to assist the soul in its assumption of the heavenly character. This was peculiarly observable of the death of his son. It occurred before the termination of a remarkable Revival of Religion among the students of the Seminary; during which he was believed to have become possessed of personal piety. Had he lived, he intended to have been a clergyman. He died, at a distance from home; and his father did not arrive in season to be present at his funeral. Rarely have we witnessed parental sorrow equally intense and permanent. Rarely could he mention his son without a faltering voice and cheeks suffused with tears. Those who witnessed his sufferings during the two last years of his life were not more struck with their severity, nor with the fortitude which he discovered under them, than with the marked effect of them upon his mind. Often for months together, the pain which he endured was not only unintermitted; but, in its severest forms, spasmodical. During the continuance of these convulsions, which recurred frequently during the day, so intense was the anguish, that the sweat would roll down his forehead for many minutes together in continued streams. Yet such was his fortitude, that though compelled at times to groan from severity of distress, he never once forgot himself so far as to murmur or complain. But while these sufferings thus ravaged the body, and prepared it for dissolution; their effect upon the soul was obviously salutary. Accustomed, for many years, to the daily contemplation of death; he now witnessed its gradual approach with serenity and peace. In the midst of his sorrows he found consolations" that were neither few nor small." He grew continually more and more humble, gentle, meek, and resigned; more and more disposed to give up every trust but in his Saviour. Though his intellect retained all its vigour; yet his temper became in an eminent degree that of a lovely child. His affections were exquisitely tender. Their native character seemed entirely gone, and they resembled the affections of heaven. His views, his hopes, his purposes, and his joys were heavenly; and nothing terrestrial seemed to remain except his earthly tabernacle, which was just ready to be laid in the grave, there to rest in hope. When called to pass through the dark valley, his Shepherd appeared to be with him. His rod and His staff they com forted him. Though frequently bewildered through excess of pain, yet no distressing fear assailed him. He saw the presence of the grim Destroyer with tranquility and hope; yielded up his soul without a struggle; and, as we trust with undoubting confidence, found a glorious welcome into the "House not made with hands; eternal in the heavens." His life was eminently useful and lovely. His death was peace. ful and happy to himself, but most widely and deeply lamented by his countrymen at large, as well as by his family, his many friends, and the Church of Christ. His eternity we trust will pass among angels and the spirits of the just, in their immortal progress in knowledge, happiness, and virtue. Over the grave of President Dwight, the Corporation of the College have erected a neat marble monument, on which is the following inscription : 1. Eternity bility,} . IV. Omniscience, c. Attributes of God, . II. Immutability, S . HI. Omnipresence, Ps. cxxxix. 1—12. Ps. cii. 24-27. 5 6 II. As exhibited by Revelation. 1 John iv. 8. Providence. 8 9 11. Its Degree. Eccl. viii. 2. 31 III. Its Derivation-From Adam. Rom. v. 20. 32 IV. Remarks upon it. Rom. vi. 12. 33 . VI. Man cannot be justified by the Law of God. Rom. iii. 20. S 34 B. Doctrines peculiar to the Christian Religion; or the Me diatorial System. a. The Character of Jesus Christ the Mediator, . I. He is the True and Perfect God, I. He is spoken of as such in the Scriptures, Him. Rom. viii. 3, 4. S II. The Attributes, of God are there ascrib- IV. Divine Relations are there 35 36 Rom. viii. 37 3, 4. . II. The Deity of Christ is the only` III. The Jews otherwise are not IV. The Prophets & Apostles cannot the sin of leading mankind into V. Objections answered. 1 Cor. iii. 20. 39 40 41 II. He is Man. 42 43 . VII. Objections to their manner of conducting b. The Covenant under which Christ acted: that 2 of Redemption. Is. liii. 10. c. The Offices which Christ sustained, I. His Prophetical Office, I. His Personal Preaching, 44 of a Preacher. Luke xxiv. 19. J 11. The Things which He taught. John vii.46. 45 III. The manner of his Preaching. Joh.vii.46. 46 IV. The Consequences of his Preaching. H. His Preaching by his Apostles, 1. The Fact that they preached the Gospel of Christ. Mark xvi. 15, 16, 20. § II. The Necessity of their preach 47 48 xvi. 15, 49 IV. The Consequences of their 16, 20. . III. His Character as a Priest. His Holiness, VOL. I. 1. In what it was exemplified, .i. In his Piety, ii. In his Performance of the duties which He owed Mankind, Heb. vii. 51 26. iii. In his Self-Government. Heb. vii. 26.5 L |