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��graduated at Dartmouth College in 1823 ; studied theology with the class at college under the instruction of the president and professors : was ordain- ed pastor of the church in Colebrook in February, 1825, from which place he was dismissed in 1829. The same year he became the pastor of the church in Bradford, where he remained until he died, in 1837, at the age of 42. The time of his service was com- paratively short, but he every where left the impression that he was a ser- vant of the Lord Jesus Christ, and that he was used by him for the ad- vancement of his kingdom. The rec- ord of thirty-one received to the Chris- tian church during his ministry of eight years in Bradford aids us in believing that a humble and faithful pastor does not labor any where without important results.

John C. Lord entered the school in iSrS ; graduated at Hamilton College in 1S25 ; read law three years and was admitted to the bar in 1828 ; but changed his course, and entered the theological seminary at Auburn, N. \\. and graduated in 1833. He became the minister of the Presbyterian church in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1835, at which station he remained until 1873. He died in 1877. The degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by Hamilton College. He published " Lectures to Young Men" and "Lectures on Civili- zation."

Thomas Hall, from Cornish, began study at Meriden in 1817 ; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1S23 ; studied theology with Rev. Dr. Burton, of Thetford, Vt. He was settled as pas- tor of the church in Waterford, Vt., in 1825 ; at Norwich in 1831 : at Water- ford again in 1835 ; acting pastor at Yershire and Guildhall in 1844 ; at Bethlehem and Franconia in 1859. He died at Guildhall, Vt., in 1859, aged 61.

Jacob Little, from Boscawen, en- tered the school in 1S17; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1822 ; at An- dover Seminary in 1S25. The next spring, with his companion, he started

��in a wagon for Ohio, and there labored as a missionary for one year, and was ordained pastor of the church in Granville in 1827.

In the commencement of his course he went from the business of a farmer, and carried his habits of industry and economy into his course of study. Though a Christian young man of the strictest sect, he had a vein of wit which, in the course of his ten years of study, was of no small importance to himself and to his associates ; but when he had completed his course of study so impressed was he with the importance and solemnity of the work before him that he said to a friend that he feared he had mistaken his calling. But the church prospered under his care ; repeated revivals were enjoyed. The population of the place increased and he soon had one of the largest churches and parishes in the region. Something more than thirteen hundred were at different times received to the communion of his church. He was once offered a professorship in Mari- etta College, in that state ; but his at- tachment to his people was such that he could not be induced to leave them. He became after a time to be regarded as the father of his people. The young people were accustomed to seek his advice. Once each year he invited the young women to his house and gave them such advice as a Chris- tian father would give his daughter. On another day the young men came to listen to his counsels. He was a close student of the Word of God. and the delight which he found in these studies, he endeavored to impart to others. For many years he had a large Bible-class, which met in his church on Sabbath evening. Others came to listen, and the house was gen- erally filled.

His new year sermons attracted large audiences. They abounded in facts relating to his people, in the no- tices of the events of the past year, such as the births and deaths, the con- tributions to benevolent objects, the number of persons found intoxicated,

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