Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-10
REV. DIR ARMSTRONG.

H. Dr. Armstrong Wis born In M.Lhnn, Morris co, \. J on ine 2) Il ui O:i. I795, 1 hnh lI.i,i Iarrriorc entered upon ,hc 5i,l year ui ms age about wa.ks p:cviols 10 lis dcatn II" Was tlr son Ot .t.v b.. Amzi Armstrong. who, for nearly twengv years Was the pastor ni the Presbyterian chuich in hlrtnnn,. iron. which he wlS 'iisui>>rd !n OGt. iSij. tO hccum, the prnr!pri ut the Academy for tra,ninL Nont!g in' n tor the M.n'>ify in Bi N,Hiicid N. J., Ih Which post ne ;ontllI .i u:ar!y '.n years, or uniii about a year previous to h $ death, which Was occ,Isioatt by . paraiys,>, aud touk place Ma, ch ltn lS27, at Pe'tn Amb"y, N. J., in the 55,a year Of h's age, and lne 32l of h,s m,n,stty. 7
 Under such Il father, ih' son was thor. ouShly trained for eminent sr.rv,cr in lhe ca"sc ot Cnr.si. While Il stuArnt m 'n Prlnceson College, he Was hopefully converted 10 Christ in d revival oi reis- ,on w,ln which thc in>tliui ,n was visited. He graduatrd tn Is 6, and shortly after entered u;'ou The study of theology. He Was llccnced 10 preach about two years from me lime oi his graduation-- aud Was ordained 10 the gospel ministry, and installed pastor of the Presbvinrian church in Trcnlon, N. j., by the Preshy- Gry "t New Brunswick, Nov. 18th 1891, Ju>l twenty-five years wanting d day be- lore he rested from his iaburs. His .nin. ls'ry iu Trenton was of short a wider IieiA of labor havlng been op,n- cd ln him m the city of Richmond, Va, where he Was installed pastor u;' tn. lst P.cS"ylrr!an chur :h, Oc!. 2l;h 1891
 Al tho organization ot tl; Central, BmrI of Fuc'gn Missions, March 27 h, l53l he received th" appointment of cor responding Srcl,tAry, ant sub>eqiIen ly, from tue A s C F NJ, that ot General Agent of Inc BoutA iu, Virginia and
 North CAr"llna. Having been in con. sequence, dismissed rom his p,s,or,.t charge, he entered with great z al "ni
 nuIn sue. css upOn tnis in Lse ardu,us and responsible service. F ". D.. W,>n.r Corresponding Secretary of lhrAm.ric.u Board. :aving been taken t. his rest, F:b 0;t 1855, Was appontcL Secretary tor ihe Honm Correspondence. How wei , how !au"' inusiy, no" unIiringly, and with what succ,ss, he filled Ihc office for moro than eleven years, wn all knuw. ! Shortly after his election to ,his service hG removed his tum,!y tn B ,St.n where nc conl.nurd io rrsl!c un:i the spring Uf the ycr 1893. wncm he look up his rts'drnre In this city. Hts duties called hnn to Boston once iI caci! month Ho let, the city on ,h; Moniay evening be-
 tore hls death for the pufpvsc of meeting
 as he Was wont, hr P,ud2ntiai Commit.
 ice ot the Br.r... His regular l,nr. for
 colning would have been the following
 wcck-bn. his official engagements did
 not permit his making the visit as in Ordi. nary cns ;s Having completed his husi- ness al the Missionary House, he took ihc | Norwich tram for New York on Wcdllcs- da, afternoon. B.iure he lrti, however, h" Was advised 10 defer his return OF ac- crunt of the inriemcncy of he weather, but hn Gin not aPprrhend any serious ,:nuger, and remarked that hr lad frIni qu.ct upon the sound when there was a ,,orm d, Bo,ron H.. was p.rtlcui,riv "nXI"n~, moreover, 10 >prn the annual thanksgiving with iI> family. Tno thoughts of hls i,i,.ni, followed hnn - In ' h"pcd at i"a,, that h" would mt venture beyond N ,rw'ch or No. ,.on lon, uu' m thI>, hn"esr, they nv: ben d's'p- Imlut'd.
 Tnro 'ghn"' the trying scenes oi Fhps s | .!al. n,' ~hpw, 4 tiI" ErcatrHl c'nnpusurr aud roUilit nrt. n niS huiy religion. lie | mace n.n,"I Known io hts fellow D SScU. l gers us | uniil>t.r ut Ihc gospel, nu! ,n. dr.iv0r' | 'oPrtpaie !he'n, hy approprII;c rriigili< cNrrcIScS nuI cunverSit oI, fbf :h "wtui crii> Sr ju t!y appr.'h'ndc,l. " hen 'hG vessel >lt uck oh Friday ID .rn- ing. an. hrok" io Fi crS. he was iii tne ia. hics snlon', and IS supposed iu have been hiIIrd hy th, falling anl crashing of he ,inbrrs, as his h>ud bore ,h,. marks "f srvere confusion. which must have cpsnwri fatal. His hody was rec"Vereh an.i with "A others. carried by the Mohcgn la Norwich, whrre it was recogniz'd and forwarded ,o th,S city, arriving here abou: midnight on Saturday. l After lhc funeral services, his remains were cun, eyed To Newark, NJ. to be l,mporar deposited ihrr" in vau!', preIa ratory to licr sepulturc ay the s,is 'fh,s fathers remains m Blo0Ch ii. N J. " Help, Lord! for tns godIy man ceas- eth! :"
 rho following effusion, true, we doubt not 10 its iil;c, We publish, boIh tor it's own sake, and as an excnp'ificitiou of hn fui,ncss ui the grirt whieh this sud even, h IS occasiuned. It Is frbsl th. Pegi of d clergyman who knew him well.