Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-11-29


Died IN Burlington. VI, On the morning Of
the twenty-si1th OF November, 1867, JosEPH
/ ToRRET. ID, Professor Of Moral snd lntellec-
| tual Philosophy, In the University Of Vermont,
IL the LIST year Of biz age.
The failing health Of Professor ToERzY dur
ing the las. iour years. has been a cause Of
deep s,licitude 80 his intimate friends, and
to the alumni and oE,lr- o. dc Institution
with which his eminent lab1rs have been
identified for forty yolrs past. Four years
ago he was greatly Frustrated by hemorrLase
from the lungs, which for a time oecasioned
serious fears Of a fatal result lie rallied
slowly from it. however. aud Ia time loglined
strength enough 60 resume his duties IN tie
UuiyU.ty hut, dough DO disease u tie
lurcs developed. ie never recovered his iull
yigor Of body. Two .r ,Lr,c months since,
be sank agsin under a general failing Of the
physical POWERS. affecting more c=lecially
the digestive organs, winch increased al tor
week OF ten days past DO hopes IF bis rc-:o-
ration bad ceased On ,hcEar:o OF bis family and
friends. lie realized himself that the hour
Of bis departure was a. hand and though |
the character of bis disease gave him only /
the power Of few and broken words for sew
eral day past, they were such as became one
whose life had been one Of profound Chris
tan iaith-a life devoted to the maintenance
and advancement Of truth aud righteousness.
among men, and to the conscientious and
unIemittins psrrormance Of the duties per-
tanning to the station where he had been
placed to labor in the vineyard Of bis Lord.
Professor Torrey was a native Of Rowley,
Massachusetts,. but spent most Of the earlier
year If his lie in Slicm Of the same State.
lie received his c5llesiate cIu,ationat Dart
mouth College. y. II graduating in the
year lslG. His professional studies, preTa-
ratory TO entering the ministry, were pur-
sued az Aniover Theological Seminary,
where be graduated in 1919. having been the
associate both il his college and seminary
classes with an unusual number Of men
who Afterwards became eminent for their m
telloctual and moral power, AID where be
was himself a man Of mark IN the thor
oughness Of bis scholarship, the acute
ness Of his discrimination, and the strength |
Of his mental powers. He did not enter
upon his pastoral labors Immediately after
leaving the Theological Seminary but
spent few years in study and travel, preach
ug only occasionally. His fret snd only settle :
ment as a pastor was at Royalton in this state a
n 1894, where bis labors were greatly
valued, and those WHO st under his minis
Try there never easel to speak of him in
language Of deep respect and attachment.
q the year 1897, there being a vacancy in
he Prolessorship Of the Greek and latin !
languages in the University Of Vermont, he
WIS invited to that position and accepted it :,
performing its duties vi5h great ability, &C -.
asI3 naliy giving instruction to small classes
t the students in the German and Hebrew .
languages W
After he became connected with the UNI IL
'ersity I'roi. Torrey preached occasionally IL
u: not often, his lungs having a tendency :
D painful irritation from addressing large el
aggregation. This tendency steadily in y
reased and before many years obliged him b
D desist almost entirely from public speak III
y. His sermons, for clearness and weight vi
thought. excellence Of doctrine and per-
setion Of language, were most remarkable :"
10 the year 1872, on the decease of DR.. ~
ANEs MARSH. the Professor Of Intellectual
nd Moral Philosophy in the University, :.
18th the thorough appreciation OF all who -,
ere acquainted with the powers Of that
-eat man and with the close intimacy and in
Of sentiment which for many moi
'ars lad subsisted between the two, PRor. ina
ORREY was transferred from the chair of bo,
nguages to the one left vacant by PRoF. be
ARsn. lie brought to it a rare afTluence Of to