The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-02-12

L Mr.. Eprron:-The decease of Moses Stuart,
late Professor Of Sacred Literature, at Andover,
{AIass.) is announced. BY privato letters, learn
that he died on Sunday ,,he 4th Of Jannary, OF
influenza, at the advanced age Of 81 years.
= Permit one, who owes much TO ms fatheny
counsels and profound learning, TO pay tribute 10
his wsrth, here, on our westernmost border
Twenty wears ago, Dr. Henderson, of London,
and the noted British Critic. Of Oxford. one o.
the most able Reviews in Europe, attested tns
pety and learning Of DR.. Stuart, in words honest
and deserved and free from the affected 'ana''ion
Of the great and worthy. so common aiter q cam
elf candor, integrity Of purpose, and Apostolic
piety, united TO deep research, perseyering inaas
try and varied eruditon, could qualify any man
for the task of translating and expounding GRILL
cally the most difficult Of the Pauline EPistles,
we believe that Professor Stuart possesses these
end ments' '-British Critic, 1888, p. 43o.
ssIntimately acquainted with the n,nutin OF He
brew Grammar; familiar with the diversified style
Of the sacred writers; trained by long study Of
the laws Of Biblical exegesis to a refined and ma
tured tact in seizing the point, the bearing, the
various shades and rami6catons Of meaning
couched under the sacred phraseoogy; imbued
with sincere love of divine truth, and profound
reverence for its dictates; and withal. endowed
with manly and richly cultivated intellect, ne
possesses qualifications peculiarly fitting him Tor
the performance of work replete with 30 many
difficulties as that Of a translation and critical
commentary ON the Epistle to the Hebrews
| DR.. E. Henderson,, Pref. to Eagiish ca. q
| Comment Ey. Hebre,cs, 1888.
| His excellent Hebrew Grammar, following that
of Geseuius, is Justly accounted to be one OF the
best: the highest tribute to Its worth IS That the
celebrated and learned DIR. Pusey, the Queen 8
Hebrew Professor in Oxford, has gwen II the pref
erence. In preparing that edition for the press
DR.. Stuart re-wrote the whole work, and some
parts eight or nine times.
The Oxford edition was undertaken at the
special request Of DR.. Pusey.
The eminent reputation of DR.. Stuart as all
Orientalist, reached the learned retreats OF Ger
many. In 1899, DIR. Hahn, of Leipsic, IN his
preface to the accurate Hebrew Bible published
at the Unversitay press of Tauchnitz, speaking
of the services rendered by Prof 5. to Hebrew
literature, associates him with another Biblical
Scholar, under the designation "riri docftsstm'
and Professors meritissimi," titles given &c
none, academcaliy, but to those Of the hghes
estimation as scholars.
lie contributed perhaps more than any oihsl
man, to raise interest in this country, in behal
Of Oriental learning and literature, during his ca
reer of half century rs teacher OF The HOLY
Tongue.
In MOSES STUART, never TO be forgotten, Il
cxiinguishc one of the brightest umnaries OF thu
via stella of American learning-yet not eXt!n
| puished but Withdrawn, TO blaze and brighten II
another sphere.
ssPimplei dulcisl Nil sine te mel
Prosunt honores. Hume fdbus novis,
Hume Lesbio sacrare pectro,
Teque, tuasque deceit sorores."
]. A. III.