New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-04

The Rev Dr. Roswell u. Hitchcock. the Nor
sociate of DR.. Adams in the faculty OF the Union
Theological Seminary, then delivered the sermon,
which was as follows:
The last caaptcr of of The later Hebrew prophets
cVeniine II snaI be light" THIS. course. is ac-
corlins 10 L.: IRE. Ia the natural word the on2 day
Naues 1T last; shadows lcngthen; earth AID arr are
cneC BIRDS their nctts the cattle to their stalls;
me utH sey o ID r b sO o anG Sosn Hs @
a hireug's day--fewv morn, sult!y at nOon dark at
M noon and night No mater Drieht the day has
been. always the night cOmeth II this were all, then
the buried the dead the better But tins Is
not al We lave Father IL Heaven. and there Is Tor
every human heart Mcssianic day without night The
stormy mornns ead, up 10 snnne noonue. ana tnere
snail be neither chi.i nor sh"5oW IN J." eNHehHg
ain, bat at evenumee !; san be hGht.' For
be. We are lamontin2 Today life ended
soon-nd'cl too soon for us icy US rather salute
The ne continued aud renewed. The BODY dies, but The
tou ,novcs on his old mysiesy now secs new again
Win I'm in his library on Orangd Mount@n looking
near far land and sea: tlon walked wiih MIN
la his wckept garden IN easy. cheerful tax and then
We said eood-bye another Just we had done
MANY mary times before. Where - he now seeing
whaff hearing what doing WHAT / could not re-
fnse bur | stagser beneath the burden laid upon
toay. awcd by those Silent lips. which in all the
tweriv-Hve yeaIs Of our acQuaitauceship and fellow
ship never uttered in ny hearing word of injustice
or mhlud 10 any human beng; and never word
uusuited 10 the time and place
DIR. ApAMSs CAREER.
Our friend never boosted of his pedigree hut the two
Presidents. John Adams and John Quincy Adams. be.
logged another line OF the same family. which was
descended from Henry Adams, Of DevOnshre. who In
1852 fed from persecution and settled III Brantree.
Mass His grandfather, John Adams, OF Canter-
bury Conn, and captain OF company In the war OF
the Revolution. His father was John Adams, Yale
graduate OF l79J OF the class jeremiah Day.
VITO alone, out Of his hrtythrce classmates. survived
him IL 1920 he put III charge OF the famous Latin
Academy III Andovcr. Mass, where lie made pro
nouuced classical reputation both for himself and for
lg,.T.
year OF age he resigned the Office AT AudOver and went
10 Jacksonville, H. Ihere he established over 900 sun
dayschoOls. lie died In harness at last. about ninety
ore years ~ age.
FrJm such a stock our friend. lie born In
Connecticut January 25 1897. but his conscious life
probably br at AndOger where he was taken when
hte moe Than three years old HIS mother, Elizabeth
Ridley was Inca descendant OF Josiah Bradford who
came ID the MayfiOSer Sac was fine old Puritan
wife and mother. HIS personal religious, experience
study Latin al SIX years ana III college be lea his class
lie graduated IN 1927 ud vas settled for about three
wears as a gatiohal clergyman III Brighton. Mass
In S3l his voice caught the ear or intelligent listeners
which became 1893 the Madison square Pres5yterian
Church. And here, for forty years IN the pulpit the
platform. in popular assemblies ana secular occasions,
In private conference On matters OF great critical mo-
ment, IN the high cOunsels Of the church, his weGnogn
voice. noduated By the instinct OF genus ana the rpe
tho1 ght and experience OF lifetime. always commanded
interest and admiring attention Ills very presence was
calm ana courteous lie stood IN nc great meeting O
the Evangelical Alliance In 1873, with all Protestant
ChrisIendom around him, by general consent the fore
most Pres. ytcrIdn minster III America
HIS CONNECTION WITH THE SEMINARY
Twice before-n 1910 and IN lS7l-he had been
offered the presidency OF the Union Theological Semi
nary but he could not then be persuaded 10 leave his
pulpit Nor in 1873 would he have been persuaded but
for O priucey endowment to the Institution by FER
sonal friend which opened for il aud him tempting
vista Of opportunities aud new career The way
he carried out duties OF this position is known. and
pity the man who shall be expected to walk in his
steps. The Institution under him had prosperity I'M
parallelcd. Ii had quite outgrown Itself, aud the
ecsity Of lie removal was plainly He was iecog-