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Wadsworth, of Danvers, preached Dr. Barnard’s funeral sermon. 
It is still more singular, and as affecting as it is singular, that, owing 
to some error at the time, Dr. Prince’s remains were carried down 
into the wrong tomb, and laid by the side of Dr. Barnard’s. He did, 
literally, ** follow him,” not only “through death,” but through the 
grave itself! 
Great as was his taste for human science and philosophy, I speak 
with full conviction, drawn from a daily intimacy of many years, 
when I say that theology was the subject upon which he most loved 
to meditate, theological works were most frequently in his hands, 
and, as he advanced towards the end of life, 1 doubt not that among 
his most delightful anticipations of the heavenly state, was the dis- 
closure there to be made, of all those truths, relating to eternity, the 
soul, and its author, about which his thoughts had been so habitually 
exercised. 
Dr. Prince was a christian ; for he had the spirit of Christ, which 
is a spirit of gentleness, tenderness and love. He loved God most 
devoutly ; and he so loved man, that he seemed not to know how to 
cherish any other affection towards him. I believe him to have 
been incapable of hatred or enmity ; and, as he was an enemy to 
no one, so | believe that he had not an enemy in the world. It ap- 
pears that his benignant disposition was an object of particular re- 
mark at a very early period of his life. Mr. Barnard, in giving the 
Right Hand of Fellowship at his ordination, congratulated the peo- 
ple, in the plain simplicity of the times, that they had obtained for 
their pastor “a person of Mr. Prince’s fine temper, and respectable 
abilities.” 
The circumstances connected with the history of Dr. Prince’s 
improvements on the Lucernal microscope, which have been men- 
tioned in another part of this article, present a beautiful illustration 
of his truly christian spirit. ‘The fact that Mr. George Adams neg- 
lected to make him known as the author of those improvements, 
was freely remarked upon by others. One of his philosophical cor- 
respondents, in a letter dated London, March 3d, 1798, thus alludes 
to the subject: ‘“ I am rather surprised that the late Mr. Adams ap- 
pears not to have made known the person to whom he was under so 
many and repeated obligations.” But while such remarks fell from 
others, they were never known to pass the lips of Dr. Prince. The 
feelings they express were not permitted to enter his breast. It was 
a beautiful ate most noble trait in his character, and one which was 
