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reading these last memorials, we cannot but grieve that his 
pure and gentle spirit should have passed through those 
hours of struggle which, to our vision at least, he seemed 
to need so little. But it is not for us to scan too closely the 
sacred privacy of these emotions. Let us turn rather to 
their results. 
He was long connected with the religious society of Rev. 
Dr. Gurtey, in Washington; and his letters to his mother 
show the reliance which he placed upon this excellent man, 
and the eagerness with which he sought to know and do his 
Master’s will. He became an elder of the church, and not 
many months before his death, Superintendent of the Sun- 
day Schools of the Presbyterian denomination in the city. 
In the affections and lives of his associates and pupils, we 
find the best tribute to the ability and fidelity with which he 
discharged these duties. 
Among the writings of these later months are various 
treatises on religious and theological subjects, and critical 
Comparisons and reconciliations of various portions of the 
Old and New Testaments ; to all of which he brought the 
Same power of unwearying research that characterized his 
Scientific labors. He attempted the mastery of the Hebrew 
language, and labored zealously to fit himself for a more 
critical study of the Bible. Indeed so earnest was his re- 
. ligious devotion that we find indications of some vague aspi- 
Tation, or half-formed plan, of renouncing even his scientific 
Pursuits in order to enter upon the labors of the Christian 
Ministry. To each one is intrusted his peculiar gift; and we 
who knew Hveparp asa student and minister of science, 
“annot but feel that his Maker had clearly pointed out the 
way in which he best might serve Him, by devoting a rare 
‘pacity and pure heart to the study and interpretation of 
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