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his death, which occurred on the following day, notes prepared for 

 the next lesson were found in his desk. 



Dr. Woodruff was the teacher of a class of young ladies for many 

 years, and his constant attention to this duty to the end of his life is no 

 less a monument to his Christian devotion than the generous gift 

 which he left for the support of the library. These classes of ladies 

 were gradually gathered into one, the largest, I suppose, in our 

 school, of which Prof. Camp, the veteran Sunday-school teacher in 

 our ranks, has been for many years in charge. 



Of other business men of the church who have given themselves to 

 the work of teaching, time permits the mention of but one, that 

 able and original thinker, Dr. Meylert, who during his short stay in 

 New Britain was the leader of the business men's class. 



The Sunday-school, no less than other departments of church work, 

 must depend greatly upon the women of the church. Of those 

 women who have been greatly successful as teachers, it is hard to de- 

 sist from mentioning many names, especially of some who are still en- 

 gaged in faithful service. One, whose name is among those of the 

 original members of our church, Mrs. Horace Brown, has bound to 

 herself in bonds of loyal attachment, a large class of young men. One 

 by one she has seen them drafted for duty, for which her years of 

 faithful labor have greatly served to fit them, but a remnant still remains 

 studying with her the same precious truths. 



The Swedes of this community, especially those of our sister church, 

 will always and justly feel a debt of gratitude to the late Mrs. Lyon. 

 This gifted lady gathered nearly a hundred young men and women of 

 this nationality into her class, strangers to our country and our lan- 

 guage, and not only on Sundays, but during many an evening, with 

 painstaking care, helped them in the way they most needed. Her 

 labors, so sadly and suddenly interrupted, have been continued Avith 

 no less perseverance and success by Miss Ellen Camp. 



A large number of those here present are remembering to-day the 

 warm friend they once had in Mrs. Tuck. Perhaps to no one more 

 than to this earnest worker is due the inception of that most success- 

 ful and helpful organization, the " Young Women's Christian League." 



Every well-managed class in the Senior department should be, and 

 is, a training class for teachers, but mention may be made notably of 

 the class which Dr. Lyon called his "Normal Class." This class, 

 which occupied the choir gallery for many years, furnished 73 teach- 

 ers to our Sunday-school, and some 25 more to other schools. 



Our school has always owed much to the heart}^ cooperation of the 

 pastors of the church. Though I am warned of the lapse of time, I 

 cannot refrain from alluding to the work done and the example 

 shown by our present pastor. For years he has carried on his heart 



