quently enjoyed, and from the character of the man, that any
deficiency he may have felt at first, from hasty preparation, was
abundantly supplied.

"Mr. Shurtleff continued in the tutorship from 1800 to 1804, and was
also engaged, for the greater part of the time, in preaching in vacant
parishes.

"After the close of the four years' tutorship, Mr. Shurtleff was
appointed a professor of Divinity in the college. It was a part of his
duty to preach to the students and the people of the village. The
church was at that time Presbyterian. The predecessor of Professor
Shurtleff--Professor Sylvanus Ripley--had been the pastor of this
church. Since his death, in 1787, Dr. John Smith, professor of
Languages, previously associate pastor with Professor Ripley, had been
the sole pastor of the church. Dr. Backus, of Conn., Dr. Worcester, of
Salem, and Dr. Alexander, of Princeton, had been appointed at
different times to the vacant professorship, but all had declined, in
consequence, as it was supposed, of the influence of Dr. John
Wheelock, the second president of the college. Professor Shurtleff
accepted the office, expecting that the same causes which had kept it
so long vacant would render it an uncomfortable post. The difficulties
which he feared, he was called to encounter. The president wished him
to become the colleague of Professor Smith in the pastoral office, but
he refused,--agreeing in his decision with the views of the largest
part of the church and of the village. In consequence of this
disagreement, a controversy ensued which lasted several years, and
ended in the law-suit between the college and the State, in 1816-17.
In July, 1805, twenty-two persons, professors of religion, were
constituted 'The Congregational Church at Dartmouth College.' To this
church, and the religious society of which it was a part, Professor
Shurtleff was invited to preach, performing pastoral labors so far as
his other duties would permit. Professor Smith was, meanwhile, the
pastor of the Presbyterian church till the time of his death, in
April, 1809. Professor Shurtleff was ordained as an evangelist, at
Lyme, N. H., in 1810. He continued in this relation until the year
1827.

"The literary labors of his office would have been quite sufficient to
occupy all his time. In addition to these, an amount of work nearly
equal to that of any pastor of a church was imposed on him--fully
equal, perhaps, we shall say, if we consider the character o