trouble or labor was too much for him to undergo, when it was demanded by the comfort or welfare of those he esteemed.

But with all his gentleness and affectionateness, he had an indomitable attachment to principle and right. Where these were concerned, he was characterized by an unbendingness of purpose, and a determinateness of action, that knew no yielding or compromise. Force could never move him; guile, which he detested, could not reach him; and any enterprise that called for the slightest approach to the yielding up of principle, or right, or honor, was given up at once and forever without any regard to the interests of self. His life furnishes some very remarkable instances of this kind of self-sacrifice on the altar of principle. In such cases, the fears and solicitations of others were alike unavailing, unless they could show that the course they proposed was right; if they could do this, he would yield immediately. But if not, no amount

of opposition or contumely could drive him from his positions. Although the substratum of this strong element of characterthis triumphing of the moral power over the fears of a nervous timidity, and over a natural amiability, was doubtless existent in his mental constitution, still it was ennobled and strengthened and guided by the grace of God; and to that Great Being, as the Sanctifier as well as the Creator, is the glory due

It may not be amiss to state before leaving this point, that he was gifted with a fine mechanical genius, and consequently had the ability to plan and execute many works of utility and art. His hours of exercise were generally passed in some matter of this kind, and he has left behind him, not only in the parsonage at Amity, but in many beautiful and useful articles scattered among his friends, the most valued remembrances of himself.

As a CHRISTIAN, our brother possessed an

evenness of spiritual temperament, which was generally free alike from soul-harrowing depressions, and from ecstatic elevations. He moved on in the even tenor of his way, holding fast to his faith without wavering. Little disturbed by his frequent bodily weaknesses and distresses, or by the circumstances with which he was surrounded, he was prepared, with the Divine assistance, to meet that terrible death by which his Master called him home to glory, without shrinking. He was a Christian, cemented to the Rock of Ages by principle, and cemented so firmly, that the most sudden and fearful onset of death could not even make him tremble.

He was humble. To spiritual pride he seemed a stranger; if it did arise in his heart, it was checked before it saw the light. He felt that there were great distances for him yet to overcome before he had reached the attainable of Christian character, as marked out in the Bible, and

as developed in the example of his own beloved uncle, and this kept him humble. He felt his own shortcomings, and ever implored their forgiveness with the spirit of a true penitent. He was prayerful. He loved prayer, and whenever he engaged in the holy exercise, a sweet serenity clothed his brow and suffused his whole countenance, sometimes with a heavenly mildness. His intercessions, especially in the domestic circle, for his relatives and his people, were earnest and importunate. His last Sabbath day at home was chiefly spent in fervent supplications for his church and congregation.

He loved the Bible. He received it as the very word of God; he read it and studied it earnestly, not merely in his professional character, but for his own individual advantage, that he might use it as the guide of his life. Hence his Christian principles were characterized, less by the requirements of the age, than by the requirements of the Bible. His positions in reference to all the

great moral questions of the day were what he was convinced, on careful study, to be those of the Bible; and beyond these convictions he could never be induced to go. His views on all subjects of private or of public moment were generally sound, always conservative. During the latter part of his life, his judgment had acquired a soundness and maturity, that made him a safe and judicious counsellor for those who were in doubt or difficulty.

He loved sacred music. Gifted by nature with a fine ear, and with ability to become a good performer, he could always pass beyond the mere labor of production, and use music as the promoter of devotion. Devotional music was his pastime in the hours of relaxation, his refreshment when weary, the companion of his seasons of meditation. Its tones of sadness served to express his feelings of penitential sorrow; while on its lofty notes of praise and gladness, his soul was wont to rise triumphantly,