Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-05-10
AN EXAMPLE TO LAYMEN.

From notice of Mr.. Samuel Morrill,,
native of New Hampshire, and men,
Der Of the Bangor Theological Seminary
who died on the 18th February aged
%.
Within the circle Of his college walks,
there was all infdel meighdonrhood aban-
doned to every vice, and considered of
others as beyond the reach of the power by
he gospel. His walks for relaxation and
exercise often carried him thither, and he
soon won the friendly regards ofthe people
so far that he proposed 10 establish among
them Sabbath.schoo. they acceptedthe
proposal. with tine condition that religious
instruction, which they despised and hated,
should beexcIuded from the school. 1t ac-
cordingly commenced under this arrange.
ment. But his mildness, and modesty, and
unobstructive kindness, gained their conf.
dence and respect 10 such a degree, that
no objections were made when the doctrines
of the Divine exis:ance, universal ProvI.
dence, and the accountability of man were
urged from the constitution and course of
nature. 1t was not long before the book
of revelation as we'll as the book Of nature
was tolerated, and the influence Of its divine
precepts was felt and manifested in the
little community. Drunkenness and vice
of various kinds were restrained, industry
and virtue were promoted.
In the autumn of 1885. he graduated
at Dartmouth College ,and soon after be-
came member of the junior class in
Bangor Theological Seminary. He was
regular in his attendance upon his appointed
studies. but in q, short time he had found
leisure to examine almost locality every of
sic, wretchedness, and poverty in the city &
neighbourhood. He would 90 out among
the Irish residents and others Of the poor
and labouring class, entering one Of their
houses, would send the children to invite |
all the children in the neighbourhood to
come III. The strangeness OF the thing at
first drew them together when he wouold |
addres them kindly, tell them some falnil;ar
story, or give each some fruit, or cake,
or a little book, or picture, to catch the fam
CIV of child, and then dismiss them, pleas.
ed but wondering at this unwonted treat.
men:. His second visit was always more
successful than the first, and soon every
child would rejoice at his presence, and
come bareheaded, through wind and storm,
to meet him. His next step would be to
secure their attendance at school: end dur.
iny the summer and fall of 1886, two
schools were in very successful operation,
designed expressly for them and established
mainly through his instrumenta|iy. His
kindness to the sick and the destitute of
every class, and the thousand ways in which !
he contrived to relieve their wants and to
procure from them the charities of others,
gave him great influence with the parents,
so that whenever he appeared among them,
all rose up, both old and young to call him
blessed. iu the employment of the Ham.
mond street Female Missionary Society,he
met company Of children, thirty or
forty in number, every Saturday afternoon,
and three or four smaller circles on the
Sabbath, when the parents were often pres.
ent. AS he approached the place ofmeet.
ing we have often seen the children come
out with smiling faces and take him by the
hand, anl by parts ,ofhs dress, an2 lead