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Notwithstanding the urgent demands upon his time and endurance 

 by his profession, he was about preparing to summon together his long- 

 known friends and sympathizers in the pursuit of entomology, renew 

 the associations which had been interrupted for several years by his 

 engagements, and toil with undiminished energy toward the comple- 

 tion of his investigations in the branches of that science to which he 

 had particularly devoted himself for a number of years. 



Dr. Hulst at the time of his death was the pastor of the South 

 Bushwick Reformed Church, at Bushwick Avenue and Himrod Street, 

 Brooklyn, and had held this position from the beginning of his min- 

 istry, July 4, 1869. An unbroken pastorate extending through so 

 many years would seem to be all the evidence required to prove his 

 worth and the affection and esteem of his congregation for him. But 

 this is not all. Charity and works with him went hand in hand. Every 

 honest seeker after employment received from him a courteous hear- 

 ing and aid to the extent of his power. Over one hundred distressed 

 families were said to have been relieved by him during a period of 

 so-called hard times. The funeral services were held in the church 

 where he had ministered so long, and so large was the attendance that 

 fully one- half of those assembled were unable to gain admission. 



He was born in the old Duryea Homestead at the Penny Bridge, 

 Brooklyn, on March 9, 1846, attended Jonesville Academy in Sara- 

 toga County, N. Y. , entered Rutgers College at New Brunswick, N. J., 

 and received in addition to his diploma a gold medal from that insti- 

 tution for his proficiency in the classics. He was graduated from the 

 Theological Seminary in 1869. From his boyhood he had manifested 

 a deep interest in nature, especially in plant and insect life, and this 

 interest, supplemented by painstaking study, had justly raised him to a 

 high rank as a botanist and entomologist. His knowledge and attain- 

 ments in these sciences were always at the service of the public, and 

 the humblest seeker after information received equal courtesy and con- 

 sideration from him. 



Notwithstanding the demands of his congregation upon his leisure, 

 and without neglecting his duties to them, he still found opportunity 

 for the exercise of his natural inclinations and talents. He delivered 

 a course of lectures upon entomology at Rutgers College, and for a 

 time acted as State Entomologist of New Jersey; was one of the edi- 

 tors of Entomologica Americana, a publication of the Brooklyn Ento- 

 mological Society, from 1887 to 1889, and served that society as a 



