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Mr. Towne published a Discourse delivered at the Tenth Anniversary of the Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education at the West, in the Central Church, Worcester, Mass., Oct. 23, 1853. 8 vo, pp. 36. New York.
JAMES ROYAL CUSHING,
Was born in Salisbury, N. H., November 24, 1800, and was the son of Theodore and Abigail (Jackman) Cushing. He was baptized in early childhood. He received his academic education, principally, at Thet- ford, Vt., and was fitted for an advanced standing in college. Instead of taking the collegiate course, he entered the Theological Seminary at Ban- gor in Sept., 1825, and graduated from it Aug. 12, 1828. He was appro- bated by the Penobscot Association Dec. 27, 1827.
After preaching five months in Boston as a city missionary, he went to Boxboro, Mass., in April, 1829, where he was ordained on the 12th of Angust of the same year. He remained at Boxboro until June 10, 833, when he was dismissed, having accepted an agency of the Tract Society. December 1st, of the same year, he again commenced his labors as city missionary in Boston, under the patronage of the society for the "Moral and Religious Instruction of the Poor." He continued in this service until April, 1835, when he resigned on account of poor health, and
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immediately began his labors in the East Parish at Haverhill, Mass. He was installed June 10, 1835.
"Soon after my installation," he says, " there began to be apparent tokens of the special presence of the Holy Spirit. Two sisters of the ages of eighteen and twenty years were the first to make their feelings known. In September, a protracted meeting was held with the most blessed results ; twenty-seven were hopefully converted, and twenty-three united with the church."
Mr. Cushing was dismissed July, 1844, and installed at Wells, Me., November 20th of the same year. He was dismissed 1854, and on the first of May of that year, he began to labor as stated supply at East Taunton, Mass. Having completed there a ministry of seven years, he went to North Rochester, Mass., Dec. 12, 1861.
Mr. Cushing was married Sept. 15, 1829, to Miss Hannah Lawrence of Woburn, Mass., daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Estabrook) Law- rence. She died June 24, 1843.
Their children were, -
1. Hannah Abigail, b. July 14, 1831, in Boxboro, Mass.
2. Ann Maria, b. Aug. 11, 1832, in Boxboro, Mass .; d. Oct. 16, 1843.
3. Joseph Lawrence, b. January 17, 1835, in Boston, Mass.
4. James Royal, b. Dec. 17, 1837, in Haverhill, Mass.
5. Milliscent Rosanna, b. Feb. 27, 1839, in Haverhill, Mass. ; d. Sept. 22, 1842.
Mr. Cushing was married a second time at Boston, Nov. 14, 1844, to Miss Unity Myra Daniels of Franklin, Mass., daughter of Joseph and Susan (Fisher) Daniels.
SAMUEL HOWLAND PECKHAM,
Was born in Petersham, Mass., Sept. 19, 1793; and was the son of William and Elizabeth (Knapp) Peckham. He was baptized in infancy on the faith of his mother. Of his religious experience, he says, -
"I was blessed with a pions mother, whose instructions, prayers, and example, inspired me with a high respect for religion, and a desire to possess it. I was early and often a subject of religious impressions. But being reared under Arminian and Unitarian preaching, and losing my mother when I was seventeen years old, I dissipated them and became a Pharisaical Unitarian. In the winter of 1815 and 1816, I was a resident in Northampton, Mass., where the Lord poured out his spirit. I renounced entirely my former hopes, and my erroneous views
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of the Bible, and of Christ, and of the way of salvation through him. From that day to this, I have had no doubt of the Saviour's divinity and equality with the Father ; have embraced and advocated the doctrine of the Trinity, salvation by grace alone, and have always been deeply inter- ested in revivals of religion, four of which occurred among my people while I was in the active duties of the ministry. I united with the church at Northampton, Mass., April 7, 1816."
Mr. Peckham did not graduate at college, but was for some time at the Academy in Amherst, Mass., and spent one year with a private teacher in Hollis, N. H. He was four or five years in the Theological Semi- nary at Bangor, and graduated there Aug. 4, 1824.
He was approbated January 6, 1824, by the Penobscot Association of Maine.
IJe was ordained pastor at Gray, Me., Sept. 14, 1825; dismissed Sept. 14, 1830. The sermon at his ordination was preached by Prof. Smith of Bangor.
He was installed at North Haverhill Feb. 23, 1831 ; dismissed Sept. 10, 1838 ; installed at South Royalston, Dec. 13, 1838; dismissed June 4, 1844.
He spent eight years as agent of the American Missionary Associa- tion. Mr. Peckham died at Westminster, Mass., Jan. 23, 1864.
He was married at East Hampton, Mass., July 12, 1826, to Sarah Clark, daughter of Eleazer and Sarah (Clark) Clark. She died Dec. 5, 1858.
The names of their children are, -
1. Horace Lyman, b. May 14, 1827.
2. John Smith, b. Dec. 3, 1828.
3. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Dec. 17, 1830.
4. Eliza Ann, b. March 5, 1833 ; d. Sept. 21, 1854.
5. Samuel Howland, b. Aug. 8, 1837.
6. William, b. Aug. 13, 1841.
Mr. Peckham was married a second time at Leominster, Mass., Sept. 25, 1860, to Miss Nancy Hatch, daughter of Nymphas and Nancy (Allen) Hatch.
An obituary notice of Mr. Peckham was published in the Congrega- tional Quarterly for April, 1864, from which we extract the following :
" Mr. Peckham possessed strong powers of mind. His character was marked by the stern, faithful, unassuming, conscientious traits, showing his puritan lineage, more, perhaps, than by tenderness, and a conciliatory, pliant manner, which might have made his path in the ministry more smooth and pleasant and not less useful. He was honest and earnest.
" His faculties and attainments were consecrated to Christ, and he was
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diligent in doing good. He excelled in the elear and forcible presenta- tion of gospel truth, and his labors in the ministry were successful in win- ning many souls to Christ.
" As a sermonizer, logical method, simplicity, and solemnity charaeter- ized his productions. He made no attempt at display or embellishment. His theology was thoroughly Calvinistie. He labored to impress on the hearts of others the great truths of the gospel which he loved. And he died in the faith which he had preached, sustained in an unshaken trust and hope of a blessed immortality."
NATHAN MUNROE,
Was the son of David and Ruth (Niles) Munroe, and was born Marelı 16, 1804, in Minot (now Auburn), Me. He was not baptized in infancy.
He fitted for college at Gorham, Me., and grad. at B. C. in 1830, with the highest honors of his elass. He studied theology at Andover, and grad. in 1835 ; and was licensed to preach by the Woburn Association Apr., 1834. He was elected Principal of Delaware College, Newark, Del., and entered upon his duties in the spring of 1834. After a residence of six months he resigned on account of ill health, much against the will of the Trustees. He returned to Andover, and completed his course of study, and while there, taught for a short time in Phillips Academy.
He was ordained at Bradford, Mass., Feb. 10, 1836. His health fail- ing, he resigned his charge in May, 1853, and was dismissed by the council which ordained his successor, Jan. 25, 1854.
In 1853, he was appointed Secretary of the Am. Sunday School Union for New England ; and remained in that office until he became Editor of the Boston Recorder in May, 1858. From that position he retired in May, 1863.
Mr. Munroe was married in Newburyport, Mass., Oet. 11, 1836, to Mary Jane Pike, daugh. of Joseph S. and Sally (Pettingell) Pike. She died Sept. 19, 1840.
Their children are, -
1. Robert Leighton, b. July 27, 1837 ; d. Oct. 9, 1838.
2. Nathan, b. Oet. 28, 1838; d. Oct. 1, 1839.
3. William Francis, b. April 30, 1840.
He was married a second time in South Reading, Mass., to Lu- celia Theresa Yale, daugh. of Burrage Yale, Esq., June 22, 1842. She died Sept. 20, 1858, aged 46.
4. John Henry, b. March 17, 1843 ; d. March 22, 1843.
5. George Henry, b. April 8, 1844; d. Nov. 1, 1844.
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6. Mary Jane, b. Oct. 6, 1845.
7. Sarahı Smith, b. Sept. 5, 1847.
8. Nathan Niles, b. May 17, 1851.
9. John Alexander, b. Aug. 18, 1853.
10. Lucelia Stone, b. Aug. 19, 1856.
He was married a third time Aug. 22, 1860, in Brattleboro, Vt., to Mrs. Anna Maria Craig, widow of James Thompson Craig of Stanford, Ky., and daugh. of Henry and Ruth (Dickinson) Smith of Brattleboro, Vermont.
The publications of Mr. Munroe are, -
1. A Discourse - The Good Man - occasioned by the death of the Hon. Jesse Kimball, delivered in the First Church in Bradford, Mass., Dec. 27, 1846.
2. An Address before the American Institute of Instruction, delivered at Bangor, Me., Aug. 17, 1848.
Mr. Munroe has been a contributor to the Christian Spectator, The Spirit of the Pilgrims, Abbott's Religious Magazine, American Quarterly Review, and other publications. His article in the Quarterly Review was in the Oct. No. for 1836, " Biblical Criticism ; " that in the Spectator appeared in Dec., 1836, entitled " The Puritan ; " a review of Dr. With- ington's work of that name.
SETH HARRISON KEELER,
Was born in Brandon, Vt., Sept. 24, 1800, and was the son of Seth and Fanny (Carver) Keeler. He was baptized, with several younger brothers and sisters, when he was about ten years of age. Of his relig- ious experience he says, --
"I cannot remember the time when I was not the subject of more or less religious impression. My grandmother, on my father's side, was a woman of singular piety, - a piety at once deep, devoted, constant, and cheerful. I was with her much during my early years, and I feel that I owe much under God to her prayers and influences. One remark of hers on her dying bed made a deep impression upon me at the time, and has been a truly pious charm around the neck of memory during my entire life since. For two or three days previous to her death she had passed under a cloud of Satanic temptation, and so of darkness ; when I saw her she had just come out into the light of God's countenance, through the reading of the 130th Psalm, and she said to me, -" My dear child, never, no never despair of the mercy of God!" Another prominent and immediate agency in my conviction, and, as I hope, my conversion, was the kind yet faithful earnestness of a fellow student in Castleton Academy,
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Vt., where I fitted for college. The death of a beloved mother, too, about that time, led me to feel more and more my need of Jesus as my Saviour and friend. I sought him daily, and with much weeping, but found no peace for several days. Almost despairing, yet hoping, I resolved to seek him once more. While I was praying, a sweet, subdued, and unuttera- ble peace pervaded my soul, - my prayer was turned to praise, and my weeping to rejoicing, - and although I have sometimes doubted on account of the inconsistency of my life, whether I was converted then, yet from that time I have cherished a hope in Christ. I think I ean say that the more I know of him, the more precious he is to me, and the more delight I take in preaching his gospel. I united with the Cong. church in Brandon, Vt., then under the pastorate of Rev. Beriah Green, in the autumn of 1822."
Mr. Keeler commenced his preparation for college at Brandon Acad- emy, and completed it at Castleton, Vt., under the tuition of Prof. Howe. He entered M. C. at an advanced standing in the spring of 1823, and graduated in 1826. He engaged as principal in the academy at New Ipswich, N. H., in Sept., immediately after his graduation, but left that position, and entered the Theological Seminary at Andover in the autumn of 1826, and graduated in 1829. He received the degree of A. M. from M. C. the same year, and the degree of D. D. in 1864.
He was approbated by the Andover Association Apr. 22, 1829, and preached during his spring vacation at South Berwick, Me.
Having received a call, he was ordained at South Berwick, Maine, Oct. 15, 1829 ; dismissed April 18, 1836; installed at Amesbury Mills Dec. 7, 1836; dismissed Oct. 7, 1839 ; installed at Calais, Me., Nov. 20, 1839, where he has since remained.
Mr. Keeler has published, -
1. A Sermon. "The Apostolic Method of Church Extension," preached before the Maine Miss. Society at their Anniversary in Saco. June 22, 1853.
2. A Sermon. " A long Life, and its timely Close," preached. on the decease of Samuel Darling, Esq., of Calais, Nov. 3, 1855 ; pub. in New York, 1856.
Mr. Keeler was married Nov. 26, 1829, Thanksgiving evening, to Miss Mary Felt, daughter of Col. Peter and Mary (Fletcher) Felt, of New Ipswich, N. H.
The names of their children are, -
1. Mary Priscilla, b. in South Berwick, Me., Sept. 30, 1830; d. in Amesbury, Mass., July 7, 1838.
2. Caroline Felt, b. in South Berwick, Me., Feb. 23, 1832; d. in South Berwick, Dec. 31, 1833.
3. Frances Rebecca, b. in South Berwick, Me., Nov. 21, 1834.
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4. Martha Leigh, b. in Amesbury, Mass., Nov. 14, 1837 ; d. in Calais, Me., Sept. 17, 1842.
5. Seth Harrison, b. in Calais, Me., July 27, 1840 ; d. in Calais, Me., May 9, 1841.
6 Seth Harrison, b. in Calais, Me., Nov. 9, 1845 ; d. in Calais, Me., May 9, 1849.
7. Charles Wellington, b. in Calais, Me., July 12, 1849.
RANDOLPH CAMPBELL, -
Was born in Woodbridge, N. J., Dec. 31, 1809, and was the son of John Campbell. His mother was the widow of Abraham Tappan, and her maiden name was Martha Jackson. He was baptized in infancy. He fitted for college in his native town, and graduated at the College of N. J. in 1829. After leaving college he taught school in Easthampton, Long Island, for three years; and there he became a new man in Christ Jesus.
He graduated at the Theological Seminary, Princeton, in 1834; was licensed to preach April 17, 1834, by the Presbytery of Elizabethtown, N. J. He was ordained as an Evangelist at Shelter Island by the Pres- bytery of Long Island, April 30, 1835. He remained here until -, 1837, when he removed to Newburyport. "The Presbytery met at Shelter Island, Sept. 29, 1837, for the special purpose of dismissing and recommending Mr. Campbell to the Essex Middle Association, Massa- chusetts."
He was installed pastor of the Fourth Church in Newburyport, Oct. 12, 1837.
Mr. Campbell was married at Woodbridge, N. J., Sept. 24, 1834, to Sarah Green, daughter of William and Catharine (Crow) Green of Woodbridge, N. J. She died Sept. 25, 1835.
They had one child, -
1. Sarah Green, b. May 23, 1835 ; d. Dec. 9, 1835.
Mr. Campbell was married a second time in Newburyport, July 5, 1839, to Elizabeth Perkins, daughter of Abram and Elizabeth (Knapp) Perkins of Newburyport. She died Feb. 21, 1860.
They had two children, -
2. Augustine, b. June 13, 1840 ; he enlisted early in the war, and is now serving in the 7th U. S. Infantry.
3. Sarah Elizabeth, b. January 1, 1842.
Mr. C. was married a third time at Worcester, Mass., May 16, 1861, to Mrs. Sarah Ann Hitchcock, widow of the late Rev. William Dorus
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Hitchcock of Exeter, N. H., and daughter of James and Anna (Beaman) Kilburn of Stirling, Mass.
They have one child, -
4. Mary Randolph, b. in Newburyport, Aug. 16, 1863.
Mr. Campbell has published, - A Sermon, on Saul and the Witch of Endor ; or, Ancient Spiritualism. Svo, pp. 16. Newburyport, 1857.
JAMES BRYANT HADLEY,
Was born in Goffstown, N. H., January 8, 1805 ; and was the son of Thomas and Phebe (Bryant) Hadley. He was not baptized in infancy. " From early childhood," he says, " I was interested in the subject of re- ligion ; but it was not till I had attained the age of eighteen years, that I had a satisfactory hope that I was born of the Spirit of God. For sev- eral weeks prior to this change, I viewed myself one of the greatest of sinners, and felt that if I received pardon, it must be wholly of God's free sovereign grace; and when I experienced that grace, my heart was ready to give all the glory to God, through Christ Jesus my Lord."
Mr. Hadley united with the Congregational church in Chester, N. H., in 1823. He prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, and graduated at A. C. in 1833, and at the Theological Seminary, Andover, in 1836. He was approbated by the Andover Association April 5, 1836. He was ordained pastor of the Amesbury and Salisbury Union Evangel- ical Church, Sept. 20, 1837 ; dismissed April 19, 1848; installed pastor of the Congregational church, Standish, Me., July 3, 1851; dismissed May 3, 1858; installed at Campton, N. H., Oct. 13, 1858; dismissed May 19, 1863.
Mr. Hadley was married in Amherst, Mass., January 8, 1838, to Miss Louisa Cowles, daughter of Eleazer and Sybbel (Montague) Cowles
They have no children.
LUCIUS WATSON CLARK,
Was the son of James and Jerusha (Morey) Clark of Mansfield, Conn., where he was born July 2, 1801. He was baptized in infancy ; grad- uated in 1825 at Brown University; studied theology with Rev. Dr. Ide of West Medway, and was licensed to preach by the Mendon Asso- ciation, Oct. 31, 1826 ; was ordained pastor of the church at South Wil- braham, Mass., Dec. 9, 1829 ; was dismissed after three years in that field ; preached as stated supply five years in Plymouth, Mass., and removed from that place to Amesbury, Mass. (West Parish), where he was
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installed Nov. 1, 1837. Mr. Clark was dismissed, at his own request, Aug. 31, 1842, and soon removed to Vermont, where, in feeble health, he continued occasionally to preach, though he was never again settled as pastor.
He was married April 20, 1830, to Mrs. Lucy Beard Jacobs, widow of Dr. Simon Jacobs of Oakham, Mass., and daughter of Rev. Daniel and Lucy (Beard) Tomlinson. Her father was the first Congregational pastor in Oakham, and held that office for fifty-six years.
Their children were, -
1. Lucy Maria, b. Feb. 12, 1832.
2. Lucius Watson, b. January 22, 1834.
The following obituary appeared shortly after his death in a paper published in Vermont.
" Died in Middlebury, Vt., Jan. 2, 1854, of lung fever, and after only a week's illness, Rev. Lucius W. Clark.
" Mr. Clark was born in Mansfield. Ct., in the year 1801. Afterward his parents resided in Brookfield, Mass .; and it was there that in the course of a revival of religion, he was brought, as he believed, to see and forsake his sins, and find refuge in the mercy of God in Christ. His academical education was at Brown University, then under the presidency of Dr. Messer, where he graduated in 1825. In preparing for the minis- try, he studied with Rev. Dr. Ide of Medway. He gave himself to the ministry of the word for a period of about eighteen years, of which, as a pastor, three were passed at Wilbraham, five at Plymouth, and five at Amesbury. During the others of those years, he was employed in the way of temporary supply. He retired from his chosen calling as the one supreme work of life, because of insufficient health. With a constitution not naturally strong, it had become so impaired by the close, unvarying labor, and constant anxiety unavoidable by the preacher and pastor, that he was compelled to withdraw from the service he loved. His ministry was by no means a fruitless one. At least, four several revivals attended his labors, at various intervals, where the Spirit made his words of truth effective to convince and turn the heart ; and we, who have known Mr. Clark as a Christian and a Christian minister, what the cost, and breadth, and thoroughness of his religious sentiments were, feel sure that a Chris- tian character, formed and built up under his guidance, would rest on no sandy foundation.
" For the last eight or nine years, he has resided among the people where he died, and to whom he had become greatly endeared. Not his bereaved family alone, - all deeply feel his loss. As a man, a friend, a Christian, they only knew his worth who knew him well. Reliable, conscientious, and generous even to a fault ; frank in his words, transparent in his mo-
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tives, steadfast to principle and duty ; kind, sympathizing, and true to his trust ; a meek, humble, patient, prayerful follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, and whose earnest desire was, that God be honored, and man redeemed, - such was our brother who is gone. We might expect that such a life would have a calm and peaceful close. The nature of his sickness did not allow of many words; but in reply to a question whether ' all was peace,' he responded 'yes,' in that same prompt and emphatic manner he was wont to converse in, when in health. We can- not doubt that all was peace. Softly as the murmurs of a summer even- ing, he breathed his life away. Not a groan, not a sigh, not a struggle, not a tremor told us when he was gone; but he left the clayey, lifeless tenement so stilly,
"Gently, as to a night's repose,"
that we knew not whether he did not still remain. Thus this good man died. It is pleasant to remember that almost his last work on earth was to address a company of grieving mourners, from these inspiring words : ' Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord - they shall rest from their labors, and their works do follow them.' " - R. S. K.
EDWARD ALEXANDER LAWRENCE,
Was born at St. Johnsbury, Vt., Oct. 7, 1808, and was the son of . Hubbard and Mary (Goss) Lawrence. He was baptized in infancy. Of his religious experience, Prof. Lawrence says, --
"I owe my conversion to God's blessing on the faithfulness of my mother. My father, a godly man, died when I was only eight years old. At twelve years of age I left my mother, by whom I had been religiously instructed, to learn the trade of my father. At eighteen a thirst for knowledge led me to desire a liberal education. I visited my mother to procure her consent to a change of my plans. She said there were lawyers and physicians enough without me, and as I was wanting in what was essential to the office of the Christian ministry, she could not con- sent to any change. I gave up my plan. But as her custom was, the night before my return, she called in a few Christian friends to pray for the child that was going from home. That praying circle brought into activity the enmity of my heart, as I had never been conscious of it before. But while travelling the next day, God met me in the way, and began to subdue it, I trust. By the grace of God I am what I am. I united with the Cong. church in Craftsbury, Vt., 1828."
Prof. Lawrence fitted for college at Meriden, N. H., graduated at D. C. in 1834, and at the Theo. Seminary, Andover, in 1838.
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He was licensed to preach by the Belknap Association, N. II., in 1835.
He was ordained at Haverhill, Mass., May 4, 1839 ; dismissed June 12, 1844; installed at Marblehead April 23, 1845 ; dismissed July 12, 1854, and the following week, July 19, he was inaugurated Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Pastoral Theology in the Theo. Seminary at East Windsor Hill, Conn.
He obtained leave of absence from his people to go abroad Oct. 9, 1850, and returned in 1851. His tour extended eastward to Syria. He was at Constantinople and Athens.
Prof. Lawrence was married at Andover, Mass., May 20, 1839, to Margaret Olive Woods, daughter of Rev. Leonard Woods, D. D., and Abby (Wheeler) Woods.
The names of their children are, -
1. Margaret Louisa, b. July 18, 1842.
2. Caroline Matilda, b. Nov. 14, 1844 ; d. Sept. 11, 1848.
3. Edward Alexander, b. Jan. 16, 1847, in Marblehead, Mass.
4. Anna Dana, b. Jan. 16, 1854, in Marblehead, Mass.
The publications of Mr. Lawrence are, -
1. A Lecture on the Elements of Constitutional Law, as a branch of Education in Common Schools, - before the American Institute of Instruction, Aug., 1841.
2. Misinterpretation of Providence. A Discourse on the Disasters at Sea, Sept. 19, 1846, delivered at Marblehead, and published 1846.
3. A Discourse on the Death of Mr. Webster, Marblehead, 1852.
4. A Sermon on the Death of Dr. Woods, delivered at Andover Aug. 28, 1854.
5. An Inaugural Discourse at East Windsor Hill, July 19, 1854.
6. Mission of the Church. A Premium Essay on Systematic Benefi- cence. Published by the American Tract Society, at New York, in 1849, of which, between forty and fifty thousand copies have been pub- lished.
CHARLES MOULSON BROWN,
Was born in Exeter, N. H., July 29, 1794. He was the son of Rev. Joseph and Sarah (Carnes) Brown. His father, Rev. Joseph Brown, was born in Chester, England, Feb. 8, 1762, and was educated at Lady Huntingdon's Seminary, and was settled in the ministry at Epping, Es- sex County, England, until he came to this country. He was installed at Exeter, N. H., in 1792, and dismissed in 1797. He then removed to Deer Isle, Me., where he was installed in 1804, and where he died Sept. 13, 1819, aged 57.
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Charles Moulson, was baptized in infancy at Exeter by his father, then a pastor there. " I graduated," he says, " from a ship's forecastle in 1819, and from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1826." He was ap- probated by the Penobscot Association, July, 1825 ; ordained at Lemp- ster, N. H., as colleague of Rev. Elias Fisher, Sept. 18, 1828. The sal- ary of Mr. Brown at his settlement was $400. He was dismissed Nov. 16, 1830. After leaving Lempster, Mr. Brown labored as a stated sup- ply in Townsend, Newfane, Jamaica, and Stratton in Vermont. In 1835, he removed his family to Portland, Me., and acted as chaplain in the Bethel Church of that city for three years, After this he preached for a short time at Lane's Cove, Gloucester, Mass. In 1842, he removed to Mount Desert, Maine, and labored there under the patronage of the Maine Missionary Society.
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