such a blessed light on before us into the dark
valley which we must enter, as the consciousness of fidelity to
man and to God. And now in these times of great trouble which
have come upon us, we have a peculiar and special opportunity of
testifying our fidelity, and of enjoying a full experience of
its power to support us. We may gather from this trouble, a
sweetness that shall take away from all suffering its
bitterness. We may kindle that light in our bosoms, which shall
make death come to us as a radiant angel."

Four months after the above was uttered, on the 28th of April, 1861,
after the attack on Fort Sumter, and the whole North had burst into a
flame, people of all denominations flocked to Dr. Furness's church, as
to that church which had shown that it was founded on a rock, and none
can ever forget the long-drawn breath with which the sermon began: "The
long agony is over!" It was the _"Te Deum_" of a life-time.

Dr. Furness's words and counsels were not wanting throughout the war,
and his sermons were constantly printed in the daily press and in
separate pamphlet form. And since its close he has continued his
absorbing study of the historical accounts of Jesus.

Dr. Furncss was born in Boston, in April, 1802, and was graduated at
Harvard, in 1820, and five years later became the minister of the First
Congregational Unitarian Christians, in this city, and is consequently
the senior clergyman, here, on the score of length of pastorate.

Happy is the man, and enviable the gospel minister, who, looking back
upon his course in the great anti-slavery contest, can recall as the
chief charge brought against him, that of being over-zealous! That he
spoke too often and said too much in favor of the slave! There are but
few men, and still fewer ministers, who have a right to take comfort
from such recollections! and yet it is to this small class that the
cause is most indebted under God, for its triumph, and the country for
its deliverance from Slavery.

WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON.

The character and career of the leader of the movement for immediate
emancipation in this country, are too well known to be dwelt on here;
nor, in the space at our command, is it possible to give in full those
facts of his life which have already appeared in print. His earliest
biographer was Mary Howitt; and another even more famous authoress, Mrs.
H.B. Stowe, in "Men of Our Times," has stood in th