36 MEMOIR OF DR. GODMAN. 



me, by an humble reliance on the all-sufficient atonement 

 of our blessed Redeemer, I should have been the most 

 wretched of men. But I trust, that the afflictions I have 

 endured have been sanctified to my awakening, and to 

 the regeneration of my heart and life. May we, my dear 

 friend, persist to cling to the only sure support against 

 all that is evil in life, and all that is fearful in death." 



Thus fell from the firmament of the American profes- 

 sion, before he had reached his meridian splendour, one 

 of the brightest stars which have yet risen above its hori- 

 zon ; but he was one only, and we may hope that his 

 own example will contribute to place some other in the 

 constellation. 



