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��THE GRANITE MONTHLY.

��Few men have done more and have done their work better.

Carlton Hurd, from Newport, grad- uated at Dartmouth College in 1S1.X, and at Andover in 1S22. He was or- dained pastor of the church in Frye- burg, Me., in 1823. Here he spent his life, and died in 1855. The degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by his college in 1855, the year of his death. An able and faithful pastor for more than thirty years, enjoying the confidence and esteem of the people. He published several sermons and the memoir of his daughter, Marion Lyla Hurd.

Absalom Peters, from Wentworth, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1 8 16 ; Princeton Theological Semi- nary in 181 8 ; ordained pastor of the church in Bennington, Vt., in 1820. He became secretary of the American Home Missionary Society at its for- mation, in 1825, for twelve years. He then became financial agent of the Union Theological Seminary, in the City of New York, in 1842 ; pastor of the church in Williamstown from 1844 to 1853 ; received the degree of D. D. in 1S33; published "Plea for Volun- tary Associations," "Sprinkling the Only Mode of Baptism," several ser- mons, and " Life and Times," a poem. He died in New York city in 1869.

Joshua T. Russell, from Concord, entered Dartmouth College in 18 14 ; at Nassau Hall in 1816 ; ordained pas- tor of the church in Newark, N. J. ; agent of Presbyterian Board of Mis- sions ; pastor of a church in Jackson, Miss., where he died in 1854.

Jacob Scales, from Freeport, Me., graduated at Dartmouth College in 181 7; at Andover in 1820; ordained pastor of the church in West Chester, Conn., in 1820 ; at Henniker, in 1827 ; at Cornwall. Vt., in 1S39 ; acting pastor at Plainfield, 184.2 to i86t, where he resided until he died, in 1873, aged 85. A man thoroughly devoted to his work during a long life.

Marshall Shedd, from Cambridge, Mass., graduated at Dartmouth College in 181 7 j studied for the ministry with

��Dr. Homer, of Newton, am' Dr. Bates, of Dedham ; ordained pastor at Ac- ton. Mass., in 1X20 ; Clinton, in 1 acting pastor at Willsborough. X. Y., where, excepting three years at Burling- ton, Vt., he continued to reside, preach- ing continually until he died in 1872.

William Shed, from Mont Ycrnon, entered Dartmouth College in 1819; Andover in 1823 ; ordained at Brad- ford, Vt., in 1S23 ; seaman's chaplain, and professor in college in New r- leans from 1S23 to 1829 ; pastor in Abington, Mass., in 1829. and died in 1 830 at the age of ^i ).

Daniel Temple, from Reading, 3., entered in advance and gradua- ted from Dartmouth College in 1817, at the age of 28 ; Andover seminary in 1820 ; ordained a missionary of the A. B. C. F. M. in 182 1. After labor- ing one year as an agent of the society, he, with his companion, the sister of the late Gov. Dix, of New York, sailed for the Island of Malta in the fall of 1821. In 1833 he took up his abode at Smyrna, where he remained until 1844. He then returned to this coun- try and became the pastor of the church in the town of Phelps, in New York, in 1847, where he remained un- til [849, when he returned to his na- tive town and died, in 185 1, at the age of 62. Mr. Temple commenced his studies late in life with a view to the missionary work. He maintained a degree of devotedness to his Lord which is maintained by few of his ser- vants. He attained to distinguished scholarship, particularly in tlu Greek language. In addition he made him- self useful in all the course of his stud- ies. In connection with his associate, Goodell, and a few others, they were much engaged in prayer for a revival of religion in college. There were then few to sympathize with them. So much did they feel on the subject that to secure more direct appeals from the pulpit, they went to the professor who was the preacher and made known to him their desires and their hopes; other appeals were made, a religious interest was awakened which much

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