. 5. Rev. Henry Wight, D. D., of Bristol. 6. Rev. John B. Wight, of Sudbury.
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57. REV. EMERSON PAINE
Was born in Foxboro', 5 Dec., 1786. He was the son of Abiel and Cynthia (Robinson) Paine .* *
He obtained a liberal education through his own exertions, and graduated at Brown University, in 1813 ; studied divin- ity with Rev. Dr. Emmons ; and was ordained in Middle- boro', 14 Feb., 1816. He was dismissed by a Council, called at his own request, 4 June, 1822. In Nov. 20, of the same year, he was installed at Little Compton, R. I., whence he was dismissed, on account of his health, 20 April, 1835. He preached again, a few months, in Middleboro', until invited to labor in Halifax, where he continued to preach until his death, which occurred 26 April, 1851, at the age of 65.
Mr. Paine married Miss Lydia Pendleton, of Dighton, who still resides in Halifax. They had five children, of whom four survive.
1. Joseph Emerson : m. Eliza Rebecca Glover, of Milton, and lives in New York.
2. Charles Henry ; m. Mercy Bryant, of Halifax, and resides in that town.
3. Horatio Edwards ; m. and lives in Bridgewater.
4. Mary Niles ; m. to William Holmes, of Halifax, and lives there.
" Mr. Paine was an able vindicator of Dr. Emmons's Theology. He was a man of unblemished reputation, of a benevolent heart, of an humble, Christian walk, and of deep sympathy for his people; but a Boanerges to the sinner, ' in the hands of an angry God.' His great topic of conso-
* His father and grandfather, both named William, came from Mal- den. William Paine, Jr. m. Mary Bull, dau. of Jacob Bull, of Dor- chester. He and his wife both migrated to Mansfield on the same day, at the ages of 15 and 13. - Mrs. B. S. Paine.
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lation for all in affliction was, full, entire, absolute, and un- conditional submission to the will of God; perfect trust in Him, as infinitely wise and good, and who doeth all things well. And in this frame of mind he gave up his spirit.
A volume of his Sermons has been printed, and they exhibit deep and energetic thought and true orthodoxy."*
He published a 4th of July Oration before the Students of Brown Univ., 1813; Farewell Sermons at Middleboro', 1822; Funeral Sermon of Mr. S. S. Sturtevant, Halifax, 1839 ; a volume of Sermons, 8vo, 1842.
58. REV. ENOCH POND, D. D.
Is a native of Wrentham, north parish, where he was born 29 July, 1791. His parents were Dea. Elijah and Mary (Smith) Pond.t
He graduated at Brown University in 1813, and A. M. ; S. T. D., Dartmouth, 1835 ; studied Theology with Dr. Em- mons, and was ordained at Ward, 1 March, 1815. He resigned his charge, 22 Oct., 1828, to take the editorial care of the " Spirit of the Pilgrims ; " the first five volumes of which were published under his supervision. In the spring of 1832, while residing at Cambridge, he was elected Professor of sys- tematic Theology in the Seminary at Bangor, Me. ; and was inaugurated in the autumn following. He still occupies the Professor's chair in that institution, - a post filled from the beginning, and acceptably, by pupils of the celebrated Dr. Emmons.
Dr. Pond married, first, Miss Wealthy M. Hawes, daugh- ter of William and Eunice Hawes of Wrentham. She died Sept., 1824, leaving three children : the youngest of whom was Rev. Enoch Pond, Jr., grad. Bowdoin, 1838, and at Ban- gor, and was settled at Georgetown, where he died, 17 Dec.,
* Puritan Recorder, 15 May, 1851.
For paternal ancestry, see Note on Rev. Enoch Pond, Lic. No. 17,
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1846, aet. 26. His second wife was Miss Julia Ann Maltby, daughter of John and Elizabeth Maltby of Northford, Ct., and sister of Rev. J. Maltby of Bangor. She died Sept., 1838, leaving five children. His present wife was Mrs. Anne M. Pearson of Bangor, formerly Miss Anne Mason of Dedham. Of his eight children, six survive and are all hopefully pious.
His eldest son living, Wm. C. Pond, grad. at Bowdoin, 1849; at Bangor, 1852. Was ordained as evangelist, and sailed, 13 Nov., 1852, as missionary for California. He mar- ried Miss Caroline A. Woodhull, daughter of Rev. R. Wood- hull of Thomaston, Me.
His second son, Jeremiah E., is in Bowdoin Col., preparing for the ministry.
Dr. Pond is the author of several valuable contributions to the leading Quarterlies, and religious newspapers, and also has published some distinct volumes. Review of Sweden- borgianism, of Millerism, etc.
59. REV. ALVAN COBB.
[See Sketches of Members, No. 37.]
60. REV. JONAS PERKINS
Was born in North Bridgewater in 1790, and is the son of Josiah, Jr. and Anna (Reynolds) Perkins .*
He graduated at Brown University, 1813, and A. M., and studied theology with Rev. Otis Thompson of Rehoboth. He was ordained pastor of the Union church of Weymouth and Braintree, 14 June, 1815. He still remains in the same field, one of the few pastors who, in these unquiet times, have the strength ' to sit still.'
* He descended from Mark Perkins, who came to Bridgewater from Ipswich, 1741. His eldest son, Josiah, was grandfather to Rev. Jo- nas Perkins.
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REV. STETSON RAYMOND.
Mr. Perkins married Miss Rhoda Keith, daughter of Mr. Simeon Keith of Bridgewater, and has two children.
61. REV. STETSON RAYMOND
Is a native of Middleboro', and the son of Samuel Ray- mond .*
He graduated at Brown University, 1814, and A. M., and studied theology with Rev. O. Thompson of Rehoboth. He was ordained, 9 April, 1817, at Chatham, and dismissed 24 June, 1829. He was next installed, 20 Sept., 1829, as the first minister at Assonet in Freetown, whence he took a dis- mission Nov., 1836. He was settled, 1 Jan'y, 1837, over the Trinitarian church in Bridgewater, Scotland parish, and was dismissed 1 April, 1851. He still resides in that place.
Mr. Raymond married Miss Deborah Loud, daughter of Mr. Elliot Loud of Weymouth. He has four children, two sons and two daughters.
1. Sophia Loud, m. to Mr. Otis Bullard of Boston.
2. Samuel Elliot, m. Lucretia Bryant of Bridgewater, and resides in New Bedford.
3. Francis Henry, in Boston, and 4. Ann Sarah, at home.
62. REV. LOT B. SULLIVAN
Was born in Wareham, 27 June, 1790. His Father was Lot Bumpas, a descendant of Edward Bumpas or Bonpasse, of Plymouth, 1623. The name of Sullivan was adopted by himself.
He fitted for College with Rev. Samuel Wood, D. D., of Boscawen, N. H., and grad. at Brown University, 1814.
* Samuel R. was the only son of Ebenezer Raymond, who married the daughter of Rev. Mr. Fuller, first minister of Middleboro'.
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He studied theology with Rev. Otis Thompson of Rehoboth. After receiving approbation to preach the Gospel, he went into the missionary field of the Western Reserve, Ohio. He was ordained over the Congregational and Presbyterian church in Lyme, Huron Co., Ohio, 14 June, 1820. He la- bored here until 19 Feb., 1824, when he left and preached as a stated supply in Wellington, and Medina, Loraine Co., in 1824 ; and in Canfield, Trumbull Co., from 1 May, 1825, to 1 May, 1826. Thence he preached about a dozen years in Durham- ville, Oneida Co., N. Y., and in other places in Western New York. His health, by this time, in a great measure failed him, and he returned to Massachusetts, in 1840, where he has since been able to labor in the Gospel occasionally. He is at this date, 1851, supplying the pulpit in West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard.
Mr. Sullivan married Miss Lydia Stetson of Scituate, and has four children.
63. REV. MOSES PARTRIDGE
Was born in Medway, or Bellingham, the adjoining town. He graduated at Brown University, 1814, and studied The- ology with Rev. Dr. Emmons. After his approbation, he engaged in the service of the Mass. Missionary Society.
In 1817, he preached some time in Freetown, and then removed to Penobscot Co., Me., where he preached, some years, under the same commission. On his return to Massa- chusetts, he received and accepted a call to settle over the church at Manomet Point, Plymouth. Within a short time after his ordination he died, 25 Sept., 1824, aged 36.
His early departure was universally lamented, as the loss of a devoted and faithful laborer, and one promising great usefulness amongst the people to whom a few months only had greatly endeared him. He was unmarried, and is not known to have left any printed publications.
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64. MR. JOHN LUKE PARKHURST
Was born in Framingham, 7 Sept., 1789. He was the son of Ephraim and Betsey (Luke) Parkhurst, and descendant of George Parkhurst, one of the immigrant settlers of the town .*
At the age of 20, he began the business of school teaching, in East Sudbury, at the same time pursuing his studies ; which method he pursued through his whole course. He entered Brown University one year in advance, and gradu- ated in 1812. He taught school in Needham the remainder of the year ; and, in 1814, had charge of Wrentham Acade- my. He studied Theology at Andover ; and, after appro- bation by this Association, he commenced preaching at Plymouth.
The exercise of speaking in public affected him unpleas- antly, and he resigned the idea of settling in the ministry, but devoted himself to his favorite employment of teaching, occupying the desk occasionally, as Providence called him.
He was, in succession, Preceptor of the Academies at Am- herst, from 5 Dec., 1817 to the fall of 1819 ; of Plainfield, N. H., until May, 1821 ; and of Gilmanton, N. H., until 29 Apl., 1825. He then spent a year in a Monitorial School, at Wiscasset, Me., and returned to Gilmanton Academy, where he continued until Aug., 1832. In the mean time, he vigo- rously applied his pen to raising the standard of Common Schools, and also had the editorial care of the Christian Mir- ror, Portland, in 1826.
* The ancestral line of the family is as follows : Ephraim Parkhurst, b. 1765, was the son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Bigelow) P., b. 1737, who was the son of Josiah and Sarah (Carter) P., b. 1706, who was the son of John and Abigail (Morse) P., b. 1671, who was the son of John and Abigail -, b. 1644, who was the son of George and Sara (Brown) P., b. about 1618, who was the son of George and Susanna P., immigrant ancestors. - Hist. Framingham, p. 352.
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After leaving Gilmanton, in 1832, he opened a family- school for boys, in Portland, which continued two years. He then removed to Standish, Me., and taught a family boarding school, until May, 1843. His vigor now declined, and he withdrew to a small farm in Gorham, Me., where he closed his life, 20 May, 1850.
Four years before his death, he was deprived, by a para- lytic stroke, of the use of his right hand. This led him to the study of Phonography, and to teaching it to his children. He finally died of consumption, in his conscious intervals re- joicing in the end of his laborious career. His grave-stone has this simple inscription : -
DIED, JOHN L. PARKHURST, MAY 50, 1850. AGED 61.
Mr. Parkhurst married, 30 Aug., 1819, Persis Goodale, daughter of Dea. Abner and Mary Goodale, of Marlboro'. She died at Wiscasset, Me., 25 Jan., 1829, aged 34, leaving three sons. His second wife was Maria C., daughter of James and Sarah Harriman, of Wiscasset. She now lives, a widow, in Gardiner, Me. His children are as follows :
1. William Goodale; married, and is an assistant phono- graphic reporter, at Washington, D. C.
2. Henry Martyn ; m., and has been phonographic reporter for the Senate four years.
3. Edward Warren ; m., and is fancy painter at Gardiner, Me.
4. John Thurston ; farmer, Gorham, Me.
5. Sarah Elizabeth ; Assistant to her brother Henry M., as reporter.
6. Charles Stewart; resides in Bath, apprentice to a painter.
7. Leonard Woods ; resided on a farm, in Gorham.
8. Alpheus Crosby ; similarly employed in the same town.
9. Melville Cox ; resides with his mother, in Gardiner.
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MR. JOHN LUKE PARKHURST.
Mr. Parkhurst published several school-books and treatises upon education ; 1. A Systematic Introduction to English Grammar, 1820. 2. The Teachers' Guide and Parents' As- sistant, 1821. 3. Elements of Moral Philosophy, 1832, which passed through two editions. 4. First Lessons in Reading and Spelling, two editions. 5. English Grammar for beginners, 1838. 6. First Lessons in Latin. He also compiled a little work, containing " Letters on Marriage, by Dr. Witherspoon."*
Mr. Parkhurst was of unexceptionable piety, and singly devoted to the good of his fellow beings.
As a preacher, though he was not popular, he was correct, logical, and very systematic in the exhibition of Divine truth. His Moral Philosophy, worthy of a reprint, exhibits his mental structure, - his exactness, and discrimination, and reverence for revealed truth.
His very precision and exactness, however, were so refined as to diminish much from his influence and usefulness. He could not conform to others, even in little things, nor touch men at points enough to make definite impressions. His metaphysical ideas were often too abstract for practical pur- poses, and gave such a fixedness to his manners and habits as allowed no deviation, even in things indifferent. He would carry a fish from the market to his house, borne horizontally in his two hands, as one would carry an infant, because this was its natural position in its native element. All things with him had their reason, sometimes many reasons. Such niceties probably interfered with his immediate usefulness, by making first impressions unfavorable, - yet his life was by no means unimpressive or useless. As a teacher of youth, he made impressions permanent as existence, and the happy influences of his care and instructions are still spoken of
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