em was tempered with the utmost
kindness, while he was punctual and faithful in every official duty. I
think he originated the project of raising, by subscription, a fund of
ten thousand dollars for the aid of indigent students seeking an
education for the ministry.

"This object he not only conceived, but completed by his own personal
efforts. For this, as well as for other services, he should be
gratefully remembered by the college, by the church, and by the
public.

"But the religious influence of Dr. Tyler, while president of
Dartmouth, will never be forgotten. In the summer of 1825, the
professor of Divinity was arrested by a severe and protracted
affection of the lungs. The president at once took the services of the
sanctuary; and the following spring term was rendered memorable by a
revival of religion, which issued in adding to the Lord many students
and inhabitants of the village.

"During his residence here we had a class of students in their
professional studies, who wished to enter the ministry earlier than
they could by entering a public seminary. We met with them once in a
week, heard their dissertations on subjects that had been assigned,
and each of us spoke on the performances, and on the subjects. The
young gentlemen were all licensed to preach after about two years, and
became useful ministers of the gospel. By these exercises, as well as
by long intimacy, I was convinced that Dr. Tyler had peculiarly clear
and discriminating views of the doctrines of the gospel, and an
uncommon facility in explaining and defending them; and I have often
remarked in years past, that with the exception of my friend, Dr.
Woods, of Andover, I would sooner recommend him to young men as a
teacher of Theology than any other clergyman in the circle of my
acquaintance.

"With many pleasing reminiscences, I remain your friend and brother in
the gospel,

Roswell Shurtleff."

Dr. Asa D. Smith writes thus:

"New York, December 14, 1858.
"Rev. J. E. Tyler,--

"My dear Sir: You ask for my recollections of your honored father, as
president of my Alma Mater. I regret that I can furnish but little in
that relation. He remained at the head of the institution some two
years only after I was matriculated.

"The two lower classes had, of course, much less intercourse with him
than those more advanced. You could doubtless obtain more ample
information from those who were Seniors under him, and who had more
largel