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He published Translation of Theremin's Rhetoric ; Discourses and Essays ; Lectures on the Philosophy of History ; Translation of Guericke's Church History ;
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Confessions of Augustine (the above published at Andover by W. F. Draper, Class of 1850) ; Homiletics and Pastoral Theology ; Sermons to the Natural Man ; Theological Essays ; Literary Essays ; Commentary on Romans ; Sermons to the Spiritual Man; Doctrine of Endless Punishment ; Dogmatic Theology (three volumes, the last published in 1890) ; Proposed Revision of the Westmin- ster Standards, besides numerous sermons and addresses. He also edited the Works of Coleridge and Lange's Commentary on Mark, and contributed many important articles to the Bibliotheca Sacra and other theological reviews. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Vermont in 1857, and that of Doctor of Laws from the University of the City of New York in 1876.
Prof. Edwards A. Park, of Andover, writes of his former pupil and col- league : " Professor Shedd united a rare degree of modesty with a rare degree of genius and learning. He was an industrious reader, but, more than that, he was a profound thinker. He had a firm grasp of principles, and was self-con- sistent in the conclusions which he derived from them. He was confirmed in these conclusions by the great authors whom he studied with signal care. He was a close student of John Calvin and still more of St. Augustine. Perhaps no American clergyman was more familiar with the writings of Thomas Aquinas. It is natural that he should have the courage of his convictions, as he came to them after so much protracted and conscientious labor. I have never agreed with him in some of his speculations, but have always revered him as a philos- opher and a divine. My admiration has risen to a greater height than ever during the last years of his life."
Dr. Shedd was married, October 7, 1845, to Lucy Ann Myers, of White- hall, N. Y., daughter of Peter Joseph Henry Myers and Lucy Fitch Kirtland. She survives him, with two sons and two daughters. The oldest son was edu- cated at the College of the City of New York, and the youngest, a counselor at law in New York City, at Columbia College.
Dr. Shedd died of old age, in New York City, November 17, 1894, aged seventy-four years.
CLASS OF 1844.
John Langdon Dudley. (Non-graduate.)
Son of John Dudley and Betsey Tirrill ; born in Andover, N. H., January 12, 1812; fitted for college at the Teachers' Seminary of Phillips Academy, An- dover, and under private instruction of Dr. Thatcher Thayer (Class of 1837), at Newport, R. I .; studied in this Seminary, 1841-42; entered Amherst College with the Junior. Class, 1842, and graduated, 1844; finished his theological study with Dr. Thayer at Newport, and was ordained there, June 11, 1847; supplied the pulpit of Dr. Thayer during his absence in Europe, 1847-49; was acting pastor of the South Church, Middletown, Ct., 1849-54, and settled pastor, 1854-68 ; pastor of Plymouth Church, Milwaukee, Wis., 1868-75; subsequently supplied Unitarian pulpits in Chicago, Denver, Madison, Wis., and other cities ; was minister of the Twenty-eighth Congregational Society at the Parker Memo- rial Building, Boston, 1878-80 ; resided in Lake Mills, Wis., without charge, from 1880 to 1894, when he removed to St. Augustine, Fla.
He published Tides and Tendencies, a volume of Sermons, a pamphlet on
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Salvation, and one on Liturgies, while in Milwaukee his sermons were regularly published in pamphlet form. A memorial article in the Christian Register said of him : " He was a scholar of profound and varied learning. He loved his books, and he loved humanity better than it deserves. His studies of the na- ture of Christ had made him Christlike. 'Divine philosophy ' was his delight in other years, and later the poetic impulses and capacities of his nature took the lead. He wrote verse lifting up to God and permeated by a holy sentiment of ideal love and longing. Modest and unassuming, gentle and gracious, true and brave, he deserved more of the world that he lived to serve."
Mr. Dudley was married, June 6, 1861, to Eliza Maria Coleman, of Phila- delphia, daughter of Rev. Lyman Coleman, D.D., and Maria Flynt. She died June 3, 1871, and he married, second, October 23, 1872, Marion Vienna Churchill, of Lake Mills, Wis., daughter of James Worthy Churchill and Vienna Thomp- son. She survives him.
Mr. Dudley died of bronchial pneumonia, in Boston, November 21, 1894, in the eighty-third year of his age.
CLASS OF 1845.
Luther Clapp. (Non-graduate.)
Son of Dea. Ansel Clapp and Eunice Wright; born in Westhampton, Mass., October 18, 1819; prepared for college with his uncle, Rev. Ebenezer B. Wright, of Chicopee (Class of 1817), and at Hopkins Academy, Hadley ; graduated at Williams College, 1841; taught a select school at Norwich (now Huntington), Mass .; studied in this Seminary, 1842-44; principal of Hardwick (Vt.) Academy for a short time. He was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association, meeting with Rev. J. H. Bisbee, Worthington, Mass., May 6, 1845, and went at once to Wisconsin under commission of the American Home Mis- sionary Society. He was ordained at Wauwatosa, Wis., October 5, 1845, and installed pastor there June 29, 1848, remaining in charge of the church until 1873-nearly twenty-eight years. He was then appointed general missionary by the Milwaukee Convention to care for destitute churches, and continued in that arduous work eight years; was acting pastor at Pewaukee, Wis., 1881-84, and at Hartland, Wis., 1882-89, having his residence at Hartland during his pastorate there, but before and afterwards at Wauwatosa.
In the early part of Mr. Clapp's pastorate at Wauwatosa he and his wife opened a select school in the unfurnished parlor of their house, which was after- wards continued for several terms elsewhere. He often gave private instruction, also, to the young people of his congregation. He published in 1882 a His- torical Discourse at the fortieth anniversary of the Wauwatosa church, and ten years later the Semi-Centennial Services of the church. He also prepared Sketches of Pioneer Ministers for the Jubilee Memorial of the Congregational Convention of Wisconsin in 1890. In connection with Rev. William DeLoss Love (Class of 1847), he edited the Wisconsin Puritan at Milwaukee from its beginning in 1862 until it was succeeded by the Advance in 1867.
Dr. Love sends the following tribute : "Luther Clapp was an honest and earnest man, a clear and discriminating observer, a judicious, highly evangelical, and faithful preacher, a sincere and genial friend and pastor, and a humble,
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prayerful Christian. I do not remember him as ever wrong in any question of ethics, morality, or religion ; he had a wonderful faculty for being always right. He kept up marvelously his knowledge of the Scriptures in their original languages. He maintained intimacy with the thoughts of the present day, and was always ready for action at the right time. In his mature years he was especially venerated and beloved by his younger brethren in the ministry. He and his dear friend, Rev. Enos J. Montague [Class of 1845], were bright and shining lights, reflecting the divine glory that came from the higher heaven to which they have now both gone."
Mr. Clapp was married, June 24, 1845, to Harriet Priscilla Stedman, of Chicopee, Mass., daughter of Dea. Simeon Stedman and Sally Boardman. She survives him, with one son and four daughters, one of whom is the wife of Rev. Chauncey Goodrich (Class of 1864), missionary in China; two daughters are deceased.
Mr. Clapp died of anæmia, at Wauwatosa, Wis., June 24, 1894, in the seventy-fifth year of his age.
Jabez Baldwin Lyman, M.D. (Non-graduate.)
Son of Ahira Lyman and Lydia Baldwin ; born in Easthampton, Mass., April 18, 1820; prepared for college at Southampton Academy and Hopkins Academy, Hadley; graduated at Amherst College, 1841; studied in this Seminary, 1842-43; continued theological study in Germany, under Tholuck at Halle and Neander at Berlin, until 1846; spent additional time in foreign travel and study; returning to this country, was instructor in German and French at Amherst College, 1848-49; taught in Abbeville, S. C., 1850-52; was professor of Mathematics, Oglethorpe (Ga.) University, 1852-53; studied medicine in Paris, 1853-56, and in Vienna, 1856-57; received degree of Doc- tor of Medicine from Jefferson Medical College, 1857; practiced medicine in Chicago, Il1., 1857-58; in Rockford, Ill., 1858-81; from 1881 resided in Salem, Mass.
Dr. Baldwin was United States Medical Examiner for Pensions for nearly twenty years, and while residing in Salem was a member of the school board. He furnished translations of German articles to early volumes of the Bibliotheca Sacra, and contributed in later years to medical journals. Rev. F. P. Woodbury, D.D., of New York (Class of 1864), writes : "Dr. Lyman was highly esteemed both as a Christian and in his professional work in Rockford. He was a man of high culture and noble purposes, of kindly disposition, and his scientific attainments were of a high order." Rev. De Witt S. Clark, D.D., his pastor at Salem (Class of 1868), says : "Dr. Lyman was a man of broad and accurate scholarship, keeping abreast of the latest and most useful discoveries in the line of his profession, and was recognized as a valuable practitioner and counselor. He was quite proficient as a student of German, and developed not a little skill as an artist. He was held in high esteem as a citizen and as a Christian man."
Dr. Lyman married, September 5, 1860, Lucy DePue, of Galesburg, Ill., daughter of Ephraim DePue and Maria Dennis. She survives him, with five of their eight children, one of their daughters being the wife of Rev. John R. Smith, of the Class of 1892.
Dr. Lyman died of apoplexy, at Salem, Mass., June 29, 1893, aged seventy- three years.
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CLASS OF 1846.
David Torrey, D.D. (Non-graduate.)
Son of Maj. Jason Torrey and Achsah Tyler; born in Bethany, Pa., November 13, 1818; prepared for college at Honesdale (Pa.) Academy ; graduated at Amherst College, 1843; studied in this Seminary, 1843-44, and finished his course in Union Seminary, 1844-46; was tutor in Amherst College, 1846-47, and taught in Honesdale (Pa.) Academy, 1848-49. He was ordained over the Presbyterian church at Delhi, N. Y., January 29, 1850, his pastorate there extending from 1849 to 1860; pastor at Ithaca, N. Y., 1860-64; at Ann Arbor, Mich., 1866-67; supplied for several months Rev. Dr. Patterson's church in Chicago; and after a period of foreign travel was settled at Cazenovia, N. Y., in 1869, continuing his pastoral service until 1880, and residing there without charge afterwards.
He had an honorable and influential place in the counsels of the Presby- terian Church, especially in connection with its benevolent and educational work. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Hamilton College in 1863, and was acting professor of Intellectual Philosophy in that institution, 1882-83. During the war he showed his patriotism not only in the pulpit, but by active personal service at the front, under the auspices of the Christian Commission. In a memorial address at his funeral, Rev. George B. Spalding, D.D. (Class of 1861), said : " His intellectual qualities were of high range, his thinking clear and strong, his judgment free from passion and bias, far- reaching, springing from principles. ... His mightiest interest was in human- ity, in his fellow men, in the nation's progress, and the Church's growth. He was large in his views, expectant of all good things, reverent towards the past, but ever hopeful of the future. He looked for new revelations, and kept all the doors of his soul wide open to give them hospitable entrance. He glorified his ministerial profession, and never regretted that God had called him to it. He honored it with every affection and ambition of his soul, and sought to make it honorable to all others."
Dr. Torrey was married, October 3, 1848, to Mary Elizabeth Humphrey, of Pittsfield, Mass., daughter of Rev. Dr. Heman Humphrey and Sophia Porter. She died April 8, 1867; and he married, second, August 28, 1873, Mrs. Georgiana Wolf Moseley, daughter of Dr. David Mitchell and Sarah Coman, and widow of George F. Moseley, who survives him. He had two children - Mrs. William D. Wells, of Cazenovia, and James H. Torrey, a counselor at law in Scranton, Pa.
He died of heart failure, at Cazenovia, N. Y., September 29, 1894, in the seventy-sixth year of his age.
CLASS OF 1847.
Jonathan Edwards.
Son of Rev. Justin Edwards, D.D. (Class of 1813; pastor of South Church, Andover, and president of the Seminary), and Lydia Bigelow; born in Andover, Mass., July 17, 1820; graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, 1836, and at Yale College, 1840; taught in Lunenburg County, Va., 1840-41, in Gorham (Me.) Seminary, 1843-44, and as principal of Cony Academy,
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Augusta, Me., 1844-45; studied one year in Yale Divinity School, and gradu- ated at this Seminary, 1847, remaining as resident licentiate, 1847-48. He was licensed to preach by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. John L. Taylor, Andover, April 12, 1847, and ordained pastor of the church in Woburn, Mass., September 7, 1848, continuing there until 1856. He was the first pastor of the Plymouth Church, Rochester, N. Y., 1856-62; pastor of the First Church, Dedham, Mass., 1863-74; professor in Colorado College and acting pastor of church at Colorado Springs, Col., 1874-75; pastor of the church at Grantville (afterwards Wellesley Hills), Mass., from 1876 to his death.
Seven of his sermons were published, including three historical discourses on anniversaries of the Dedham church, and one a memorial discourse of Dr. Ebenezer Burgess (Class of 1815), of Dedham. Of Mr. Edwards's long and useful ministry, Rev. Dr. D. L. Furber (Class of 1846) writes : "Rev. Jonathan Edwards was a preacher forty-six years, with very brief intervals between one pastorate and another. His work ended only with his life, and it was not un- common to hear his preaching spoken of in recent years as better than ever. He kept abreast of the times, adapted himself gracefully to changed conditions in society, retained his youthful feelings, kept his hold upon the young, and never seemed like a man belonging to a past generation. But he did not adapt himself to changed customs when principle was involved. When it was first proposed to run Sunday trains from Dedham to Boston he drew up a remon- strance, obtained a large number of signatures, and presented it himself. As a pastor, his cheerfulness, which was as unfailing as his politeness, made his visits always acceptable. He always felt at home in the ministry, and regarded it as his true calling. Its burdens and trials he met with true Christian courage and with the faith that casts the burden on the Lord. It is something noteworthy in our day when a minister continues his work with unabated vigor, both in pulpit and parish, to the age of seventy-four."
He was married, August 31, 1848, to Frances Swan Bronson, of Augusta, Me., daughter of Hon. David Bronson and Augusta C. Robinson Holton. She survives him, with one son and two daughters.
Mr. Edwards died of pneumonia and heart weakness, at Wellesley Hills, Mass., July 16, 1894, lacking one day of being seventy-four years old.
CLASS OF 1850.
Swift Byington.
Son of Dr. Charles Byington and Evalina Barnes ; born in Bristol, Ct., Feb- ruary 4, 1824; fitted for college under A. Bronson Alcott and in Philadelphia; graduated at Yale College, 1847; studied in Yale Divinity School, 1847-49; licensed to preach by Middlesex (Ct.) Association, August 7, 1849; graduated from this Seminary, 1850, remaining two years longer as resident licentiate; ordained pastor of church in West Brookfield, Mass., November 17, 1852, and continued there until 1858; preached at North Avenue Church, Cambridge, 1859; at North Woburn, 1861-62; at the Old South Church, Boston, 1862-63; pastor at Stoneham, 1864-71, and at Exeter, N. H., 1871-93.
Rev. George E. Street (Class of 1863), for twenty-four years closely associ- ated with Mr. Byington at Exeter, writes of him : "Mr. Byington was emphatically
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a preacher. This was his aim in the Theological Seminary, where he was the life of a Sermon Club, which met to discuss plans of sermons. When he en- tered his first pastorate he burned all his sermons lest he should be tempted to use them, when as a pastor he ought to write better ones. His pulpit ministry in Exeter was a very strong one. He avoided sensational and occasional ser- mons, rarely allowing social, political, or ecclesiastical events to suggest the theme of his discourses or intrude into them. He was master of a fascinating style, clean-cut and vigorous, and he never came into the pulpit without thor- ough preparation. The impress of careful thought, sincerity, and strength was upon all his work, so that he never failed to interest and instruct. He was very felicitous in his prayers, and his reading of the Scriptures and of hymns had a peculiar charm. A volume of his sermons ought to be given to the public."
Mr. Byington was married, September 8, 1852, to Martha Maria Wheeler, of Boston, daughter of Deacon Joel Wheeler and Martha W. (Livermore) Gibbons. She survives him, with one son and two daughters. A son died in infancy and a daughter at the age of twenty-one.
Mr. Byington died of apoplexy, following four years of feebleness, at Exeter, N. H., May 26, 1895, aged seventy-one years.
CLASS OF 1851.
Henry Martyn Storrs, D.D., LL.D.
Son of Rev. Charles Backus Storrs (Class of 1820; president of Western Reserve College) and Vashti Maria Pierson; born in Ravenna, Ohio, January 20, 1827 ; his father dying in 1833, he lived with his uncle, Rev. Dr. Richard S. Storrs, D.D., Senior (Class of 1810), at Braintree, and was fitted for college at the Classical School of Weymouth and Braintree; graduated at Amherst College, 1846; taught in Gordonsville, Va., one year; took the full course in this Semi- nary, 1848-51, and was a resident licentiate at Andover a part of the following year; licensed to preach by the Suffolk South Association, April 1, 1851 ; was ordained pastor of the Lawrence Street Church, Lawrence, Mass., January 15, 1852, and remained there three years; was then pastor of the First Congrega- tional Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1855-67, and of the South Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1867-72 ; was secretary of the American Home Missionary Society, New York, 1872-82, and pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Orange, N. J., from 1882 to the time of his death.
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Western Reserve Col- lege in 1864, and that of Doctor of Laws from Adelbert College in 1888. He was a trustee of Marietta College for over thirty years, and a member of the Long Island Historical Society of Brooklyn and of the New England Society of Orange.
In accordance with an agreement made long ago between Dr. Storrs and his Seminary classmate and intimate friend, Rev. Nathaniel A. Hyde, D.D., of Indianapolis, Ind., that the one longest spared should attend the funeral of the other, Dr. Hyde performed that service at Orange, and has also furnished the following tribute: "My acquaintance with Dr. Storrs commenced when we met at Andover as members of the Class of 1851. From the first he was recognized as a leading member of the class. His erect, stalwart form and manly bearing
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made him a commanding figure among his fellow students. His intellectual abilities were not less conspicuous. In the classroom and in debates with his classmates he exhibited the power of vigorous thinking and utterance which distinguished his future career. In his social relations through life he was kindly, sprightly, and full of ready humor. He gave lavishly of his affection and service to those he loved. He had a high ideal of the preparation needed for his chosen calling. His ministry was characterized by an earnest desire and persistent effort for spiritual results, and all his pastorates were richly blessed. He was never so happy as when he received into the church those whom he had won to Christ. For a few years he filled the office of secretary of the Home Missionary Society with distinguished ability and devotion to his work. His powerful appeals thrilled the assemblies he addressed on home missions, and the echo of those eloquent addresses is heard to this day. He was a man of strong faith ; he fled to prayer for help in time of need. Immortality and the heavenly world were glorious realities to his mind, which were never veiled by doubt. His end came just as he wished it might. When we last met he ex- pressed the hope that he might fall with the harness on. He worked hard, honestly, earnestly, to the last."
Dr. Storrs was married, March 9, 1852, to Catharine Hitchcock, of Amherst, Mass., daughter of Rev. Edward Hitchcock, D.D. (president of Amherst Col- lege), and Orra White. She died April 10, 1895. A daughter died in infancy ; two sons, graduates of Yale College, and one daughter are living.
Dr. Storrs died of pneumonia, at Orange, N. J., December 1, 1894, in the sixty-eighth year of his age.
OLASS OF 1852.
Charles Patterson Felch.
Son of John Felch and Susan Piper Felch; born in Limerick, Me., Au- gust 5, 1822; prepared for college partly in Maine and partly while residing with his uncle, Governor Felch, at Ann Arbor, Mich .; graduated at the Uni- versity of Michigan, 1849; took the full course in this Seminary, 1849-52; licensed to preach by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. W. T. Briggs, North Andover, April 13, 1852; preached at Houlton, Me., 1853-54; ordained at Amboy, Ill., April 30, 1857, and remained there until 1859; pastor at Napier- ville, Ill., 1860-64, and of Presbyterian churches at Lacon, Ill., 1864-65, and Danville, Ill., 1866-68; resided afterwards in Lacon, Aurora, and Chicago, Ill., being engaged in the life insurance business.
Rev. A. H. Quint, D.D., his classmate in the Seminary, writes : "I knew my classmate, Mr. Felch, very well, perhaps better than any other one did. He was not a rapid thinker, but clear and honest. He always appeared to be an earnest and sincere Christian, given more to practical experience than to theo- logical discussion. He did not permanently remain in the active ministry, owing partly to ill health, but became decidedly successful in his line of business. Our regard continued throughout his life, so much so that whenever I went to Chicago I called upon him or he upon me. I have a warm place in my memory for him."
Mr. Felch was married, September 23, 1857, to Mrs. Mary Carter Godfrey,
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daughter of George Wheelwright and Mary Carter, of Bangor, and widow of James Godfrey, Esq., of Houlton, Me. She died January 14, 1892. Their two children died in infancy.
Mr. Felch died of cancer of the stomach, in Chicago, Ill., August 1, 1892.
CLASS OF 1854.
Elias Brewster Hillard.
Son of Capt. Moses Hillard and Martha Brewster; born in Preston, Ct., September 6, 1825; prepared for college at Bacon Academy, Colchester, Ct. ; graduated at Yale College, 1848; was principal of Lewis Academy, Southing- ton, Ct., 1848-50 ; studied in Yale Divinity School, 1850-52 (his course being interrupted by several months spent in Texas for the recuperation of his health), and in this Seminary, 1852-54. He was licensed by the New Haven East As- sociation in 1852, and was ordained, March 15, 1855, as pastor of the church in Hadlyme, Ct. He remained there until 1860, his subsequent pastorates being in Kensington, Ct., 1860-67; South Glastonbury, Ct., 1867-69; Plymouth, Ct., 1869-89; Conway, Mass., 1889-93. He remained in Conway without charge until the fall of 1894, when he removed to Farmington, Ct.
Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Twichell (Class of 1865) writes of Mr. Hillard in the Hartford Courant : "Thirty-eight years in all he exercised the ministry of the gospel, and continually with his whole heart, with burning zeal, and the enlist- ment of every faculty of his being. When at last he laid down his life work he was worn out. Mr. Hillard was a man of a high order of ability, intellectually alive and alert, and, in his views, of the liberal, progressive school. Grounded and settled in the essentials of Christian faith, he was never in the least afraid of new ways of thinking on the old truths. He was characteristically fervid in temperament, and was wont to champion with boundless enthusiasm whatever cause he felt to be for the public welfare and for the advance of Christ's king- dom. He fought a good soldier's fight against all forms of evil that he saw working ill to his neighbor. He loved righteousness and he hated iniquity. He was the soul of Christian courage, also of Christian kindness and good will."
He was married, September 10, 1855, to Julia Whittlesey, of Cleveland, Ohio, daughter of Judge Frederic Whittlesey and Eliza Burrell. She survives him, with five daughters and two sons; one son died in infancy and one at the age of nineteen. One daughter was for several years principal of Rockford (Ill.) Female Seminary, and another is principal of St. Margaret's School for Girls, Waterbury, Ct.
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