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Dr. Ormiston, whose death took place in April last, was one of 

 the earliest Presidents of our Association. He became Pastor of the 

 Central Presbyterian Church of this city in 1857, and was a promi- 

 nent factor in the religious, intellectual and scientific life of the 

 city until 1870, when he removed to New York, where he entered 

 upon that distinguished career which made his name a household 

 word all over this continent. 



Previous to coming to Hamilton he had been for 4 years 

 Mathematical Master and Lecturer in Natural Philosophy and 

 Chemistry at the Normal School, Toronto. We are not surprised, 

 therefore, to find that, as soon as he settled in this city, he connected 

 himself with the Hamilton Association and took a very active 

 interest in its welfare, and contributed in no small degree to its 

 success. 



He had all the necessary qualifications for this. His versatile 

 scholarship and scientific tastes, combined with his strong natural 

 character and pure sympathy, revealed themselves in the scientific or 

 literary meeting as well as in his pulpit ministrations. He was pre- 

 eminently a man of genial manner, and all his utterances in the 

 meetings of the Association, while marked by logical force, 

 emphasis and fervor, were nevertheless gentle withal. 



He was an Honorary Member of the Association, and con- 

 tributed a paper on "The Natural History of California" after his 

 removal to California in 1890, he having to resign his charge in 

 New York in that year on account of ill-health. The greater portion 

 of the late years of his life has been spent in California, where he 

 died about the end of March this year. 



Though so few of the present members of this Association had 

 the pleasure of his friendship, yet we mourn his loss, for it is the 

 breaking of another link, uniting us of the present with the past 

 eminent men who founded and sent down to us our organization 

 with the inspiration of their names and deeds. 



