Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-07-27

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Of Bowd, il College. a numerous conc 9ursc
d peoIlt. assembled on tie cc,asion, and
nearing the cOuntenance Of deep sorrow,
t-ef.fe that they were more than ordinary
sufferers IN the affection which tie event
cccasimcd.
Ihe different branches eff College Gov
errmcut were in mourning, VII h tir-y will
continue " V ar, TIL the Commencement. ],
September next.
At half past two O'Clock, the procession
formed at the late dwelling house OF the de-
ceased, and proceeded in the following or
der VIZ
Students ofthe College, two and two
Re-. Nj Gillet. s Rev Nj. Lyman.
Rev Sir Lancaster, 5 Rev. Mr. Packard.
Rev. S. Deanc, Z p : Rev. saml. Eaton,
. Family Mou.ners in Carriages.
Immediate Goyerrmeut Of tho College, III
Carriages.
Trustees % tie College
Cveiseers.
Clergy and Gentlemen Of distinction.
Families e tic Government, in Carriages
InAaDitlH,s y. the Town Z Citizens Il large.
The pr1cl 4-aa was formed, and moved
with great Z uis- it's, Under The direction of
the respectable gentlemen who acted as
m2rSh2l>-aTrIyed 1t the meeting house
the corps Was placed in the porch during the
4 performance ot pUbic services these COM
peAced with Z solemn HYMN sung IN an aD-
pr0PrIatc tunc, succeeded by a pertinent
praNe+ b. the Rev. Mr. Lancaster A SER
mon WAS delivered by the Rev. S. Deane.
D. D. Vice President Of the College, from
the w.rds ot JOB III. 49, :" The small and tbe
g7c't are thers." From which words he stat.
Cd u his audience, the universal ravaCcs
death had, and sui was making. that With
relentless hand he levelled all DISTINCTIONS
made the grave the common receptacle Of
the useful md useless, the pious and impi-
Gus, the learned and the unlearned.
The sermon was followed by PRAYER
b. the Rev. Mr.. Packard, who led his hear
eTs in devout strain, TO his throne, which
is cstab ishcd in Justice, and who 3 father of
mercles and the God Of consolation. " The
DYING Christian to his SOUL well performed
BY select choir, concluded this part the
services.
An Eulogy was then pronounced by the
Rev. Mr.. jerks, which gave a concise, bio
graphical history Of the deceased ABLY de-
hneatcd the character Of the husb md and
father, tic useful and accomplished man.
The divine philosopher and general scholar.
The loss winch his worthy family & friends,
the literary institution, and the chutcn Of
Go had sustained, was brought, with i'm
PgessIve conviction, deeply painful To every
breast The uninterrupted silence of a
crowded house, during the delivery, gave
demonstration, tha- the audience felt much
interested IN the subject. Tie Eulogy was
ccr AMY = composition of unusual
merit. The narration was concise and well
connected, interspersed with tie most per-
TiEcnt reflections taken together, II was
handstEac specimen of elegance and diction,
and was pronouAcedn a solemn and impress
sive manner, seldom equalled.
From the meeting house the corpse was
boTlle INTO the adjoining burying ground and
deposited IN & vault prepared for its recep-
tion. Tie procession then returned in the
order winch It came, and having performed
the last, sal office othumanity and affection,
separated with painful rejection, that the
lnrll, the christian, and the President Of a
'risiig instituti0r5highly respected and below
ed was, III the midst OF his wears, taken
from BIS useful labors, and forever removed
from tic place which he 50 honorably filed,
and which i was fondiy hoped, lie mig {
nave filled for many years But tie sovereign
arbiter of events Otherwise determined, anc
60 his VIII it is tic tic duty Of all to sub
nit.
Presidcn' NJ kecn was born in October,
a. %. 1T57. Al he the age Of thrice, M
became a member OF Dartmouth College
arr received its first honors il Iva H
coaJnlred his literary and scientific pursuit
fnr some years after lie left college Bur
the christian ministry beng lie first obiecj
OF his desire, lie accepted al invitation fron
the respectable church and c0ngra gational
society in the town OF Beverly, over which
lie was ordained in 17S5, and continued
their uslfd and beloved pastor till 1902
CAthe first -ofScptenbcr IF this year be WAS
Introduced to the Presidency OF Bowd0l
Cohege In Brusw wick. where his accom-
pl,ehraeBts and qualifications to fill this Of
tcc,- =endeyed hm highly acccpl able to all
Re died July 10, 1907, after languishing
Sc erat mouths under a complication Of dis.
orders, wFicn Ne bore with christian pa
tier and resignation he left wife anc
flye cl.iiGrcn, whose loss IS irIcparable.
IL ;s hoEe9 and expected that the public
Wi, NJ favored with Mr. lenks' Eulogv
W. makes : unnecessary to Protrac. this
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