The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-04-16

LL0fTeHpOnQcuC0 OF VIZ ktefNlahN AANi"iNt |
OBsaLiN CoLtBoE, April s.
On Tuesday last, young man con.
nected with the preparatory Department
Of our Institution, feell dead, almost
while he was in the act Of boll-playiug-
The enven, caused great excitement and
solemnity among us. 1t was in every
thought and upon every tongue. Aud
alas before this feeling began to ebb, It's
current was a thousand fold quickened by
the terrible intelligence brought by the
nal on Friday morning, that Prof. Hud-
son was killed. You can imagine, better
than l can describe, the horror which,
with this intelligence, sped like thunder
bolt through our place. Glasses paused
in their recitations as II stunned, Busi-
ness was forgotten, and our streets swarm
cd with crowds eagerly asking for the
sad details,
The reports brought in a letter from
Mr.. Brown, Of the Ohio Farmer, and in
the daily papers, were too definite to ad-
NIT Of doubt; and when a delegation Of
the faculty left for Cleveland 10 learn the
truth Of the sorrowful tidings, few doubt
ed that they would bring back 90 sure
evidence In confirmation Of Il. And 81
they did At midnight, the wall Of the
engine, long drawn aud mournful as {
drge, and heard by almost every ear il
{ the community, for anxious axcitemen
forbade sleep, heraldeda funeral compa
ny, and presently one Of our happies
homes received under its roof the manglet
+ remains Of him who. only the day before
f was its head and glory.
On Saturday all institution exercises
0 were suspended, and twice during th
day The great church received a multi
= tule Of pupils and citizens who cam,
together to acknowledge Gods hand an,
e bow in peuitence before him. Never be
fore had | seen a place so wrought upon
- so penetrated aud permeated with th
spirit Of an event, as ours was on tina
: day Of sadness.
a The funeral services were held yester
, day at lOt O'Clock, A. M. The body wa
S borne to the church by bearers take
from Prof Hudson's classes, and follow
S ed by the family and immediate friend
t Of the family, AT the church, an hou
before the arrival of the oortege, an i'm
n mense throng was in waiting The croY
was, for size, like that which gathers o
= commencement day, but there were non
Of the pomps and gaeties of a festive OC
G casion now-all was solemn ard reyeren
8 to tho last degree.
n SO was our dead buried. Honor
d the good name now joined with that {
saints on high. Few truer men live
o few men whose earnest feet press I'll
walks Of busy life give such promise {
lasting usefulness as his honorable yout
aud his noble prime foretold, Endowe
with shining talents, skilled in letters
expert in oratory vigorous in person, /
all respects executive, well furnishe
with the elements of character. and form
> ed by his own iron purpose and devor
q faith into a religious state which gave
. God and man their due, he was such a
= one as the world cannot afford to lose.-
Long will it be before his now vacal
- place here will be truly filled.
/, Your readers will be glad to know thS
=, the family Of Prof. Hudson is left
comfortable circumstances, and what
, better still, that the consolation Of Divin
Grace sustain all its members in thei
sore affection.
r II may not be amss for me TO say tha
, at the regular meeting of the faculty hel
on Tuesday last, forty-eighl hours befor
the decease of Prof Hudson, he opene
the meeting, it being his turn so TO dc
with prayer, and that his colleagues re
, member with interest the fact that hi
! first words. solemnly spoken, wer
+ Truly, Lord, in life we are in the mid'
of death" ALL thrice the sun had nc
set, before he found that he then spok
with prophecy.