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 DUP.YEA. DUTTOX. I 9 I he was invited to prominent churches in the East, West, and South, but preferred to remain with his people, until he became convinced that the climate was too severe for a constitution always delicate. In April, 1S62, he accepted a call to become one of the pastors of the Collegi- ate Reformed Dutch Church, New York, with Drs. DeWitt, Vermilyea, and Cham- JOSEPH T. DURYEA. bers, as associates. Here he remained over five years. During this period he was engaged, with the co-operation of his people, in the work of the United States Christian Commission, the Amer- ican Union Commission, visiting the army, and addressing assemblies in the principal cities of the country, and in Union Square, New York, on behalf of the government and the army, and the sufferers by the war. After the war he assisted in the organiza- tion of the Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation, the erection of the building on 23d Street and the re-organization of the city mission, and the erection of its chapels in various parts of the city. He left New York for Brooklyn, on account of the opportunity offered by the growth of population for enterprise in church extension. He served as pastor of the Classon Avenue Presbyterian church about eleven years. During this period his congregation completed their commo- dious house of worship, and assisted to found four other churches, all of which are now flourishing organizations. They also conducted a comprehensive mission work in various destitute neighborhoods of the city, and did pioneer service in meth- ods of temporal relief, now organized under the titles " The Fresh Air Fund " and "The Country 'Week." During these two periods of his ministry, he was invited to the presidency of two col- leges, and to a chair in a theological sem- inary, and to several churches in New York, Boston, San Francisco, and other cities. He had also acted as director in Princeton theological seminary, and the theological seminary in New Brunswick, N. J. In 1879 he received a call from the Cen- tral Congregational church, Boston, where he was installed April 17th, and of which church he is at present the pastor. In 1SS5 he was called to the presidency of Union University, at Schenectady, N. Y. For two years, in connection with his pastorate in Boston, he occupied the chair of biblical theology at Andover Sem- inary ; during one year the chair of polit- ical economy in Boston University, and for eight years was special lecturer in phil- osophy at Wellesley College. Among his publications are "The Pres- byterian Hymnal," " The Psalter for use in Worship," " Vesper Services," " Oration before the Alumni of Princeton," in com- memoration of the graduates who served in the army of the Union, " Oration before the Alumni of the Theological Seminary at Princeton," "Address before the Cabi- net, Senate, House of Representatives, Officers of the Army and Navy of the United States, on Washington's Birthday," during the period of the war, and several sermons. DUTTON, Benjamin Franklin, son of Ephraim and Phoebe (Wilson) Dutton, was born in Hillsborough, Hillsborough county, N. H., October 14, 1831. After leaving the public schools, he was sent to Norwich, Vt., where he had the advantages of a private class under the well known Captain Partridge. From this institution he was graduated in 1851. After graduating he went to Washington, D. C, and having established a reputation as teacher of penmanship and book-keep- ing, he opened a commercial college, in Alexandria, Va., and was successful from the start. His father's health failing, he was recalled to his native place, and was in business