Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-03-27
THE FREE PRESS.
BURLINGTON {:
FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 81. 1857.
For the Free Press.
The Rev. DAVID Dobie, late of st. Albans.

man Is to be cherished both by the Church and the
world, as part of their most precious Inheritance
next in preciousness to that Of Christ himself.
for the good Is Chr SITS best epresentntive In
| his life the world most truly learn what is the
spirit and character of Christ. Particularly is this
true Of the Christian Minister He is Christ's
| special representative. He Is now to the world in
| Christ's stead For these reasons as we'll as the
mark ed character of the man, It is deemed that
! some memorial Of the Rev David Dobe, deceased
at st. Adams on the 18th Of February last should
| be preserved in the Church. He is another Illus.
traton Of the value and excellence of our free in
.tiutions-free schools, free colleges and seminal
ries also worthy example for the voutb Of
! our land In him the grace Of Chris, .bone pre-
eminent. He gave the clearest proof Of disciple-
ship and more Of that ministry he received Of the
Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel Of the grace Of
God
The Rev. David Dobie was the youngest but one
Of eight children. lie was born in Appegist
Parish. Dumfrles, Scotland July 18th 1872 His
parents poor in this worlds goods, but rich
in faith and hopes Of eternal life From all thlt
we can learn ofthem, they had that strong charac-
ter which naturally belongs to the best of Scotch
Peasantry, and this was made sill stronger bv de-.
voton to Christ. This character they impaired to
their Children particularly to the subject f this
memoir. Besides this, they had little else to give
with 1t he was satisfied lie neither desired, nor
ueemed That he could nave any thing better
several tunes has the writer henTd his departed
brother say with great warmth, when aluiiug to
the fact " lhnd rafhfr haze The memory u my
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b''t u'r dIg estate that ~" 'r'r 'et d ch'id.'
Mr.. Dobie early showed that intense activity Of
mind and heart tha characterized his manhood,
and caused his carly death Reading and study,
particularly Of the Bible and religious books, we're
! his pastime.
lie was, As there is every reason to lelieve. ear
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scbool.o b,,d and succas.f,, advocacy, of ,to
TEMPERANCE Reforno,iop. wien. in sc.tIand ot
least. the claims of Tenperance were but LITTLE
understood and III. advocacy of Tomner,rca bv
no means onular
But .uch eff .rts ms these however spcce..fu. ,bov
were ,,id rot satisfy the voutbf,I and ardent Do.
vid He lonped for larger usefulness. CONSEQUENT.
lv for larger means md onnortunities to inAu.,ce
his fcllowmen, than he was likely to have on a
farm, or in the sphere where he was born For
this purpose he desired and sought elias scal cd
ucation, and at length found his way into the
Academy of Amman, Il sea port of the same shire,
on the Solway Firth. He in addition to other
studies he made considerable progress in the Lat
in and Greek languages From Amman he went to
Liverpool, England, and spent two years, as
clerk and teacher of Latin and Greek.
Mr. D. still cherished the desire of a classical
education But with any means he could COM
mand, he saw no hopes Of realizing his DESIRE and
completing classical course, either in his native
country, in England Consequently his attcn
tion was turned towarus the College Of our Coun-
try At Liverpool he opened a correspondence
with those that could inform him Of the character
of our Colleges, and the condition Of admission to
them. beoon ng satisfied, that with the little
mean he had collected, he could reach this country,
and support himself in an american College, he
left his native land. came to the United states and
entered in ls32 class iu Miidlebury College
from which he graduated in 1888.
Mr.. Dobie's College life was stinsuiskel. not
SO much for literary, US for Christian zeal and
spiritual attainments. He emulated the saint
more than the sage and considered discipleship t.
Jesus rather than to Plato and the Masters of th'
Academy, the pinnacle Of human glory lie was
not, however, wantinf in literary zeal and faith
fulness. lie was says one OF his classmates
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