Father Donald was a lifelong student. He was an assiduous worker, devoting himself to his studies with untiring energy when not occupied with direct pastoral duties. He bestowed much labor on his sermons, carefully writing them out, though seldom using the manuscript in the pulpit. When advanced to an age at which many ministers cease from their active labors he occupied a large and laborious field, but even here he invariably revised and re-wrote his sermons. His sermons threw great light on the Old Testament, showing that promises, ceremonies and prophecies pointed to Christ. They were practical sermons, delivered with great earnestness, always having a pointed application.

He was an excellent classical scholar, and read the Latin, Greek and Hebrew with an accuracy, ease and fluency attained and retained by few. He frequently read the old Latin theological works, and for years made a practice of reading a chapter in the Hebrew Bible in the morning before breakfast. His reading was extensive and thorough, embracing particularly the works of the old English and Scottish divines, church and general history, travels and current events both in Church and State. In all he was well versed and studied with delight, usually when reading keeping his maps and dictionary open at his side. The day previous to his death he was engaged in reading a work descriptive of the heavenly state; it was a work in which there was more of fancy than of scriptural facts. He laid it aside with the remark: "It is too much the work of the imagination, and not enough of scriptural proof." And this was descriptive of the man. His whole life was one of fact. His hope of heaven and of eternal life was based on the Scriptures, and not on any theory of man's devising. What God taught he knew to be true. Father Donald was not the one to gain great notoriety in the world. He was no controversialist, though firmly holding to his opinions after once formed from careful study and thought. His habits were retiring-that is, from the war of contention and strife: he did his work in a quiet way, going from house to house, inviting, urging and entreating. Especially was this so after his settlement in Wisconsin. No house was passed by: all-the language of whose occupants he could understand-no matter by what name they were called, received from him the visit of the servant of Christ.

Everywhere, wherever he labored, he left behind him the savor of a good name, as numerous letters in possession of the family abundantly testify. But his living voice will no more be heard in earthly sanctuaries: his mortal remains lie in the Prairie Cemetery, where he has helped to lay many who have gone before.

DUNN, OLIVER S.-The son of Samuel and Susan (Sproul) Dunn, was born in Mercer (now Boyle) county, Ky., Oct. 6, 1830. He was educated at Centre College, Danville, Ky., and studied divinity in the Theological Seminary, Danville, Ky., where he graduated in 1860. He was licensed by Transylvania Presbytery in 1859, and preached within the bounds of the Presbytery. In 1862 he removed to Missouri, and labored in Holt county. He still retained his connection with Transylvania Presbytery, but such was the disturbed condition of the country, owing to the civil war then raging, he was not ordained. He died at his residence at Oregon, Holt county, Mo., Dec. 13, 1864.

He married Miss Sarepta J. Farrell. They had one child: they both died a short time before his death.

Rev. N. H. SMITH, of Oregon, Mo., writes: "He gave every evidence of being a true Christian; was an excellent scholar and successful teacher.

The preaching which he did was also with great acceptance. He told me on his deathbed that if the Lord spared his life he would devote all his time to preaching the gospel."

Samuel Dunton

DUNTON, SAMUEL-The son of Amasa and Mary Taylor, was born in Cambridge, N. Y., March 23, 1798. He was educated in Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., and studied divinity in the Theological Seminary, Auburn, N. Y., and was licensed by the Oneida Congregational Association and ordained by the Onedia Congregational Council, Sept. 15, 1830. He entered upon his labors as a domestic missionary, under a commission from the American Home Missionary Society. He resided at Florence, Ohio, and his missionary field extended thus over several counties. His labors were arduous and faithfully performed, but his health gave way, and he returned to his native State in 1845, and became stated supply for the Dunning Street Church, Malta, N. Y., in Troy Presbytery. He withdrew from the charge in 1848, and remained without charge till his death. preached for his brethren occasionally, as his health would permit. In 1850 he removed to Saratoga Springs, N. Y., where he died Oct. 29, 1866, of consumption.

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He married Miss Sarah Maria Carpenter, a daughter of Dr. Cyrel Carpenter, who, with a son and daughter, survives him.

JOHN WOODBRIDGE, D.D., of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., writes as follows: 'He was an earnest, self-sacrificing, devoted servant of Christ. His trials were great in the ungenial missionary fields he selected for labor. He never hesitated to endure hardness. His severest trials were, that on account of impaired health he was unable to go and preach Christ among the heathen, and that under increasing bodily infirmities he was laid aside from active service in the ministry while it was yet but the noon of his life. His sleep is the sweet sleep of the laborer."

EDWARDS, JESSE-The son of George C. and Hannah Edwards, was born in Elmira, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1819. He received a good academical training, and read law for some time in his father's office in Bath, Steuben county, NY. He was educated in New Jersey College, Princeton, N. J., where he was appointed tutor. In 1839 he entered the Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J., where he graduated in 1842, and was licensed by Steuben Presbytery, at Vienna, N. Y., in May of that year. He removed to Indiana, and in 1845 was ordained by Logansport Presbytery, and labored as stated supply for Delphi and Rock Creek churches. In 1846 he preached at Monticello and vicinity, in the same Presbytery. In 1847 he returned to New York and became stated supply for the Second Presbyterian Church, Sparta, N. Y., in Steuben Presbytery, and for a short time in Portageville, Wyoming County, N. Y. In 1850 he removed to Wisconsin, and entered upon his labors as a domestic missionary under circumstances the most arduous and selfdenying. He preached at Plover, Portage county, Wis.; at Stevens' Point, and for a time at Grand Rapids. Whilst employed in these many labors he was elected one of the professors in Carroll College, Waukesha, Wisconsin. When that institution was closed he returned to Plover, where he resided till his death.

At all these places his remarkable fidelity and conscientiousness won the

highest respect of the people, as his thorough biblical scholarship, his instructive discourses and his devotion to duty claimed that of his brethren in the ministry.

He died Feb. 6, 1866, of nervous dyspepsia. Sheetz, who, with six children, survives him.

He married Miss Emily W.

B. BRETT, Esq., of Plover, Wis., a ruling elder in the church, writes as follows: He was a man of high classical attainments and scientific tastes, inflexible devotion to his convictions of truth and duty; conscientious, thorough, energetic, punctual; devoted in his zeal and efforts as a missionary. We owe our existence and all our present means of grace to his vigilant care and benevolence in planting our church and contributing means to erect our church edifice. Active in the promotion of benevolent enterprise and education; a pattern of Christian character, exerting an excellent moral influence, sealed by such a delightful exit, exulting in the triumph of faith, that his life and death seem to have been equally precious to the community in which he labored and died. This estimate of his character is not prompted by a blind partiality for a Christian brother, but a sober matter-of-fact computation of the prominent characteristics of his character, as he is generally regarded here."' His health had been somewhat impaired for several years; often so as to produce a very sober, if not despondent, view of himself and his labors. But there seemed to be no anxiety at the approach of death; but he was willing to walk by faith, leaving his soul and its exercises, as he left his widow and children, to his heavenly Father's care. And as death drew near the same calm faith sustained him. At family worship in the morning, an hour or two before he became unconscious, he recited the text: "Thanks be unto God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” The victory was won, and in a few hours, without a struggle, he entered into the conqueror's rest.

John Farquhar

FARQUHAR, JOHN-The son of Joseph and Christiana (Frazer) Farquhar, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. His parents emigrated to the United States and settled in Easton, Pa. He was educated in Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., and studied divinity in the Theological Seminary at Princeton. N. J. He was licensed by Newton Presbytery and ordained by Donegal Presbytery, and installed as pastor over the church of Lower Chanceford, in York county, Pa., in 1846. This was his first and only charge. He went in and out before this people for twenty years, teaching by example as well as by precept the great truths of our holy religion.

He died in the MANSE, Sept. 18, 1866, of paralysis. He married Miss Sarah Wilson, who, with five children. survives him.

Rev. E. ERSKINE, Editor of The North-Western Presbyterian, Chicago, Ills., writes thus: "We knew Mr. Farquhar well. He was our fellow-student in Princeton and co-presbyter in the Donegal Presbytery for seven years. Lower Chanceford was his only charge. He was a man of a clear, vigorous mind, great independence of character, of strong convictions of truth and duty, honest and outspoken in his utterances. As a preacher he was earnest, doctrinal, and practical. As a presbyter he was intelligent, consist ent and rigid in his compliance with the requirements of the constitution and the forms of order. His loss will be deeply felt and sincerely mourned,

both in his church and Presbytery. He was a member of the last General Assembly, and always took an active part in the deliberations of the eccle siastical bodies of which he was a member.

A friend writes as follows: "Receiving a collegiate education, he first read law for two years, but was led to enter the ministry, and was called whilst quite a young man to his pastoral charge. There he labored and did the Master's work and received many souls to his ministry, years only strengthening, widening and increasing his influence and usefulness. His church was blessed with a gracious revival only a few months before his death. He was a man of positive character, firm and fearless, open and candid in the expression of his sentiments, without dissimulation and without hypocrisy. He was an earnest patriot: his warmest feelings and deepest solicitudes were engaged in behalf of his country during her terrible struggles for life and the principles of humanity, liberty and righteousness which were identified with her cause. He was strongly in favor of the policy that emancipated the oppressed from slavery, and he sought to restore the nation on a higher plane of impartial liberty and the recognition of the rights of universal humanity. In the judicatories of his Church his voice, influence and action were all exercised in the same direction. As a preacher he was forcible, perspicuous and evangelical, according to the robust theology of the Presbyterian Church. As a pastor he was endeared to all the people of his charge, ever welcome at their homes with his genial smiles and kind sympathies, cherished in their hearts with a warmth of affection which will often embalm his memory in tears.

"The congregation, with a degree of thoughtfulness worthy of the people of God, Resolved, That in the hope that his family will still remain among us, it is our wish that they occupy THE MANSE and grounds which the congregation purchased and built for them, until such time as the congregation should think they may stand in need of it, of which due notice will be given."

FIELD, JACOB TEN EYCK-The son of Jeremiah and Jane (Ten Eyck) Field, was born in Lamington, N. J., Oct. 31, 1787. He was raised in the fear of the Lord, and the blessing of God rested upon the labors and prayers of his parents. He was converted in his youth, and, looking forward to the ministry, he was prepared for college by Rev. William Boyd, then pastor of the Presbyterian church in Lamington, N. J. He entered New Jersey College in 1806, and studied theology under Rev. Dr. John Woodhull, of Monmouth, N. J. He was licensed by New Brunswick Presbytery, and subsequently ordained by the same Presbytery November 28, 1810. He labored in the bounds of the Presbytery, at Flemington, N. J., for some time, and in 1814 he accepted a call from the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Pompton, N. J., and joined Passaic Classis. He preached at Pompton till 1827, when he took charge of the Totowa Second Church. This relation existed till the summer of 1832, when he became a member of Newton Presbytery, and commenced his labors in April 24, 1833, in the congrega tion of Stroudsburg and Middle Smithfield, Pa. Here he labored successfully till 1840, when he suffered from an attack of paralysis, from which he never recovered, and from the effects of which, after lingering for nearly twenty-seven years, he died at his residence in Belvidere, N. J., May 17, 1866, The weakness and suffering of Mr. Field never kept him from the sanetuary when he had strength enough to reach it, Until the last few months of his life his faltering steps were regularly directed thither. He continued ever to inquire concerning the meetings of the church courts, and in com

pany with the writer, about six years ago, attended a meeting of the Newton Presbytery, of which he was a member. He was always solicitous that his brethren should know, when his name was called, why he was not with them. He gave five hundred dollars to be disposed of by Newton Presbytery, by which a scholarship was founded in Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., bearing his name.

FISHER, JAMES PINKERTON-The son of John and Betsey (Dean) Fisher, was born in Londonderry, N. H., Jan. 1, 1813. He was educated in Union College. Schenectady, N. Y., and studied divinity in the Union Theological Seminary, New York City, though he finished his course privately. He was licensed by Philadelphia Second Presbytery at Germantown, Pa., April 12, 1841, and ordained by same Presbytery in 1843. He began his labors as an agent for the American Tract Society. In 1845 he joined Albany Presbytery and preached as stated supply at West Galway, N. Y. In 1847 he was appointed as agent for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. In this service he labored five years, and in 1852 he settled in Johnstown, Fulton county, N. Y., where he remained for a number of years. During the progress of the late rebellion he became identified with "The United States Christian Commission," and labored at various points in behalf of the wounded, sick and dying, whether in the field, the camp or the hospital; and on the formation of "Camp Distribution" he was the agent of the Commission in charge of that important camp. It was located in the immediate vicinity of Washington, D. C., about midway between that city and Alexandria, Va. It was the rendezvous where recruits were gathered from the North for the Army of the Potomac, when, after reporting, they would be "distributed" to the different regiments to which they belonged, at that time besieging Richmond, Va. The following sketch of the work at this important point is taken from the annual report published by The United States Christian Commission :

The work of the United States Christian Commission at Camp Distribution embraced within its limits Forts Scott, Albany, Camp Casey (for colored troops), Forts Richardson, Berry, Barnard, Reynolds, Battery Garache and Fort Ward. The six first-named forts were regular preachingplaces for the Sabbath, as were also the others, when the preaching force would admit. All were visited during the week with papers, hymn-books and Testaments. As the men at these forts were frequently changed, the number thus reached was very large.

"The service in summer was held in open air; in winter, in the barracks, except at Fort Barnard, where the carpenter-shop, nicely swept and with boards supported on nail-kegs for seats, was for the Sabbath converted into a chapel.

The barracks belonging to these forts were frequently visited, and soldiers conversed with through the week. Said one to Mr. Fisher: The people of God will follow us wherever we go.'

"The interest of the Christian Commission work in the camp centred at the chapel. It would accommodate a thousand worshipers. Here were prayer-meetings every morning at nine o'clock, and preaching four evenings in the week and twice on the Sabbath. The preaching services were preceded by half an hour prayer-meeting. Wednesday evening was given to a temperance meeting, and Saturday evening to a soldier's experience meeting. "The temperance meetings were of great interest and value. An association was formed by the soldiers themselves early in the war, and kept up through all the changing generations of the camp. Every evening the pledge was offered for signature. Some evenings as many as seventy were added.