me to mention, with what unwearied diligence, and distinguished ability, he filled the high office which had been assigned him in this university ; and how uniform have been his exertions, for upwards of thirty years, for the advancement of learning, the maintenance of order, and the due regulation of all the complicated concerns of the university at large. Long, long will his loss be felt, in every department which he had been called to fill. To him every one looked, as his most judicious friend, in cases of diffi- culty; assured that, whilst by his comprehensive knowledge he was well qualified to advise, he was warped by no prejudices, nor biassed by any in- terests : he ever both advised, and did, what he verily believed to be right in the sight of God. His supe- riority to all worldly considerations was strongly marked throughout the whole course of his life ; more indeed to his honour, than the honour of those, by whom such eminent talents and such transcen- dent worth have for so long a period been over- looked.
Had these excellencies arisen only from worldly principles, though they would have shed a lustre over his character, and conferred benefits on the body of which he was a member, — they would have availed little as a preparation for death and judg- ment. But they were the fruits of true religion in his soul. He had been brought out of the darkness of a natural state, and had been greatly enriched with divine knowledge. He was indeed " mighty in the Scriptures ;" his views of divine truth were deep, and just, and accurate ; and, above all, they were influential on the whole of his life and conduct. He not only beheld Christ as the Saviour of the world, but relied on him as his only hope, and cleaved to him with full purpose of heart, and gloried in him as his Lord, his God, and his whole salvation. Nor was he satisfied with serving God in his closet : no ; he confessed his Saviour openly ; he was a friend and patron of religion, he encouraged it in all around him ; he was not ashamed of Christ, nor of any of