The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-12-23

public sympathy responded to his zeal
and disintsrsstedness, aud the object he
had presented, was secured by bis direc.
tiou The lucky auspices Of Teucer
attended all his brisk conceptions, from
the sombie funeral obsequies Of Webster.
TO the startling but steady combination
of the State Agricultural Society. He
saw il through, in the visional and prac
tical sense. In that clsarness Of pre-
conception, doubtless, we have the secret
Of his perseverance aud his zeal. In his
financial relation to the Bank, he was
faithful aud acute, aud found there the
appropriate service Of the neightof aud
towosms0 10 the prudent sa.isnancs of
Others The meu Of money may coin
their thoughts 10 metal perhaps. but tho
men Of credit are men of heart. In re
lstion to the College, as Treasurer, then
as Trustee, the liberal spirit and the
careful judgment marked him with equal
readiness aud decision the Bar followed
bis pilotsge in eonviviality, the Alumni
sought it for the monument to their in-
struetor, the commune enjoyed it 10 the
new parks. Bot more fondly a, home,
where a garden might develop, secluded.
it's variety of flowers, where pictures
nigh, glow and books Of tefsrouce be-
gin to accumulate, was the inner nature
exhibited, more positive than the attrac-
tions without, though misled by their
vain prstenoss it might have bsep. 1t
was at home, IN solitude unfortunately,
that the religious department OF his IA
ture found it's proper guest, aud here but
a. a visitor, yet seen with respect The
high principle of a pure faith gives the
highest fBish to personal character, aud
GaINKe, SHERMAN aud METcAlF found
10 it more than q substitute for public
honors, they did not yet decline. To him
It had whispered in youth. bu. seemed
veilsd in its beauty to him, aud left him
perhaps With an inward sorrow. Wis
dom had commenced again the chant, in
his ear, of psalm and prophecy aud ar
gument His b cart had felt the win.
ping charm there is in understanding,
aud more Of serious thought, aud more
of rssolats principle, began TO appear in
the outer indications of The inner man
A, the same time, perhaps, the ingress
Of disease began to impart some shadow
to the landscape of the future In the
last summer Of bis life, BEoKw,TH was
4, the shrewdest counsellor, the lseliest
! associate, the truest friend, the purest
companion Of bis life his industry was
still uuAinchiug, hia perception Of enjoy.
meni as keen as ever, bis enterprise III
private or public improvement fresh and
tirsless. But in this bloom Of character,
thus perfected. the promise had been al
: ready sealed. To bs opened, where /?
The stamp of forgiveness was yet to be
set upon it in sickuess, and it /, read in
Heaven
Faint the limbs
Said Brainard, our u ost real poet, at
the same age. with the same experience,
with kindred IL mellower powers
And ali the body tires, but for the SOU.
II hath its holiday in such spotl'
The seal Of his life is that Of his exam
pla, and while we would revive his mem.
ory. il 10 that Of one, that when faint
with his pilgrimage. refusing to lingeI
with what was brightest and kindest TO
| ss,thly love. made tts
"Ohs effort more,
| "A mile OF two, at most and then TO stand
when he might feel the bslmy breath Of Heaven
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