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He was one of the original Trustees and
continued to be a member of the Board
until while he lived.

He was the first to occupy a professor-
ship in the Seminary, and from Aug.
19. 1869, when he began instructing five
students, until April 8. 1892, when he
closed his Earthly labors – a period of nearly
twenty three years, his life and that
of the Institution were so closely
interwoven that we cannot think of
him apart from his service to the
Seminary – a service that won his
supreme love and enlisted his
whole soul, a service that needs only
to be mentioned in this Association
to awaken the praise and gratitude
of all.

In the ripeness of his years, in the
fullness of his powers, with heart aglow
for the cause of his Divine Master,
ready for further work, and equally
ready, at the call of God, to lay aside
down his Earthly service, he passed,

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He was one of the original Trustees and
continued to be a member of the Board
until while he lived.

He was the first to occupy a professor-
ship in the Seminary, and from Aug.
19. 1869, when he began instructing five
students, until April 8. 1892, when he
closed his Earthly labors – a period of nearly
twenty three years, his life and that
of the Institution were so closely
interwoven that we cannot think of
him apart from his service to the
Seminary – a service that won his
supreme love and enlisted his
whole soul, a service that needs only
to be mentioned in this Association
to awaken the praise and gratitude
of all.

In the ripeness of his years, in the
fullness of his powers, with heart aglow
for the cause of his Divine Master,
ready for further work, and equally
ready, at the call of God, to lay aside
down his Earthly service, he passed,