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his household, all conversation and every allusion diat 

 looked like irreverence on sacred subjects. More than 

 once he brought the fine powers of his mind to the 

 elucidation of Gospel narrative, and on one occasion 

 he charmed his family and near friends by an essay 

 written in his leisure moments, in support of his own 

 view of a much debated religious question. There 

 dwelt within him habitually a serious conviction of per- 

 sonal responsibility, that led to a high estimate of the 

 value of time, and he was rigid in his self-examination. 

 At one time, near the close of his life, when speaking 

 of his debility, he said, "but I do not think that I have 

 gone back, and I am very thankful for it, because a sin- 

 gle step backward would, I think, have finished my j-^/m 

 and it must have been shown as it stood on the slate, 

 right or wrong, to the Great Master I hope that what 

 is wrong in the sum may prove to be written on slate, 

 that Mercy may pass her soft and gentle hand over it. 

 But there is something which no touch will remove, be- 

 cause it is not there — the good i have not done." 



His faith was a support and consolation to him in 

 the times of his great sorrow. It gave him infinite 

 comfort when his son Horace was removed by death. 

 Indeed the strongest bond of union between the 

 father and the son was, at all times, the assurance they 

 felt of their common confidence and trust in the Triune 

 God, and that trust was the father's anchor when the 

 waves of sorrow went over him. It never failed him. 

 His last days were illumined by a calm reliance upon 



