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in moral law again took up his burden and pressed on toward the 

 goal. Continuing his intellectual toil, he devoted himself to the work 

 of preaching and lecturing, until he again entered the teacher's chair 

 as Professor of Ethics and Apologetics in the University of Chicago, 

 where he remained until he was removed by death on June 13, 1894. 

 It was in this autumnal season that the peaceable fruits of righteous- 

 ness most rapidly matured. The character which had been steadily 

 and sturdily growing in early and more mature manhood, blossomed in 

 old age. Sorrows deep and distressing were experienced, but the dis- 

 cipline of sorrow seemed only to beautify the character which the dis- 

 cipline of work had made strong. The nature was mellowed, and the 

 heart which had been so jealously guarded through life now over- 

 flowed, and gave freer expression to its deeper feeling. The column 

 had been piled stone upon stone, with severe and unremitting toil, the 

 surface had been chiselled with painstaking diligence and skill, until, 

 as a finishing touch, the lily was carved at the top of the pillar, and 

 strength was crowned with beauty. 



His chief literary remains are a translation of Neander's "Planting 

 and Training of the Christian Church," his "Yale Lectures on Preach- 

 ing," and his '' Principles and Practice of Morality," together with 

 shorter articles in magazines, notably in " The. Christian Review," of 

 which he was editor from 1859 to 1864. During the last year there 

 issued from the press a limited edition of his " Christian Theology," 

 which is chiefly a republication of his lectures as prepared for the use 

 of his students in Rochester prior to the year 1872, and in the present 

 year have appeared his lectures on " Christian Apologetics." 



Dr. Robiuson's scholarship was officially recognized by his Alma 

 Mater, which conferred upon him in 1853 the degree of Doctor of 

 Divinity, and in 1872 the degree of Doctor of Laws ; and by Harvard 

 University, which conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws in 

 1886. 



1895. Thomas D. Anderson. 



WILLIAM DWIGHT WHITNPZY. 



W-iLLiAM DwiGHT Whitnet, an Associate Member of the Academy 

 since 1860, was born at Northampton, Massachusetts, on February 9, 

 1827. His early education he received in his native place. In 1842, 

 at the age of fifteen, he entered the Sophomore Class of Williams Col- 

 leg^. There he remained during' the three following years. While 



