The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-09-10

oS"" w 'C utNSioiiSui every othti seh
iiment gaze place IL respect and admi
ration. llis rrogiess in study was unu
sually rapid. In half the time common
ly required, he was prepared for Col
lege
In every apartment Of study he aa'
first anon. the fiisl in his class. Hi.
lavorltc studies were those which called
into requisitinn the highest powers o
the mind. The exact sciences, Locke:
Essay, Buffers Analogy and similar
classics were his especial delight. Au.
lhors that taxed common minds to their
utmost capacity were mere pasttne for
him.
Aller he had completely mastered the
lesson, he gave his attention TO history
and belle lettres.
lie was a severe student and careless
Of his health. have known him night
after night seat himself in his window,
and read until the twilight had gone,
and then fall asleep exposed 10 tue eve
ming air and dew. lie taught school
three or four months in every year while
in College; always commanding those
situations in all respects most desirable
Fidelity to his trust was one of his
characteristics - he was no eve.servant.
In the latter part Of his senior year his
health visibIy failed. In consequence
of a division among the Faculty as to
the final appointments, his health, from
the excitement of the occasion, grew
rapidly worse. When the appointments
were conferred, he Immediately went
home, took his bed and did not rise
from i, until several weeks after Cons
mencement. The part assigned him,
lhe Vuledictory. | had the honor to per-
form in addition TO my own.
DR.. OLIN was frank and cordial in
MS intercourse with his classmates
devoted in his friendship conciliating
IA his manners easy of access kind
md benevolent in his feelings.
Though many of the virtues clustered
about his character, rendering him an
,miable and pleasant companion, yet a
dark aud deep current of skeplicism
his thoughts. His external
habits and morals were unexceptionable,
aud hi, ordinary department gentle.
manly, aud without fault. Rut the
manner he would assume toward, the
protesting Christian who attempted to
with him on his souls cond.
ion and the cold and concentrated
sarcasms he would sometimes utter in
regard TO religion were too faithful an
index to the feelings of his heart.
On his restoration TO comfortable
health he went South aud engaged in
schnol in Abbeville District, South Car
olina, under the patronage aud jurisdic-
lion Of the Melhodsts lie found that
it was expected Of him to open his
school with prayer, and. desirous 10
please his patrons, he attempted the SOL
emn seryics-but his conscience smote
him for his 1-esump,ion. Hypocrisy
was no part of his character. lie be-
gan 10 enquire into the foundatiun and
reasonabieEe 4. ms duty aul soon
concluded thai il was only mockery for
him to offer prayer in his then unre-
newed condition. lie fell sick aud
came apparen,.y IL the borders Of the
grave. Daring tbs sickness he obtain
ed hope OF pardon, and rose from his
bed new man. lie abandoned at once
aud forever all his hlgn worldly hopes. of
which no ma. lIad more, and gave hlm-
sell wholly to the cause of Christ He
soon entered The ministry in the Meth.
odist Church, and was stationed az
Charleston, 3 C.. His career as a
preacher was commenced with high rep
uta'lnn, always commanding from the
intelligen, citizens of Charleston large
and attentive audiences.
Occasionally. to accommodate the
people in the country, he would hold a
field meeting of several days, when num-
bers from great distances would flock
to the standard Of the Cross as uplilted
by him in the wilderness. His sermons
we're usually very long, delivered with
varied inionation, aad considerable ac.
ton. No man at the South ever oh.
tanned a more perfect command of his
hearers, or was Instrumental in achieving
more apparent good than DR.. OLlk.
After preaching few years, he was ap-
pointed President of Randolph Macon
College in Virginia. His health failing
again, he was advised TO make the tour
of Asia. He enjoyed highly the scenes
Of nature in the old world. so rich in
historic association peculiarly sacred to
him as connected with the Divine Ora
cles which had long been the subjec. OF
his deyout research. The volumes o
Travels which he published on his re-
turn rank among the mos, valuable ant
attractive Of any relating to the Holy