served and unappreciated, and consequently there is one reason less for their being practised, is erroneous; as the affection of every member of our Association for the memory of our departed friend, abundantly testifies. They commend it to the attention of the young, as a plain, unvarnished tale of real life, demonstrating by facts, how much may be accomplished in a short life, directed by wisdom and sanctified by true religion. JOHN J. ANDERSON, Committee. MEMOIR. THE friends of the subject of the following Memoir have felt themselves constrained by their affection for him, and by a desire to diffuse the influence of so bright an example of moral excellence, to embody in a more enduring form the memorials that are left of a brief, yet honorable and well-spent life. We are told by a wise man, that "honorable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age." That life is long enough which fulfils life's great purpose; and to the mature in virtue, no death can be untimely. There never was a time, perhaps, when there was more need that honorable mention should be made of high moral attainment in early life. There is a strong tendency, in our age and country, to overlook and underrate the importance of character in the young. There is great |