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to die as any time in any year a half century hence. The 

 first sabbath of autumn was his last earth-day. On be- 

 ing rather unexpectedly told a lew days belbre that he 

 could not long survive, he requested to be left alone for 

 a season. Not alone ! For the family took knowledge 

 of him that he had been with Jesus. His joyful tidings 

 to them from another world were "Glorious immortal- 

 ity !" " All is peace !" 



He was buried at New Haven, from the place of his 

 late residence, in that beautiful city. " Great lamenta- 

 tion was made over him ;" and he was carried to his last 

 resting-place with the ingenuous grief of a large concourse 

 of friends. 



"He does well who does his best; 

 Is he weary ? Let him rest. 

 Brothers ! I have done my best ; 

 I am weary — let me rest ?" 



" If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so 

 them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him 



The following is a meagre outline of the remarks of 

 President Woolsey, of Yale College, at the grave : 



President Woolsey began with referring to Professor Kingsley's late 

 decease ; that the college had just lost one, nearly the oldest of its offi- 

 cers, and now it was called to mourn for Professor Norton the youngest. 



Mr. Norton was the founder in this country of the science to which he 

 addicted himself, and had attained in his short course to a point where he 

 commanded the respect of men of science. He bade fair to become em- 

 inent in his department. He had qualified himself for it by study inEu- 



