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Mr. Timlow was prepared for college at Ashland Hall, West Bloom- field, N. Y., under the care of Rev. D. A. Freme ; graduated at the Col- lege of New Jersey, 1852 ; his theological course was private. He was approbated by the Association of New York and Brooklyn, April 4, 1854. He was ordained at Dunkirk, N. Y., by the Presbytery of Buf- falo, Oct. 4, 1854 ; and was installed pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Dunkirk at the same time. On account of ill-health he re- signed his charge at Dunkirk, and was dismissed January 4, 1856. He supplied the Second Presbyterian Church in Newburyport during the year 1856; and was installed pastor of said church, Dec. 30, 1856, by the Presbytery of Londonderry ; received a call from the Reformed Dutch Church in Rhinebeck, N. Y., in Dec., 1859, and was released Dec. 22, 1859, from his pastoral charge in Newburyport, and was installed at Rhinebeck by the Classis of Poughkeepsie, Feb. 2, 1860.
Mr. Timlow married at Groton, July 11, 1854, Martha Fay Bigelow, daughter of Josiah Francis and Harriet Mumoe (Sawin) Bigelow.
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The names of their children are, -
1. Mary Josephine, b. April 17, 1855, in Dunkirk, N. Y.
2. Alice Wilbur, b. Aug. 7, 1857, in Newburyport.
3. Bessie Weston, b. June 24, 1861, in Rhinebeck, N. Y.
4. William, b. March 5, 1863 ; d. Aug. 5, 1863.
5. Ruth
6. Grace ) Twins, b. April 24, 1864.
b. April 24, 1864 ; d. July 25, 1864.
Mr. Timlow has published an Anonymous Pamphlet. - Two Review articles, and occasional contributions to the public journals.
ALEXANDER CROCKER CHILDS,
Was the son of James and Elizabeth (Crocker) Childs, and was born in Nantucket, Mass., August 31, 1823. He was baptized in infancy. Of his religious experience, he says : " Very early in life I was impressed with a sense of my sinfulness, and felt the reasonableness of God's claims upon me. I wanted to be a Christian, because it seemed as though I ought to be, but was kept back by the fear of what others would think and say, until the age of thirteen, when, on going home from school one day, my mother informed me that a certain lad had become pious. It occasioned great surprise to me, and I immediately thought, now is the time for me ; I must be a Christian some time, and I shall never have a better opportu- nity than the present. I thought it dangerous and wrong to delay. The subject occupied my mind constantly for several weeks, and finally I gave up all, as I then supposed, and regarded myself a Christian. Three or four years passed, and I had not made a publie profession of religion. I was deferring it with the hope that it would be easier after my entrance into college. Conversation with my pastor gave me new light upon the subject. I was led to review my whole religious experience, and learned that my religion was not what it should be. I had been deceiving my- self, and probably building my hopes on a false foundation. Renewedly I sought and found Christ. One evening, sitting alone with my mother, I said to her, 'I think I am a Christian now.' 'My son,' said she, 'I thought you had been one for some time.' 'No,' said I; 'never till now have I given up all for Christ; now I am ready to go anywhere, to do any thing, and be any thing for Christ.'"
Mr. Childs united with the Congregational church in Nantucket, January, 1841.
He prepared for college at the school in his native town ; graduated at Y. C., 1845 ; at the Union Theo. Seminary, New York, 1849 ; was approbated by the Association of New York and Brooklyn, April 5,
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1849 ; was ordained at East Falmouth, May 18, 1853 ; dismissed Oct. 9, 1855. Installed pastor of the Cong. church at Amesbury Mills, Nov. 19, 1856; dismissed from the same, August 11, 1858. Commenced preaching in Rehoboth, January 1, 1860.
Mr. Childs was married in Nantucket, August 17, 1851, to Eunice Hussey Barney, daughter of William and Mary (Sprague) Barney.
The names of their children are, --
1. William Barney, b. July 12, 1853, in East Falmouth.
2. Elizabeth Crocker, b. Sept. 6, 1858, in Amesbury.
THOMAS DOGGETT,
The son of Elkanah and Eunice (Barker) Doggett, was born in Free- town, Bristol Co., Mass., Nov. 25, 1827. He was baptized in infancy, and united with the First Cong. Church in Cleveland, Ohio (then the First Pres. Church of Ohio City), in 1843. "In that year, during a revival of religion, the excellence of the service of Christ was presented to my mind in a light so attractive that it seemed impossible for me, henceforth, to serve any other master than Jesus. I think I was then led to choose Him, not from any deep sense of the evil of sin, but from the new loveliness of religion. Every impulse of my soul seemed to urge me to Him. From that time the conviction of my sinfulness has been increasing, and my need of such a Saviour. My conscience was not so much moved as my heart."
Mr. Doggett graduated at Western Reserve College in 1848, and at the Western Reserve Theological Seminary in 1852. He was licensed by the Portage Presbytery, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1850, and was ordained at Groveland, as colleague with Rev. Dr. Perry, March 4, 1857 ; dismissed April 20, 1864, to accept a call from the Presbyterian church at Niagara Falls, N. Y., where he was installed by the Presbytery of Niagara, July 20, 1864.
He married at Andover, Mass., Sept. 28, 1853, Miss Frances Lee Barrows, daughter of Prof. Elijah Porter and Sarah Maria (Lee) Bar- rows.
Their children are, -
1. William Elkanah, b. March 17, 1855, at Madison, Wis.
2. Charles Stebbins, b. Nov. 29, 1859, at Groveland, Mass.
3. Allen Barrows, b. June 18, 1860, at Groveland, Mass.
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CHARLES DICKINSON HERBERT,
The son of George and Charlotte (Tuttle) Herbert, was born in Ells- worth, Me., Sept. 28, 1818. He was baptized in infancy, and united with the Congregational church at Ellsworth, June 3, 1838. He says :
" I had been a youth of serious impressions, and liad at times felt the sinfulness of my heart, and the need of a part in the atonement of Christ. In the summer of 1836, I renounced all, and made a private surrender of myself to Jesus, and ever after felt the peace of one accepted of God ; but, as no one spoke to me on the subject, my hope did not lead me to an open Christian life until the winter of 1837-38, when my office as a teacher called out religious decision."
With the exception of about a year and a half, Mr. Herbert received his entire education preparatory to college at home. He graduated at B. C. in 1841, and at the Bangor Theological Seminary in 1844. He was approbated by the Hancock Association, Maine, April 9, 1844.
He was ordained by the Lexington Presbytery, Missouri, April 24, 1846, as a missionary at Parkville, Mo.
After laboring three years in Parkville, Osceola, and vicinity, his health failed, and he was obliged to return East. He preached for about fifteen months at Frankfort Mills, Me.
He was installed at Mount Vernon, N. H., Nov. 6, 1850 ; dis. installed at West Newbury, First Parish, March 5, 1857.
He married in Durham, N. H., Sept. 28, 1853, Miss Sarah Ann Flanders, only daughter of Thomas and Anna (Hilliard) Flanders, M. D.
Their children are, -
1. George, b. April 24, 1855, at Mont Vernon, N. H.
2. Charles Edward, b. April 7, 1857, at West Newbury, Mass.
CHARLES BEECHER,
The son of Rev. Dr. Lyman and Roxanna (Foote) Beecher, was born in Litchfield, Conn., Oct. 7, 1815. He was baptized in infancy, and united with the Hanover Street Church in Boston, in 1828, while they were worshipping with the Salem Church, on account of the burning of their house. Of his religious experience he says :
" My convictions under preaching were early, and continued long. I first hoped in Christ in Boston, when about twelve years of age. I have, however, since been a backslider to such an extent that I know not whether that early conversion was real. I attach little importance to
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the evidence of dates and days past. My only hope is in an ever-living Saviour."
Mr. Beecher was in the Boston Latin School in 1827, and at Law- rence Academy, in Groton, in 1828-29, where he completed his prepar- ation for college. He graduated at Bowdoin College in 1833, and at Lane Theological Seminary in 1836.
He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Indianapolis, Ind., August 11, 1843 ; ordained pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, Ind., by the Presbytery of Fort Wayne, Nov. 9, 1844, dismissed Sept. 2, 1850 ; installed pastor of the First Cong. Church, Newark, N. J., - - , 1850, dismissed Oct. 3, 1854; installed as col- league pastor with Rev. Isaac Braman, Georgetown, Mass., Nov. 19, 1857. By the death of Mr. Braman, Dec. 26, 1858, he became the sole pastor of the church.
Mr. Beecher was married July 23, 1840, at Jacksonville, III., to Sarah Linwood Coffin, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Porter) Coffin.
Their children are, -
1. Frederick Henry, b. at New Orleans, La., June 23, 1841.
2. Charles McCulloch, b. at Ft. Wayne, Ind., Aug. 16, 1845.
3. Helen Louisa, b. at Ft. Wayne, Sept. 23, 1847.
4. Mary Isabella, b. at Ft. Wayne, Nov. 7, 1849.
5. Esther Lyman, b. at Newark, N. J., Feb. 15, 1852.
6. Edith Harriet, b. at Newark, N. J., June 5, 1854.
Frederick grad. at B. C. in 1862 ; enlisted as a private in April or May of the same year ; mustered in as a 2d Sergt. 16th Maine Vols. ; was wounded at Fredericksburg ; promoted 1st Lieut., and wounded again, and lamed for life, at Gettysburg. He was also under fire at Chancellorsville.
The publications of Mr. Beecher are, -
The Incarnation ; or, Pictures of the Virgin and her Son. Harper & Bros., N. Y. - Two Sermons on Creeds. About 1845. - The Metro- neme ; a Musical Work. New York, 1850. - Sermon on the Duty of Disobedience to Wicked Laws. Newark, N. J., 1851. - Sermon on the Nebraska Bill. - Report on Spiritual Manifestations, read before the Association of New York and Brooklyn. - The Diary in Sunny Mem- ories of Foreign Lands. - The Musical Arrangement of the Plymouth Collection. - Sermon on the Divine Sorrow. - Sermon on the Anti- christ of New England. - Redeemer and Redeemed ; an Investigation of the Atonement and of Eternal Judgment. pp. 347. Boston, 1864.
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ABRAHAM BURNHAM,
The son of Bradford and Hannah Dane (Whipple) Burnham, was born at Dunbarton, N. H., April 9, 1829, and was baptized in infancy. He united with the Cong. church in Dunbarton, N. H., in 1849.
He graduated at D. C. in 1852, and at the Theo. Sem., Andover, in 1857 ; was approbated by the Essex South Association Jan. 6, 1857 ; was ordained pastor of the Cong. church in East Haverhill, Sept. 30, 1857.
Mr. Burnham was married .at Middleton, Mass., Nov. 27, 1856, to Lizzie Helen Phelps, daughter of Ebenezer Smith Phelps, M. D., and Mrs. Elizabeth Howard (Sawtelle) Phelps.
The names of their children are, -
1. Charles Henry, b. Feb. 7, 1861.
2. Francis Phelps, b. July 27, 1863 ; d. April 6, 1864.
GEORGE WASHINGTON FINNEY,
The son of Silvester and Rebecca (Rice) Finney, was born in Broth- ertown, an Indian reservation in the township of Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y. He was not baptized in infancy. IIe united with the Cong. church in Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y., in January, 1819. Speaking of his re- ligious life, he says :
" In the twenty-first year of my age, I was, when alone in the field, quite suddenly eaused to see my great sinfulness. At that time, none of my father's family professed religion. I had heard no preaching that made an impression on my heart. An intimate friend had become anx- ious, and conversed with me a few moments, but I turned from him in disgust. This was about two days previous to my first sight of my own sinful and lost state. For three days and nights I was overwhelmed with a sense of my great criminality in the sight of God, and felt that it would be most just in the Divine Being to cast me off. I felt that I richly merited the strange punishment God had reserved for the workers of iniquity. On the third day, I started for a forest to pray, and the thought alarmed me, for I had not heard my own voiee in prayer for ten years. In the attempt my heart gave way ; my mind became tranquil and peaceful ; and my soul rejoiced in God my Saviour."
Mr. Finney was approbated by the Black River Association of Jeffer- son and Lewis counties, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1835. He was ordained as an evangelist at North Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Feb. 4, 1836.
In April, 1835, Mr. Finney became the stated supply of the Presby-
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terian churches of Litchfield and Columbia, Herkimer Co., N. Y. In May, 1836, he was stated supply of the Cong. church in Holland Pa- tent, Oneida Co., N. Y. In November, 1838, he removed to Jersey City, as an agent of the Amer. Anti-Slavery Society. During the winter of 1839-40 he preached to a Cong. church in Philadelphia. In August, 1840, he removed to Lebanon, N. Y., and supplied the Cong. church of that place for one year. In 1842 he removed to Haverhill, Mass., and was the stated supply of the Union Evangelical Church. From 1844 to 1846 he was agent for the State temperance societies of New Hamp- shire, Vermont, and New York. In 1851, he was City Missionary at Charlestown, Mass. In 1856-57, he preached to the Cong. church at Salisbury Point, Mass. In his work as a temperance lecturer, he deliv- ered about three thousand addresses, organized eighty-one societies, ob- tained eighteen thousand pledges (six thousand of which were against intoxicating drinks, tobacco, and profane language). Mr. Finney went to California in the year 18-, and is now a resident of Oakland in that State.
He published the following addresses and sermons :
The Deceptive Power of Intoxicating Drinks. - The Pathology of Drunkenness. - The Nature and Power of the Appetite for Strong Drinks. - First Principles of the Temperance Reform. - The Power of Example. - Sermon on the Miracle of changing Water into Wine. - Objections Answered.
Mr. Finney was married in Mexico, Oswego Co., N. Y., Sept. 12, 1822, to Miss Lydia Whitney, daughter of Benjamin and Mercy Harris Whitney.
Their children are, -
1. Sarah Lucinda, b. Oct. 29, 1823, in Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y.
2. Cyrus George, b. April 6, 1825, in Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y .; d. at Oakland, Cal., April 11, 1862.
3. Mary Philinda, b. Jan. 29, 1827, in Mexico, Oswego Co., N. Y.
4. Ann Eliza, b. July 15, 1828, in New Haven, Oswego Co., N. Y.
5. Lydia Elizabeth, b. Aug. 16, 1832, in Mexico, Oswego Co., N. Y.
CHARLES BROOKS,
The son of Samuel and Sarah (Campbell) Brooks, was born in Town- send, Mass., March 24, 1831, and was not baptized in infancy. He uni- ted with the Cong. church in Yale College, Dec. 2, 1849.
He prepared for college in Lawrence Academy, Groton, which he left to enter upon his collegiate course in 1849. He graduated from Yale
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College in 1853, and from Yale Theological Seminary in 1857. He was, for nearly a year, a resident graduate at Andover Theological Sem- inary. He was approbated by the New Haven East Association, May 27, 1856, and was ordained pastor of the Cong. church in Byfield, Mass., June 16, 1858 ; dismissed Nov. 11, 1863.
Mr. Brooks was married in Townsend, Mass., Aug. 1, 1858, to Nancy Lewis Adams, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Marshall) Adams, of Townsend.
JOHN ROGERS THURSTON,
The son of John and Abigail King (Lawrence) Thurston, was born in Bangor, Me., Sept. 4, 1831. Both his parents died when he was about two years old. He was baptized in infancy, and was their only living child.
Of his religious experience he says : "My first religious impressions, of lasting value, were received at the time I entered college. The promi- nent thought was, that I had never submitted to God, and that I ought to do it. After weeks of absorbing seriousness, I yielded, as I hope, to his rule. There was no religious interest at that time in the college, nor did I communicate my feelings to any one for a long time. The day and hour of the change I cannot tell." He united with the Yale Col- lege church, Aug. 6, 1848. Mr. Thurston prepared for college at Ban- gor, Me., and graduated at Y. C., 1851 ; graduated at Bangor Theologi- cal Seminary, 1858 ; was approbated by the Penobscot Association, Me., July 28, 1857 ; was ordained colleague pastor with Rev. Leonard With- ington, D. D., at Newbury, Mass., Jan. 20, 1859.
Mr. Thurston was married Sept. 4, 1858, at Orrington, Me., to Miss Frances Orella Goodale, daughter of Walter and Eliza (Hinks) Good- ale.
Their children are, -
1. Walter Lawrence, b. at Newburyport, May 2, 1860; d. Dec. 31, 1860.
2. Margaret Mead, b. at Newburyport, April 21, 1862.
TIMOTHY DWIGHT PORTER STONE,
The son of Rev. Timothy and Mary (Merwin) Stone, was born in Cornwall, Litchfield Co., Ct., July 27, 1811, and was baptized in infancy. His grandfather was the Rev. Timothy Stone of Goshen, Ct. - Sprague's Annals, vol. 1, p. 631.
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Of his religious experience Mr. Stone says : " I had no marked devel- opments of conviction and conversion until, in a revival in 1826-27, I resolved upon a Christian life, and after earnest struggles with pride, found myself happy in trusting Jesus. Then followed a deep season of conviction accompanied by a peace in believing." Mr. Stone united with the church at the Chapel, Andover. in 1827.
He prepared for college at Phillips Academy, which institution he left in 1827 ; graduated at A. C., 1834. Before entering upon pastoral du- ties, Mr. Stone was Principal of the Literary Institution, Concord, N. H .; of the Teacher's Seminary, Plymouth, N. H. ; and of the Abbott Fe- male Seminary, Andover. He was approbated by the Deerfield Associ- ation, N. H., Nov. 8, 1836, while engaged in teaching. Afterwards he went through the course of study at the Theological Seminary, Andover, and graduated in 1842.
He was ordained pastor of the Cong. church, Holliston, Mass., March 1, 1843 ; dismissed March 2, 1849, to accept the appointment of Chap- lain and Principal of the Reform School in Westboro', Mass. In 1850, he resigned this office, and accepted the position of Principal in the Nor- mal School at New Britain, Ct. In 1853, he opened the Normal School at Norwich Town, Ct. From April, 1856, to April, 1857, he acted as stated supply for the church in Bozrah, Ct .; from April, 1857, to January, 1859, he discharged the same duties for the church in Fitch- ville, Bozrah, Ct. He commenced acting as stated supply at Amesbury Mills, Feb. 17, 1859, and was installed there Oct. 1, 1860. He was dis- missed July 30, 1862, that he might accept the charge of the Lafayette Literary Institution, located in Lafayette, Indiana. The climate of this place proved most injurious to the health of his children. All were taken ill, and three died within the space of three months. Mr. Stone resigned his position and came East in 1864.
Mr. Stone was married August 20, 1835, to Phobe Cummings Holt, daughter of Dea. Solomon and Mary (Cummings) Holt, of the West Parish, Andover. She died very suddenly at Norwich Town, Ct., August 14, 1858, aged 47.
Their children are, -
1. Timothy Porter, b. June 25, 1838, in Plymouth, N. H. ; grad. at A. C., 1862 ; died in Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 30, 1863.
2. William Pierce, b. April 25, 1841, in Andover, Mass. ; d. in La- fayette, Ind., Oct. 26, 1862.
3. Mary Irene, b. Oct. 8, 1842, in Andover, Mass. ; d. May 28, 1864.
4. Ellen Frances, b. Sept. 8, 1845, in Holliston, Mass. ; died in La- fayette, Ind., Nov. 9, 1862.
Mr. Stone was married a second time in Worcester, March 15,
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1859, to Sarah Margarette Dickinson, daughter of the late Dr. Edwards and Saralı (Henry) Dickinson, of Holliston.
They have one child.
The publications of Mr. Stone are in part the following :
Ventriloquism Explained. - The Child's Reader. - The Biblical Reader. - The Rhetorical Speaker. - Father's Pictures of Family In- fluence. - Stories to teach me how to Think. - Memories of Mrs. Re- becca G. Webster. - Juvenile Sabbath School Series. - Lecture on the Culture of Eloquence, before the American Institute of Instruction. --- Also, a variety of anonymous works for children, and a number of Es- says and Discourses on Temperance, Agriculture, and Education.
ELIAS CORNELIUS HOOKER,
Was born in Bennington, Vt., July 9, 1832. His father was the Rev. Edward W. Hooker, D. D., formerly of Bennington, more recently of Fairhaven, Vt.
The maiden name of his mother was Faith Trumbull Huntington.
Mr. Hooker was baptized in infancy. "I met," he says, " a change of heart in a revival which occurred during the fall term of the Normal School at Westfield, of which I was a member in the year 1849." He united with the First Cong. Church in South Windsor, Ct., January 5, 1850.
He fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover ; graduated at W. C., 1857, and at the Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J., in April, 1860. He was approbated at Fairhaven, Vt., May 3, 1859, by the Rutland Association.
He was ordained pastor of the North Church, Newburyport, Dec. 11, 1860.
A Sermon of Mr. Hooker's was published in the Boston Daily Even- ing Traveller of June 4, 1861.
Mr. Hooker was married at West Boxford, June 19, 1861, to Marga- ret Cecelia De Bevoise, daughter of James and Ann (Van Dervort) De Bevoise. She died in Newburyport, April 25, 1862.
JAMES CRUICKSHANKS,
Was born in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, November 12, 1828. He was the son of James Hunter and Mary (Jack) Cruickshanks, and was baptized in infancy.
Of his religious experience he says : "During the summer of 1845,
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there was quite a religious interest in the city of Lowell in which the Kirk Street Church largely shared. More than usual attendance on meet- ings, and conversations held with different individuals in relation to spir- itual things, awakened my attention to personal religion. While my mind was tender, an event occurred, in the providence of God, which seemed to lead me to a decision. During a severe thunderstorm, I was very near a friend who was killed by the lightning. This produced such an impression on my mind, that I regarded it as a voice from God saying : 'Be thou also ready ; for in such an hour as thou thinkest not, the Son of man cometh.'"
Mr. Cruickshanks graduated at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., in the summer of 1851, and at Yale College in 1855. He en- tered the theological department of the college the same autumn, and re- mained there two years. In 1857, he removed to the Theo. Seminary, Andover, where he graduated in 1858.
He was approbated by the New Haven East Association, May 27, 1856, at a meeting in New Haven. He was ordained pastor of the Con- gregational church in South Malden, Mass., Sept. 8, 1857. The ser- mon on the occasion was preached by Prof. Austin Phelps of Andover.
On account of ill-health and other causes, he was dismissed June 29, 1859. Mr. Cruickshanks soon after (July 6) sailed for Europe from New York, and travelled in Scotland, England, and France. He re- turned in the September following, having been absent about two months, much improved in health. He was installed pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Newburyport, Mass., June 6, 1860. The sermon on the occasion was preached by Rev. Dr. Blagden of Boston. He was dismissed by the Presbytery of Londonderry, Oct. 29, 1862 ; the dismission to take effect on the last Sabbath in November following. Installed at Spencer, Jan. 13, 1864.
The publications of Mr. Cruickshanks are, ---
A Thanksgiving Sermon, preached in the Second Pres. Church, New- buryport, Nov. 21, 1861. - Fast Sermon ; preached Aug. 4, 1864.
Mr. Cruickshanks was married Dec. 23, 1862, at Newburyport, to Miss Anna Maria De Witt, daughter of John and Anna Maria (Bridgen) De Witt, of Albany, N. Y.
RAYMOND HOYT SEELEY,
Was born in Norwalk, Ct., - -, -, and was the son of Rufus and Nancy (Raymond) Seeley. He was not baptized in infancy. Of his conversion he says, it was " a change from an irreligious and careless
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life, wrought - as I believe - by the Holy Spirit in quietness, but in power ; months having been passed by me in painful anxiety, caused by convictions of sin and uncertainty as to what I must do and what would become of me, - nothing of which was known to any human soul but my own, - till some week or two before I found Christ." He united with the Congregational church in Ridgefield, Ct., under the pastoral care of Rev. Charles G. Selleck.
Mr. Seeley graduated at the University of New York, in 1839, and at Union Theological Seminary, New York, in 1842. Licensed by the Third Presbytery, New York City, 1842. He received the degree of D. D. from New York University, 1864.
He was ordained in Bristol, Ct., July 5, 1843 ; dismissed Feb. 28, 1849. Installed in Springfield, Mass., March 1, 1849 ; dismissed from Springfield to assume charge of the American Chapel, Paris, France, Feb. 6, 1858. Returned from Paris, December, 1859. Installed in Haverhill, Mass., Aug. 8, 1860.
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