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there, he addressed himself to the business on hand 

 with a judgment, that passion never clouded, and a 

 zeal that knew no abatement. No one would go far- 

 ther to serve a friend ; while no 'one more quietly dis- 

 charged <the duty of charity, or disbursed alms, with 

 less ostentation, or more religiously regarded the 

 golden precept of not letting the left hand know, 

 what the right hand did. 



To crown all, he was a devout, meek, Christian 

 churchman. His piety was unusually serene. A 

 firm believer in the guardianship of an especial Prov- 

 idence, he was as meek in adversity, as he was modest 

 in prosperity. The saddest sorrow, that ever cast its 

 shadow over his heart, only served to bring out more 

 distinctly the beauty of his Christian faith, and illus- 

 trate the moral bravery, that sustained him, when in 

 the fiery furnace. It is not for me to lift the veil, 

 that curtained a domestic life, as beautiful as eye 

 ever rested on, save only to say to you, that it was 

 there his moral loveliness shone out most gloriously. 

 As a husband, father, brother, friend, he was a model 

 of excellence. It was the uniformity of his tender- 

 ne,ss, that never faltered, or for a moment passed 

 under eclipse, which gave it its crowning charm. The 

 habits of his life were exceedingly simple and uni- 

 form. Society had its attraction, but it was the society 

 of the learned, moral, and refined. Cheerful, he shed 

 a genial sunshine all around him. Never exuberant 

 in spirit, he was never depressed. He took the most 

 philosophical view of life. His great theory was, 

 that no man was essential to society. He believed 

 that the man for the place would never be wanting ; 

 and consequently in his extraordinary humility, he 

 never valued himself on account either of his attain- 

 ments or native powers. I have not a doubt, that 



