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decessors. His appearance in the pulpit was venerable and impressive 
in the highest degree, and the tones of his voice were truly noble 
and melodious. His figure was tall, and although very much bent 
by age, remarkably graceful and dignified. His dress was conformed 
to the fashion of the old school, and a full head of hair, perfectly 
whitened by time, was gathered in curls above his shoulders, so as 
to resemble the wigs worn by our ancestors, for which it was often 
mistaken. He preached his last sermon about six weeks before his 
death, in the afternoon of the 17th of April; and the image of his 
hoary locks and benevolent countenance will not soon grow dim on 
the memories of those who have seen him in the sacred desk. 
Dr. Prince’s published sermons bear strong marks of his excellent 
abilities and learning. His discourse on the death of his early friend 
and beloved associate, Dr. Barnard, is an admirable production, and 
in some passages exhibits an almost unrivalled tenderness of sensi- 
bility and beauty of expression. ‘The Lord has taken away my 
friend, my brother, my companion and fellow-laborer in his vineyard. 
But he has gone to his heavenly father; and can I complain? I 
may weep for myself, but I cannot for him. I have followed him 
through many of the walks of life, and must follow him through 
death. I ask your prayers that I may be prepared for it.” He has 
followed him through death. Their friends rejoice in the hope that 
they are again united to part no more. 
The sermon, from which the above extract is taken, was preach- 
ed in October, 1814. The following circumstances had made such 
an impression on Dr. Prince’s mind, that he thought proper, in pub- 
lishing the discourse, to record them in a note to the clause, “I 
have followed him through many of the walks of life.” The note is 
here subjoined. 
“It is a singular concurrence in our walks of life, and one that 
has some effect upon the social feelings, that we were educated at 
the same university, and, after we graduated, kept the same schools 
in the same town; studied divinity with the same clergyman; set- 
tled in the ministry in the same town; the same person preached 
our ordination sermons ; and we received honorary degrees from the 
same university.” 
It is a singular continuation of this series of concurrences, that, in 
selecting a text for the funeral discourse on Dr. Prince, the writer 
of this notice, without any knowledge of the fact at the time, took 
the very same passage, (Zechariah i. 5.) from which the late Dr. 
