"While separated, it will be a matter of personal satisfaction to your pastor, if his flock shall be found faithful and punctual to the services of their own sanctuary.

May he ask your prayers that it may please God to restore and continue to him the faculty of preaching the glorious gospel of the Son of God, or take him hence.

And now, with these few words, he commends you to God, and the word of his grace, which is able to keep you.

When we meet again, may it please God to have removed the stormy clouds which now darken our beloved country. For this let your prayers go up to God continually.

"For a time, farewell!

"Your affectionate pastor and friend,

GEORGE POTTS."

In the summer months ensuing, while most of the congregation of the University Place church were separated, those who learned of the gradually failing health of their pastor were prepared for the sad intelligence of his death which soon distressed his wide circle of attached friends.

He died of Paralysis at his residence in New York, on the morning of September 15, 1864, soon after his return from Saratoga Springs, where he had passed some weeks in the hope that the disease, which had begun to show itself alarmingly, might be checked. There had been, however, no interruption of its progress, but one by one his powers failed, until the dissolution of the ties between body and spirit was complete. No pain racked, no anxiety perplexed him, but with an unvarying cheerfulness he waited for the hour of his departure. Although unable to converse long at a time on any subject, the name of his Saviour or a reference to any of the great truths of Scripture never failed to awaken a hearty response even when his tongue began to refuse to utter his thoughts. That blessed gospel to the preaching of which he had devoted his life was to his last lucid moment the joy and solace of his heart, and he seemed to repose himself, undisturbed by doubts, undismayed by fears, with a touching childlike trust upon the bosom of his Redeemer.

For a day or two previous to his death he remained unconscious, which was the only period of his illness in which he was confined to his bed. His own prayers were thus most graciously answered in the peacefulness of his death as well as in the fact that God called him from active duty to his rest without a long interval of weakness or uselessness. A large and weeping congregation assembled at his funeral in the University Place church, which was appropriately draped in mourning, and listened to an impressive and eloquent address from Rev. Dr. John M. Krebs, long his associate and co-presbyter. Thence his remains were borne to Greenwood Cemetery.

One of the New York journals thus describes his physical appearance:66 It was more commanding in its majestic proportions and dignified bearing than that of any man whom we now recall, who walks the streets of this city. Six feet and four inches in height, with broad shoulders, symmetrical and gigantic frame, he was an object of attention to strangers as he trod the pavements, looking every inch a man. It is hard to make it real that such a form is already laid in the grave.'

On Sabbath morning, October 23, 1864, by invitation of the Session of the church, Rev. William B. Sprague, D.D., preached an eloquent and appropriate Commemorative Discourse, which has since been published Ly request of the bereaved congregation. Perhaps a sketch of a life early devoted to the Master's service and prematurely terminated while so

usefully employed in it, cannot be better concluded than by the following sentences from this discourse:

"And now that heaven has claimed him, and earth has yielded him, how many are there whom he has left behind who are eager to embalm his memory! How many ministers of the gospel, how many lights of the church, pronounce his name with reverence and admiration! How certainly will veritable history represent his shining gifts and graces to coming generations, thus making provision to extend and perpetuate his usefulness! And if we may follow him beyond the vail, what imagination can conceive of the joy and the glory of being welcomed by his Redeemer and Lord; of having showered upon him the benedictions of those to whom he has been privileged to act as a guide to heaven; of being transformed from a minister of the earthly sanctuary, sinful and mortal like other men, into a minister of the eternal temple, there to put on the robes of perfect purity, and to perform a service that shall make him like unto the angels. Glorified pastor, brother, friend, we would rather rejoice with thee than mourn for thee; because, in finishing thy course, thou hast passed into the heavens and entered on thy full reward.'

PROCTOR, DAVID C.-Was born in New Hampshire in 1792. He was educated in Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H., graduating in 1818, and studied divinity in the Andover Theological Seminary, Mass., finishing his course in 1821. He was licensed by a Congregational Association, and in 1822 he was ordained by a Congregational Council, and went West under the auspices of the Connecticut Home Missionary Society. His first field of labor was Indianapolis, Ind., where he arrived in May, 1822. He preached several times with such acceptance that measures were adopted to give him a call, which he accepted. It was so arranged that he preached threefourths of his time at Indianapolis; the remaining fourth at Bloomington, Ind. Mr. Proctor commenced his regular labors in the autumn of 1822, and in March, 1823, a subscription was raised towards building a house of worship. Mr. Proctor remained with this people until the First Presbyterian church, Indianapolis, was fully organized and under successful operation. He then removed to Kentucky, and took charge of the church in Springfield and Lebanon in that State. He was an able preacher, and had considerable reputation as a scholar.

In 1826 he was temporarily called to the Presidency of Centre College, Danville, Ky., which he held from the resignation of Dr. Chamberlain until the election of Dr. Blackburn, in the ensuing year.

He had been without charge for a number of years, but was always ready to preach to destitute congregations and neighborhoods. He resided in Shelbyville, and his last residence was Frankfort, Ky. Few men have performed as much gratuitous missionary service. Among the older ministers of the church he was well known and greatly beloved.

He died at his residence, of Pneumonia, January 18, 1865. His wife was a woman of rare intelligence. She died a few years ago. Two sons and a daughter survive them.

SAVAGE, D.D., JOHN ADAMS-Son of Abraham and Mary (Adams) Savage, was born in Salem, Washington County, N. Y., October 9, 1800. He began his education in Salem Academy, and afterwards entered Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., where he was graduated in 1822. Having the ministry in view, he commenced the study of Theology under the care

of Rev. Ebenezer Maxwell, of Delhi, N. Y. Whilst thus employed he was Principal of Delaware Academy, being very successful as a teacher.

In 1824 he removed to Auburn, N. Y., where he took charge of an Academy in that place, managing it with much success. He continued his study of Theology with Rev. Mr. Forest. In 1825 he was licensed by Washington Associate Reformed Presbytery, and in 1827 he was ordained by the same Presbytery. He remained in this connection until the autumn of 1831, preaching at Fort Covington, Franklin County, N. Y. From Fort Covington he was called, in 1832, to the Presbyterian church in Ogdensburg, N. Y. Here his labors were also abundant and successful. His church soon became and continued to be the largest and most influential in the town, or in that region of the State. Probably no man ever exerted so wide and powerful an influence for religion, and for Presbyterianism in Northern New York as he. He remained at Ogdensburg nearly twenty years, and at the time of leaving it he enjoyed the universal confidence and esteem not only of his congregation, but of the entire community; a confidence and esteem which he never lost, for he was, to the day of his death loved and trusted by those who had known him longest and most intimately. At the earnest and repeated solicitation of the late lamented Dr. Van Rensselaer, then Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Education, he came to Wisconsin in 1850, and by appointment of the Board of Education, took charge of Carroll College, at Wauketa, Wis., then in its infancy. How he labored and toiled in the arduous work of founding and building up a College in a new country, is well known. The charter had been obtained, and some little progress made in the enterprise before his arrival. But it is no injustice to the noble, self-sacrificing men who preceded him, to say that Dr. Savage is properly to be regarded as the founder of Carroll College. If his success did not equal what those unacquainted with the history of such enterprises anticipated, it was at least equal to what has usually been achieved in the infancy of literary institutions. That his efforts, together with those of his able coadjutors, have not been a failure, the noble College site and building, and the alumni who have gone forth, and are already rising into positions of honor and usefulness, fully attest. And the pupils now attending her halls, preparing to act well their part in life, are further witness, if further were needed, that Carroll College is a living institution, and a source of influence and of power in the land. He who founds and establishes such an institution does a noble and honorable work, far more beneficent and enduring in its results than that achieved by the hero of a hundred battles.

Such is a brief and bare outline-which is all our limits will allow-of the life and labors of this singularly faithful and laborious servant of the Most High God. Proof it is, ample enough, that he had not lived his life in vain, and that to him may be applied the words of the voice speaking from heaven, saying, "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works do follow them.'

As a minister, Dr. Savage was eminently laborious and faithful. His highest praise, as it is the highest praise of any minister of the New Testament, is that he preached Christ. He never spared himself when there was work to be done in his Master's vineyard, and to one of his activity and fidelity there always was work to be done. He seemed to have grown prematurely old, and his vital powers to have been worn out and exhausted, merely from the effects of strenuous and protracted toil. As we carried him to the grave, it was remarked by men who had known him long and well, that he had taken no rest for a quarter of a century.

Nor was he more laborious than faithful. He shunned not to declare the whole counsel of God. He was a clear, sound, and scriptural theologian. The word of God was ever his touchstone for all the ambitious and pretending novelties of the times. Christ was his only master; what was not of Christ, but of this or that asserted Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, he let alone; and the old truths, which had grown experimentally into his conscious soul, and had become part of his inmost life, just grew on, and brought forth fruit a hundred-fold. And when, after his assumption of the Presidency of the College, his Alma Mater conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity, it was, in this instance, at least, a well-merited tribute to the eminent services of one who had long stood for the defence of the gospel,

He was a man of indefatigable zeal in the great cause of Christian education. He was nearly all his life identified with institutions of learning. His success in these literary enterprises, and his zealous devotion to the training of youth, pointed him out as a suitable person to take charge of a similar and more important enterprise, in the young and growing West. And the zeal, the patience, the fortitude, the unreserved self-consecration with which he labored and toiled for the college are familiar to us all. He loved it as his own child, and has worn out his life in strenuous efforts for its advancement. When it suffered he was grieved, when it prospered he rejoiced. When adversity came upon it, the cloud overshadowed him; with the return of prosperity, the clouds about him were dissipated. One of his latest expressions was of satisfaction that the College seemed again to be prosperous.

He was an enterprising citizen. No man did more, in proportion to his means, for the improvement of the place in which he lived. Of this the institutions of learning he founded and the buildings he erected are sufficient proof. In all the relations of husband, father, brother, and friend, he was exemplary, as became the servant and minister of God. As a Christian, though never demonstrative in his feelings, and modest and reserved in his communication of them, even to his nearest friends, he was truly humble, devout, consistent, with a calm and fixed reliance on the person and work of his Divine Saviour. Especially in his last days-days, alas! of sore trial in the midst of protracted weakness and decline-was he adorned with the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit.

JOHN W. STERLING, D.D., of Madison, Wis., writes as follows:-"He was a man of great sagacity, integrity, and benevolence; a man of deep piety and excellence of character; an able and instructive preacher; a good and useful man.

He died at his residence in Waukesha, Wis., December 13, 1864, of Decay of his Vital Powers. He married Miss Eliza Turner, of Salem, N. Y., who, with several children, survives him.

SICKELS, WILLIAM-Son of Thomas and Mary Sickels, was born at Troy, N. Y., August 20, 1795. He was educated at Jefferson College, Canonsburgh. Pa., where he graduated in 1824, and studied divinity in the Seminary at Princeton, N. J., finishing his course in 1827. He was licensed by Winchester Presbytery, and ordained by the same Presbytery in 1828. He removed West, settling at Rushville. Ind. His subsequent charges were Washington, Shiloh, Bethany, and Hopewell, within the bounds of Indianapolis Presbytery; also of Connellsville, Pleasant, and Jefferson churches, in Madison Presbytery. He died at his residence in Indianapolis, Ind., August 9, 1864, of Decay of Vital Powers. In 1829, he

married Miss Alma C. Coe, daughter of Dr. Isaac Coe, of Indianapolis. They had seven sons, four survive him, two of whom are ministers.

Rev. D. M. STEWART, of Rushville, Ind., writes as follows :—“ Mr. Sickels was an able preacher-not fully what would be called popular. He was always instructive and interesting. His preparations were complete and finished. He was a preacher not a reader. His style was noted for its strength more than its beauty, yet the two were so united as to raise it above the dryness that we often find in the pulpit. He was a doctrinal preacher, never shunning to declare the whole counsel of God. In this he never dallied or turned aside to consult the tastes of men. He held the gospel as the remedy for fallen human nature, and he preached it boldly, fully, whether men would hear or forbear. He greatly loved the doctrines of grace and to embody the great features of these doctrines in every sermon was his effort and aim. Christ and him crucified' was his theme. He loved to preach the gospel; for it he made sacrifices, and labored zealously in the early history of the church in Indiana. He had social position and attractions that might have led him to seek ease, but his love of the cause of Christ led him to seek every opportunity to preach, and he acquired a reputation for punctuality that few ministers enjoyed. When he had an appointment all expected to meet him without fail. Many were the difficulties in those days-many trials that late ministers know little of. He endured as a good soldier, not counting any earthly comfort dear that he might preach Christ to his fellow-men. In the church courts Mr. Sickles held a very high position. Punctual in attendance, with his clear and wellbalanced mind, it seemed to be expected that he should lead the way in matters of difficulty. His brethren trusted in him. Conscientious and zealous for the truth he seldom erred. He was a safe man. Calm, prudent, and penetrating, he acquired great influence. From an intimacy of almost thirty years with him in the ministry and in the meetings of church judicatories, I have met with few brethren who more completely filled in my view what is required in a workman that needeth not to be ashamed.' "Withal he was a practical preacher. His great aim in all his labor was to reach the hearts and consciences of men, and enforce the truth by his own sweet realization of its power on his own soul."

Indianapolis Presbytery placed the following record on their Minutes:"The labors of Brother Sickels commenced far back in the history of our church, in this State, and were bestowed in different parts of the Presbytery and Synod, when missionary work was arduous and self-denying. For more than thirty years his name has been familiar in this whole region in connection with the organization and growing life of many of our churches. He was known as a good man, a sound theologian, and a gentle, genial friend."

SMITH, JOHN F.-Son of Charles and Eleanor Smith, was born in York County, Pa., January 29, 1822. He was educated at Jefferson College, Canonsburgh, Pa., and studied Theology in the Seminary at Princeton, N. J. He was licensed by Donegal Presbytery, and removing to Kentucky he was called to the church at Owensboro' in that State. He was ordained and installed by Louisville Presbytery. He subsequently preached at Bardstown, Ky., Vincennes, Richmond, and Hopewell, Indiana. His health was not robust, though he faithfully served a large congregation. He, however, undertook a temporary labor in behalf of the United States Christian Commission in the Army, whence he returned sick among his kindred in Pennsylvania. He died at York, Pa., July 4, 1864, of Typhoid