have, no inheritance among his brethren, whose affairs are the little transactions of this world. But a minister is called, and set apart for a high and sublime business. His transactions are to be between the living and the dead, between heaven and earth; and he must stand as with wings on his shoulders. He must be an eagle, towering toward heaven on strong pinions." By these maxims he strictly regulated his conduct; manifesting a parental solicitude for the welfare of the churches over which he was called to preside. There was nothing which he would not have made a willing sacrifice to this primary object; and he may be said to have shortened his days by his multiplied and incessant labours; but he died with firm and unshaken confidence in those truths which he had so long exemplified in his own life, and endeavoured, in his public capacity, to impress on the minds of his audience. Of his ministerial usefulness he had many witnesses. His labours were successful wherever he was called to reside, and met with general accep→ tation; although his popularity was uniformly ac companied with a large share of humility. The qualifications he had received both from nature and education, his various acquirements and matured experience, raised him to a high rank among the preachers of his time. In the more private exercise of his pastoral office, as a counsellor and friend, he manifested great faithfulness, tenderness, and prudence. His attainments, both as a man and a Christian, were above mediocrity. He possessed great dignity of mind and conduct, firmness, energy, and originality. His learning was solid and extensive; |