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pensary, a Protestant institution; and when Rev. 

 Mr. Danaher, his assistant, entering his room and 

 finding him thus occupied, expressed his astonish- 

 ment at so much calmness and composure, while 

 all around was commotion and confusion, Mr. 

 Quarter raised his eyes from his manuscript for a 

 moment, while he replied in his usual bland manner 

 — "It is time enough to think of escaping when we 

 are attacked." 



He was a faithful soldier of Jesus Christ, endowed 

 with extraordinary moral courage, and he knew no 

 impossibilities. Any thing once determined by 

 him was half accomplished. Thought and action 

 went hand in hand, and his purposes would be 

 effected while many thought they had not yet 

 been shaped. — His eye, once fixed on any object 

 for religious good, never lost sight of it. 



His powerful mind comprehended the most 

 knotty questions almost at a glance, and although 

 his career was one of constant labour, one in which 

 he could repose only upon his arms, yet he was always 

 prepared "to give a reason for the faith that was 

 in him." 



He possessed an extraordinary power over men's 

 minds. Though surrounded by clergymen of dis- 

 tinguished abilities, yet his judgment was supreme; 

 and so great was their confidence in his powers of 

 mental perception, that it was always deferred to. 



He was an affectionate and faithful pastor to his 

 people, entering cheerfully into the examination of 

 their wants, and struggling with his best energies to 



