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9. Charlotte Augusta, b. June 28, 1832, in Amesbury, Mass.
JOHN KIRBY,
Was born in Middletown (now Berlin), Ct., on the 30th of June, 1783. His parents removed in 1785 to Charlton, Saratoga Co., N. York, where the subject of this notice spent his early life on the farm of his father. His early advantages were limited. He pursued his prepara- tory studies under the care of Rev. Mr. Sweetman, and entered U. C. in 1803, and was graduated in the usual course in 1807, distinguished as a scholar and respected as a man. After leaving college he taught a year in the Academy at Aurora, Cayuga Co., N. Y. Mr. Kirby was converted during this residence at Aurora. He then put himself under the care of the Albany Presbytery, and commenced his theological studies, but on account of failing health he was obliged to desist from his studies, after pursuing them a little more than one year.
Ile concluded to give up the ministry, as he despaired of becoming a public speaker, and commenced farming, but his health becoming in a measure restored, he began his theological studies anew. Mr. Kirby was appointed tutor in Union College in 1811, which office he continued to fill with much acceptance till he came to Newbury, in the fall of 1815, to preach as a candidate. Ile was licensed to preach in the summer of 1813, without doubt, by the Presbytery of Albany, under whose care he studied theology. Mr. Kirby was ordained on the 12th of June, 1816. Ife was settled upon a salary of six hundred dollars.
In his reply to the call, Mr. K. says, " I have accepted the call upon the terms expressed, not under the impression that it contains a very ample support for a family according to the present prices of the means of living, but under the conviction that salary should not be made a matter of the first consequence in the great question of accepting a call, and a confidence that God will always make that provision for his minis- tering servants which it is best they should have."
Mr. Kirby was predisposed to a disease of the lungs, and his health demanding a change, he left Newbury on the 18th of Oct., 1818, for his father's house in N. Y. By the urgent advice of his physician, he at length decided to journey in a more southern climate. Mr. K. sailed
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from New York in the Sloop-, on the first of Dec., 1818, for Charlestown, S. C. The vessel was driven ashore upon Ocracoke bar, off the coast of N. C., on the night of Dee. 5, 1818. After the vessel was aground, the waves broke over her continually. In this hour of distress and danger the conduet of Mr. K. was perfectly calm. He em- ployed himself in exhorting the men to trust in Christ, and while en- gaged in prayer was washed overboard.
Dr. Perry says, Mr. Kirby " was rather distinguished for good sense and a sound judgment, than for quickness of thought, or brilliancy of im- agination, and, as might be expected from this, was remarkable rather for a steady, respectable progress in the acquisition of knowledge, than for any extraordinary attainments in a short time. As a publie speaker, when he first commenced preaching, owing, it is supposed, to bodily de- bility and mental depression, there was a want of animation in his man- ner. He soon mended in this respect, however, and if he never became, strictly speaking, very eloquent, there was in his appearance such an ev- idence of sincerity, and such solemn engagedness, as recommended hini to the consciences of the people, and deservedly ranked him among the most acceptable and interesting preachers." Mr. K. is remembered to this day with great affection and respect by the older people of the parish. He was never married. He published one sermon preached at the Dedication of the Meeting-house in the Second Parish in West Newbury, January 3, 1816.
From the Columbian Centinel of January 30, 1819.
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Tributary to the memory of the Rev. John Kirby, ordained June, 1816, preacher in the Third Parish in Newbury, and was shipwrecked on Ocracoke Bar, near Charles- ton, S. C., to which place he was going for his health.
Ah ! te meæ si partem animæ rapit Maturior vis, quid moror altera, Nec carus æque nec superstes Integer ?
Kirby, 'twas thine religion's cause to plead,
And, by thy skilful efforts, to succeed.
In thee, as in thy Master, men might view
At once the precept and the pattern too.
Dark speculation's mysteries thou didst drop ;
Careful to know, yet conscious where to stop. Consistent, holy, tender, meek, sincere,
Vice had thy mild rebuke, and grief thy tear.
But oh ! thy useful labors now are o'er ; That tongue that warned us once, shall warn no more.
What tears of love and reverence have been shed,"
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Since the cold billows closed around thy head ! Go, parting spirit, mingle with the blest ; Dear, modest brother, go and be at rest ; - If Jesus loveliness in John could see, Resembling him, to heaven he welcomes thee.
LEONARD WITHINGTON,
Was the son of Joseph Weeks and Elizabeth (White) Withington ; was born Aug. 9, 1789, in Dorchester. Fitted for college at Andover, under Deacon Mark Newman. Entered Yale Coll. in 1811, and grad. in 1814. Studied theology with Dr. Dwight at New Haven, also at Andover. Approbated to preach in 1816, at the house of Dr. Morse, in Charlestown, by the Union Association of Boston and vicinity. Ordained over the First Church in Newbury, Oct. 30, 1816. He received his degree of doctor of divinity from Bowdoin College, in 1850.
Dr. Withington was first married to Sophia Sherburne, daughter of William and - (Aspinwall) Sherburne, of Boston, Jan. 17, 1817, at Dorchester. She died April 1, 1826.
Their children were, -
1. William Sherburne, b. May 4, 1821 ; d. May 20, 1851.
2. Leonard, b. Sept. 17, 1823 ; d. July 16, 1850.
3. George Aspinwall, b. Feb. - , 1826 ; d. May 18, 1826.
He was married to Caroline Noyes, daughter of Dr. Nathan and Sarah (Niles) Noyes, of Newburyport, May 28, 1827. She died Aug. 5, 1860. Their children are, -
4. Nathan, b. March 9, 1828.
5. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Feb. 6, 1830.
6. Luey, b. Feb. 11, 1832.
7. Joseph, b. May 4, 1834. .
8. Harriet Sherburne, b. March 18, 1836.
9. Richard, b. April 29, 1838.
Twins,
10. Francis, b. Jan. 21, 1840 ; died Sept. 1, 1843.
11. William, ¿ b. May 7, 1842 ; died Sept. 17, 1842.
12. Mary, b. May 7, 1842.
Mr. Withington was educated under peculiar influences. Two im- pressions were made on his mind by surrounding circumstances. The family influence was Calvinistic ; while the pulpit was indefinite and liberal. Progression was the watchword of the day. Our fathers were good men, but we must outgrow them. A youth so educated was likely to have a double desire, - a desire to move onward, and yet an impres- sion of the othodoxy of the past. Between these two powers Mr. With- ington vibrated, from fourteen to eighteen years of age. In the year 1804, he went to serve as a printer in the office of Thomas and Andrews,
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Boston. Here he remained until 1808, when he left Boston, and went to Andover to prepare for college at Phillips Academy. His object in this change was to prepare himself to become the editor of a magazine. This was his ruling purpose.
He became decided on the subject of religion at Andover, in 1809, under the preaching of Dr. Griffin and Prof. Stuart, whom he was wont to compare to Quin and Garrick, - the former artificial and oratorical, the latter simplicity itself.
He joined Dr. Codman's church, in Dorchester, in the autumn of 1810. He did not relinquish his chosen purpose of being an editor of a magazine until the very last ; and with great hesitation he devoted him- self to the work of the ministry, after he graduated in 1814.
Ne meos lapsus oculis acutis Semper observa, numerave labes ; Sed malae culpae nimium tenaces Ablue sordes -.
He has often said that he did not want to be a minister. He tried to avoid it, but could not rid himself of the feeling of duty. "I felt that if 1 turned from it I should be a Jonah, and God would arrest me."
The following is a list of the publications of Dr. Withington.
1. Sermon. Excellence of the Scriptures. (American Evangelist, Oct. 1827.) 8vo, pp. 24.
2. Sermon. Take warning. Delivered in Newbury, Ang. 22 and 29, 1830.
3. Election Sermon. (Boston. 8vo, pp. 48.)
4. Sermon. Puritan Morals defended. Delivered at the Dedication of the Crombie Street Church, Salem, and at the Installation of Rev. William Williams as pastor, Nov. 22, 1832. (Salem. 8vo, pp. 36.)
5. Sermon: The Soul of man. Preached at the Tabernacle Church at Salem, April 22, 1832. (Salem. 8vo, pp. 22.)
6. Sermon. Cobwebs swept away. Fast day, April 6, 1837. (New- buryport. Svo, pp. 25.)
7. Address before the Essex Agricultural Society, Sept. 27, 1836. (Salem. 8vo, pp. 25.)
8. Review of the Temperance movements in Massachusetts. (2d ed. Boston. 8vo, pp. 28, 1840.)
9. Sermon. Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Church in Newbury, Oct. 20, 1846.
10. Sermon. A Bundle of Myrrh. Thanksgiving day, Nov. 28, 1850. (Newburyport. 12mo, pp. 24.)
11. Funeral Sermon of Mrs. Sarah E. Little. Preached April 1, 1851. (Newburyport. 8vo, pp. 16.)
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12. Fast Sermon, April 7, 1853. The Blessings of our Institutions, and our Obligations to continue them. (Newburyport. 8vo, pp. 16.)
13. Two Sermons, occasioned by the death of Giles A. Noyes, killed Oct. 19, 1852. (Newburyport. 8vo, pp. 20.)
14. Memorial of Rev. Luther F. Dimmick, D. D., who died May 16, 1860. (Boston. Svo, pp. 16.)
15. Solomon's Song, translated and explained, in three parts, - 1. The manuduction ; 2. The version ; 3. The supplement. 12mo, pp. 329. (Boston, 1861.)
Some have attributed to Dr. Withington, ---
The Puritan ; a series of essays, critical, moral, and miscellaneous, by John Oldbug. 16mo, 2 vols. pp. 248 and 268. (Boston, 1836.)
Penitential Tears, or a Cry from the Dust, by " the Thirty-one," pros- trated and pulverized by the hand of Horace Man. (Boston, 1845. 8vo, pp. 59.)
Religious Taxation. (12mo, pp. 12.)
Good Tidings of Great Joy : or the doctrine of Universal Salvation clearly stated, incontestibly proved, and faithfully applied, in a Sermon preached and published by a Doctor of the Sect. (12mo, pp. 12.)
Letter to the Scornful Lady, published in the Evening Traveller, March 8, 1861.
In the Christian Spectator he wrote, -" A Review of Edward Ever- ett's Oration at Plymouth."
" A Review of Rev. Samuel P. Williams's Sermons."
A Rhetorical Praxis on the First Eclogue of Virgil and the 110th Psalm.
Also several short pieces called " A Page from an Idler " and " Varie- ties."
For the Bib. Sacra, he wrote the following articles :
1. South's Sermons. Vol. 2, pp. 312.
2. Observations on the Fourth Eclogue of Virgil. (Vol. 3, pp. 37- 50.)
3. A Phenomenon in Church History. (Vol. 3, pp. 673-698.)
4. Shakspeare. - The old and the new Criticism on him. (Vol. 4, pp. 522-540.)
5. Remarks on a Sermon of Dr. Emmons. (Vol. 5, pp. 625-633.)
6. Man and his Food. (Vol. 11, pp. 139-155.)
7. Davus sum, non Œdipus. (Vol. 14, 770-784.)
8. Caprices and Laws of Literature. (Vol. 15, pp. 805-824.)
9. Epistola ad Rusticum 'Apologetica. Vol. 18, pp. 324-338.
10. Permanent Preaching for a Permanent Pastorate. Vol. 19, 310- 327.
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WILLARD HOLBROOK,
Was the son of Stephen and Mary (Penniman) Holbrook, and was born in Uxbridge, April 7, 1792, but early removed to Sutton. He was not baptized in infancy. In his preparation for college he was at Sutton Academy, also at Leicester, and, finally, with Rev. Mr. Goffe of Millbury. He entered the Sophomore class, and graduated 'at Brown University in 1814; studied theology with Rev. Dr. Emmons, and, at his suggestion, completed a regular course at Andover in 1817. He was approbated by the Mendon Association, June 3, 1817. He was a missionary for six months at Nottingham West, N. II. (now Hudson), where he declined an invitation to settle as pastor. He commenced preaching at Rowley the first Sabbath in April, 1818, and was ordained there July 22, 1818 ; dismissed May 12, 1840 ; installed over the church in Mill- ville, now Blackstone, Aug. 18, 1841 ; dismissed Feb. 19, 1850. In April following, he removed to his own house in Rowley.
In March, 1851, he commenced his labors, as stated supply of the church in Linebrook, Ipswich, and continued for about four years. From that time, growing infirmities compelled him mostly to cease from the active duties of the ministry. In all these fields he labored with fidelity and success, and left many who trace their early religious impres- sions and subsequent conversion to his earnest presentation of the claims of the gospel. He died at his residence in Rowley, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 1860, aged 68.
He married June 22, 1819, at Londonderry, N. H., Margaret Crocker, daughter of deacon John and Margaret (Choate) Crocker of Londonderry, N. H. She died at Rowley, Oct. 2, 1863, aged 71.
They had six children, of whom the three youngest, daughters, died in infancy.
1. Amory, b. in Rowley, Aug. 15, 1820 ; grad. at Bowdoin Coll., 1841 ; read law with Hon. Rufus Choate and Judge Perkins of Salem. and was for two years District Attorney for Oregon, where he still resides.
2. John Crocker, b. -; d. - , 1829.
3. Willard R., b. in Rowley, March 1, 1824; is now a merchant in New York.
GARDNER BRAMAN PERRY.
On Friday, Dec. 16, 1859, this beloved brother and father fell asleep in Jesus. He had been ill for many months, and confined to his house. At last, the angel of death came to his release, and he quietly passed beyond the reach of pain. Dr. Perry was born at Norton, Mass., Aug 9, 1783. He was the son of Nathan and Phebe (Braman) Perry, and was
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baptized in infancy. He entered Brown University in 1800, and continued there till the close of his second year. He then accompanied President Maxey to Schenectady, N. Y., and graduated at Union College in 1804.
For a short time he was principal of the Ballston Academy. With the ministry in view, he left the academy, to pursue a course of theologi- cal study at Schenectady, under the instruction of David Nott. About this time he was appointed tutor in Union College ; but during the second year of this office, he was taken suddenly ill, and raised blood. Ilis medical advisers interdieted all his plans for the ministry ; and in 1807 he took charge of the academy at Kingston, N. Y. Here he remained until the spring of 1812, when he decided to resume his preparations for the ministry. He removed to Albany for the prosecution of his studies in theology, under Dr. Nott, and in March, 1812, he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Albany.
In the spring of 1814, he accepted an invitation to settle in East Brad- ford, now Groveland, and was ordained Sept. 28, 1814. He remained sole pastor of this church until 1851, when D. A. Wasson was settled as his colleague. Mr. Wasson was succeeded by Daniel W. Pickard, who was settled Sept. 28, 1853. After a brief pastorate Mr. Piekard resigned on account of ill health, and Rev. Thomas Doggett succeeded him Marel 4, 1857.
Dr. Perry sustained a long and useful connection with the church at Groveland. He was in active service thirty-six years, and, until a few months previous to his death, was most deeply interested in its affairs. The funeral was appointed on the day of the meeting of the Essex North Association, of which Dr. Perry was a member, having been admitted Oct. 12, 1819. Seventeen of his brethren were present, and we noticed, among other clergymen, Profs. Barrows and Stowe of Andover, and Dr. Cleaveland of Lowell. At the house, Rev. Mr. Hosford of Haverhill offered prayer, and the body was then taken to the church, which was draped in appropriate mourning. The following services succeeded : Reading of Scriptures by Rev. D. T. Fiske, of Newburyport ; Prayer by Rev. Mr. Pike, of Rowley.
Dr. Withington followed with some remarks on the character of the deceased, with whom he had been associated more than forty years. Dr. Perry was a man of strong common sense. He had exhibited unusual tact in filling with success the posts of teacher, tutor, and pastor. He entered the ministry late in life, and carried into it a large experience of men in various professions. As a preacher, he was clear and effective in reasoning, but was more inclined to the practical application than the metaphysical analysis of truth. He took a deep interest in the cause of education in the county and the State. It was through his influence that
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the exercises of the Essex North Association were made so profitable. He was a Christian reformer, and was decided and judicious in his in- fluence against slavery and intemperance, and other evils of society. Dr. Perry was a man who diffused his influence through more diversified channels than most theologians. He was a reformer, a politician, a political economist, an advocate for education ; he turned his attention to farming, gardening, and all the common arts of life. He considered theology as a social science, informing all its kindred sciences, and bor- rowing illustration from all. Some thought he injured his powers of con- centration by this diffusion ; but perhaps there were few who could be so much of a preacher and pastor amidst such a multiplicity of cares. He made all subservient to his main channel of thought. Hence his dis- courses had a detail in them, and a surprising remoteness of illustration, which marked the cast of his studies and the comprehensive character of his mind. It was curious to see how he threw the huge drag-net of ob- servation over all the incidents of common life, and' compelled them to subserve his important theme. At any rate, his preaching was charae- terized by variety ; and none of his brethren could exchange with him without being pretty sure that he would fill a place to be supplied by no other co-laborer in the vicinity.
Dr. Withington was followed by Rev. Dr. Dimmick of Newburyport, who addressed consolation to the family of the deceased. The exercises were concluded with prayer by Rev. Mr. Doggett.
On Sabbath, Dec. 25, by special request, Rev. Mr. Kimball, of Ipswich, preached in Groveland, and his morning service had particular reference to his deceased brother. Mr. Kimball was of nearly the same age as Dr. Perry, but was settled in the ministry eight years earlier. They had been intimate friends, as well as fellow-soldiers in the same division of the church militant.
Mr. Kimball's text was in Romans 8 : 28. "We know that all things work together for good to them that love God."
Dr. Perry married May 22, 1816, Maria P. Chamberlain of Exeter, N. H. She was the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Tilton) Chamber- lain. She died March 11, 1817, aged 29.
They had one child, -
1. Maria Parker, b. March 1, 1817 ; mar. William Henry Shackford, grad. of H. U. 1835, Prof. at Phillips Academy, Exeter, who d. 1842.
He was married a second time in Acton, July 20, 1819, to Eunice . Tuttle, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Leighton) Tuttle of Acton. She died June 15, 1824, aged 31.
The names of their children are, -
2. John Kirby, b. May 24, 1820; d. Feb. 11, 1837.
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3. Sarah Campbell, b. Sept. 2, 1821.
4. Phebe Braman, b. January 12, 1822 ; d. May 4, 1851.
5. Elizabeth Leighton, b. May 8, 1824.
He was married a third time May 22, 1827, to Miss Sarah Brown of Groton, Mass. She was the daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth (Stowell) Brown, formerly of Beverly.
The names of their children are, -
6. Gardiner Blanchard, b. July 9, 1829.
7. Edward Hale, b. Oct. 1, 1831 ; d. Feb. 1860.
8. Charles French, b. June 3, 1833.
9. Mary Sophia, b. Ang. 16, 1835.
LUTHER FRASEUR DIMMICK.
The following Sketch was prepared by Rev. L. Withington, D. D., and published in the Congregational Quarterly.
Rev. Luther Fraseur Dimmick was born in Shaftsbury, Vermont, Nov. 15, 1790. He was the son of Solomon and Elizabeth (Frissoll) Dimmick. His father was from Mansfield, Tolland Co., Conn., and his mother from Leyden, Mass. In his youth he removed, with his father's family, to the State of New York. He was baptized in infancy, and united with the Presbyterian church in September, 1812. He graduated at Hamilton College in 1816, and immediately commenced his theologi- cal education at Andover, where he graduated in 1819, and delivered the valedictory address. He was approbated to preach by the Essex Middle Association (now Essex North), July 19, 1819, and the same evening he preached his first sermon in the North Congregational Church, Newburyport. From this church and parish he received a unanimous call on the tenth of November, and was ordained as their pastor, the 8th of December, 1819. He had previously offered himself to the American Board as a foreign missionary, but was induced to change his purpose by a pressing call to fill an important station. His first and last sermons were preached to the same people, with whom he had a pastorate of nearly forty-one years.
On Sabbath morning, May 13, soon after naming his text, he was taken suddenly ill, was assisted to retire from the pulpit, and conveyed to his residence. His illness was a disease of the heart; and after a fluctuating state, between hope and fear, he passed away on Wednesday, May 16, 1860, at the age of sixty-nine years.
He received his diploma as Doctor of Divinity from his Alma Mater - Hamilton College - in 1849.
Dr. Dimmick was twice married, - first to Miss Catharine Mather
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Marvin of Norwich, Ct., May 4, 1820 ; she was the daughter of Elihu and Elizabeth (Rogers) Marvin, and died Dec. 8, 1844. He was mar- ried the second time, March 13, 1849, at Bradford, to Miss Mary Eliza- beth Ellison, of Boston ; she was the daughter of Andrew and Alathea Ellison.
The names of their children were, -
1. Margaret Alathea, b. April 15, 1850.
2. Edward Augustus, b. July 27, 1851.
It is superfluous to remark, that in all the relations of life, as husband, father, brother, or friend, he exemplified his own instruction.
He was born for his profession. Few preachers of the gospel comply more truly with the Apostle's requisition, 1 Timothy 3: 2, dremilyargor Error, an expression which our translators have weakened by rendering it - to be blameless ; a bishop or preacher must be blameless. The term is probably taken from the paneratian wrestlers of old, who anointed their bodies with oil, that there might be no place to seize hold of to throw an opponent. There was no weak spot in his character.
The sermons of Dr. Dimmick were not regarded by the public as the most striking exhibitions of his power. They were more judicious than sparkling, yet they had some qualities very uncommon. In the first place, he had more intellectual discretion than any man we ever knew. He seldom, if ever, selected a subject which he did not perfectly under- stand. When he drew his bow, he always had the vigor and the eye to hit his object. Dr. Dimmick would hardly have agreed with the writer of the Memoir of the late Dr. Peabody : " Preaching has become a very different thing from what it once was. In this our day, no easy general- ities or worn-ont common places will do any thing more than put people to sleep."1 But can it be so? Is not the reverse true ? Are not the most affecting truths as common as the light, and as old as the creation ? The fact is, a curious thought is never an affecting one. The art of preaching consists in giving interest to what every man knew before. A preacher must tell the OPEN SECRET. What was Paul doing when Felix trembled ? He reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come. On the other hand, if you wish to put a popular audience to sleep, read to them the sermons (as he has called them) of Bishop But- ler, some of the most acute speculations that ever honored the closet or disgraced the pulpit. Our departed brother always aimed at the con- science, and of course the consciousness of his audience.
He had another peculiarity in his preaching, remarkable in the succes- sor of Dr. Spring ; and that was a deep sympathy with human weakness
1 See Memoir prefixed to Sermons of Ephraim Peabody, p. 22.
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in its difficulties, its struggles, its temptations, and its defeats. This was a growing peculiarity in his preaching ; it marked the mellowness of his riper years, and the benefits of experience. He knew well how to lift up the hands that hang down, and to strengthen the feeble knees, and to make straight paths for the feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed. No pastor could be more welcome to the sick chamber, -
Beside the bed where parting life was laid.
His extemporaneous effusions were plain and simple, and his sermons to the last were carefully elaborated. But his great power was as a seri- ous, carnest, diligent, and consistent pastor. The timid inquirer seldom feared to go to him for direction. He was sure of his counsel, his prayers, and his example.
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