The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-08-27


time }n The manufacturing cities OF Great
Britain, 30 order thsl De might acQuajut
himself with the foreiVa system Of man-
uactures, aad be- able 10 compare IL
with the American. After bis return bc
gave thc result ol his careful observations
Ia a series Of letters 20 the Lowell IoH-
rfcr. Those contributions were eousid-
crcd 50 valuable that they were after
ward published in pamphlet form.
Though relating principally 20 the man
utsctues OF Great Britain, they also
described the English system of aEriouJ-
ture, aud discussed the tariff question.
His health was 50 much benefited by
his European tour that he seemed ta htm-
sell and friends to have taken a new lease
OF life. On becoming treasurer OF the
Cochico and Salmon Falls Manufacturing
Companies, be removed his residence 20
Andover, showing by this choice Of his
future home his interest in the cause OF
education, Before leaving Lowell be
had been elected trustee Of the And
over Theological Seminary aud Phillips
Academy. After removing 70 Audovor,
he became still more identified with
these institutions, being president Of the
board of trustees for four years
About this time he was appointed by
Governor Geo, n. Briggs, member OF
his executive council In reference TO
the important service which he perform
ed in connection with the Andover sem.
mary, aud with the presidential commit
tee OF the American Board fer Foreign
Missions, ! viii quote from a biograph-
ical sketch in the Congregational Quar-
terly Of July, 1867, by the Rev John l..
Taylor, formerly treasurer Of the institu-
tious at Audover aud now Professor in
the seminary: "Wih the trustees at
Andover, and then prudential committee
Of the American Board. at Boston, he
performed for nearly a quarter Of a CEN
tury great amount OF work in which he
had no superior,
lie was both judicial aud executive in
a rare degree; patient, inquisitive, can
did, he could Investigate thoroughly, and
wait for light from opposite points, and
held the scales Of his Judgment with a
steady hand till the light came; and
when at length his own views became
clear he could state It with great clear
ness to others.
These were the choice hours Of his
life, in which he seemed most truly
great; in which the entire force Of oil
his qualities, made the strongest impress
sion OH his associates, and led them
most heartily to respect and revere him.
This was especially true in his oduca-
tional and religious trust, for in this he
took the deepest interest, and here he
could apply, as he could not elsewhere,
the full power Of his frmest religious
oonVicuons, upene@ at last bv many
years Of prayerfuI reflections aud con-
sistent action as a disciple Of the Great
Teacher at whose feet he sat.
After retiring from business TO the
quiet of his home at Andoyer, he found
great enjoyment in working upon his
small farm Of five acres. There he could
be seen every summer day laboring for
hours, with something of the vigor and
zest of his youth, when he used to work
upon his fathers farm at Bedford,
Doubtless in those hours of labor and
the hours of rest which succeeded, bis
thoughts often turned to the past events
and scenes of his life. lie saw again the
hills Of Vermont and that institution OF
learning which be had helped to estab-
lished.
But the process Of education was not
finished in his case. He regarded it as a
life work From the time Of bis prepa.
ration for college he had always been o
student. He was a great reader in all
departments OF literature except poetry
and pictures, the claims Of which he did
not disparage. But the book that he
evidently enjoyed above all other books,
aud which was most frequently found in
his hand, was the Bible. II was hi.
custom to spend several hours each week
studying the lessons for his Bible class,
10 which he took the deepest interest
In this, to him delightful study, he cx.
hibiled his scholarship by going to the
fountan.head, the original Greek.
One Sabbath morning be went to The
upper sanctury. Forty years ago this
institution had just commenced IT, benef
iceut work, OF those who laid its foun
dation, many have passed away, bat th,
work goes on, however; aud shall II MOI
20 Oh with renewed yigor aud innuencC
as the years roll by Where among tho
hills aud valleys of the Green Mountain
State can one Gud a place more beautiiu
for situation, or better adapted to the enc
designed Here, then, jet youth Of Jotl
sexes prepare themselves for the respou
sibe duties Of life, aud here let geuuin,
souls plume their way for immortality
70 the students Of the successive genera
tions who shall be educated within tut
walls, which le with an intense iuieres
and oversight watched as they .iowll
rose, az prophecy OF future blessing. tho
! fret associate principal Of thi. seminary