The Bible was tie' one hook he knew, and he used it with most marvellous power and success. Me was the sturdy opponent of Calvinism .and Uhiversalism, and combated them with such vigor that he was regarded
as ;i worthy foeman for the best advocates of those forms of Christian dogma. After hi- superannuation in 1843 the venerable preacher contented himself with visiting hi- former charges, until, in 1848, he was attracted West, and lived chiefly in Wisconsin and Illinois. New
ns, new scenes, and new calls to moral combat had a reinvigorating influence, and he again became ac- tive until 1858, when he suddenly died after a short ill- ness. Puffer was of a large, muscular frame, and made then fore a striking appearance in public. He also at- tracted, aside from his religious earnestness, by a fine
musical voice. lie was an honest, devoted, childlike
Christian, .and blessed his generation by his life and his work-. See Memoir ofthi Rev. B. G. Paddock, p. B41 sip; Conable, Hist, qftht Genesei Conference, ch. i, § 7 ; ch. ii, § 5.
Puffer, John M., a minister of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, was horn in Richford, Vt., Jan. 29, 1835. From a child he was noticeably correct in his habits, and thus well tilted for a lite of self-reliance. His mother died when lie was about six years of age, and In- educational opportunities were limited to the district school and a few terms at the academy. He was con- verted in 1852, and united with the Methodists. He was lii i nsed to preach in 1856. The following year he entered the Troy Conference, and filled the following appointments: Johnson and Hyde l'ark. under the pre- siding elder: Essex, Mil and Pitts ford, one year
each : Essex, X. Y.. two years. By a change of confer- ence boundaries he went into Vermont Conference in 1862, and was stationed at •■rami [sle two years; at St. Alban's Bay, one year; at Highgate, Waterbury Centre, Randolph, ami Chelsea, two years each: and at Barre, hi- last appointment, which he served only the fracl ion of a year, when called from toil to reward. He died •Ian. 7. 1874. Puller labored with great acceptance, and
almost literally "ceased at once to work and live." His last sermon was upon a funeral occasion, while ill him- self, on the text. "If a man die. shall he live again V - Conferena Minutes, 1874, p. 96.
Puffer, Reuben, D.D., an American divine of note, was horn at Sudbury, Mass.. in 1756, .and was ed- ucated at Harvard College, class of ! 77s. He then studied divinity, and became pastor of a Congregational church in Bolton (afterwards called Berlin i, Mass. lie held this place until his death, in 1829. He published: Election Sermon 1 1803) : Dudleian Lectun hi Harvard Collegi | 1808):- Convention Sermon (1811):— Two Ser- mons i 1826) : and s secular addresses. See Sprague,
Annals of tin Amer. Pulpit, ii. 206 sq.
Puget, Pierre, called the Michael Angelo of France, on account of his ability in painting and architecture, as well as in sculpture, and perhaps also on account of a kindred enthusiasm and decision id' character, was horn in 1622 at Marseilles, where his father practiced as an architect and sculptor. It was from him that he re- ceived his first instructions in art. after which he was placed under a shipwright, or builder of galleys, to learn to carve the ornaments used in these vessels. Disgusted with the drudgery of such workmanship, he set out for Italy, and passed a considerable time at Florence, where he pursued his studies as a sculptor with gnat success. He next repaired to Koine, whither he wa- attracted hy the fame of l'ietto de Cortona. 1 1 • became the pupil of that artist, hut made such progress that he accompa- nied him to Florence as assistant to paint the ceilings of the l'itti palace. He suddenly resolved upon return- ing to France, when only twenty-one. Hut. commis- sioned to design a vessel of extraordinary magnificence; Puget proceeded a second time to Rome, and there sp< nt between live and six years: what afterwards became of his valuable collection of drawings is not known. On bis second return from Italy he painted: but ex- ec-six e application so seriously affected his health that he confined himself thenceforth to architecture and sculpture. His talents met with employment at Tou- lon and Marseilles, and for the latter city he projected many embellishments, which established hi- reputation as an architect : and he further gave proof of great -kill in engineering by different ingenious machines and in- ventions. He wa- -cut hy I'onipiet to Genoa lor the
purpose of selecting marble tor some of the works pro- posed to he executed at M ar-eilles : Imt that minister being shortly afterwards disgraced, instead of returning home. Puget preferred remaining at Genoa, where he
produced some of hi- most noted pieces of -culpture. the two statue- of St. Sebastian and St. Ambrosius, and the grand bas-relief ot the Issumption, in the chapel of the Albergo de' Poveri, besides various architectural
ornament-. Ai length he was recalled hy Colbert, Who
obtained for him a pension of 1200 crown-, in conse- quence, it is -aid. of the earnest recommendation of Bcr-
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nini. That the patronage of the one and the recom- mendation of the other were not discredited is proved by his two celebrated performances at Versailles, the Milo o/Crotona and the group of Perseus and Androm- eda, the former of which is generally reckoned the chef- d'n uvre of his chisel, and a work that will bear compar- ison with the antique. He died at Marseilles, where he spent, his last days, Dec. 2, 1G94.W:' ngl. Cyclop, s. v. ; Lenoir, Musee des Monuments Franc-ais, s. v. ; Iloefer. \oiii-. Biog. Generate, s. v.