llege, where for one year he
was Professor of Languages, and was then transferred to the
professorship of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and Astronomy, which
he held until the appointment of a successor, in 1833. As a teacher he
was faithful, patient, laborious, earnestly desiring the best good of
his pupils, whose affection he often succeeded in gaining, their
esteem always. Possessed of much intellectual force, of sound and
varied attainments in learning, which he had the happy faculty of
imparting to others clearly and distinctly, he was thus eminently
fitted for the position of instructor, so many years occupied by him.
He was truly devoted to the interests of the college, and ever ready
to make efforts and sacrifices for it, and in those dark days, when
its fate hung in suspense, he was deeply anxious, and had no small
share in aiding and sustaining it through the struggle. During
President Brown's illness, and after his death, for more than two
years in all, he filled the office of president in addition to his
own, thus having a great increase of care and responsibility, and the
same thing occurred on other occasions, when the college was
temporarily without a head. He did not enjoy the situation, for while
he truly delighted in teaching, he found the enforcement of discipline
very irksome; still he was faithful and energetic in it when it became
his duty.

"He was interested in every good cause, philanthropic and religious,
especially in the Bible Society, of which he was for many years the
presiding officer in New Hampshire; in the Colonization Society, which
he then thought the only possible agency for removing the curse of
Slavery; in Foreign Missions and in Temperance, of which he was an
earnest and able advocate. In this connection it should be mentioned
that he was Trustee and Treasurer of Kimball Union Academy, at
Meriden, almost from its first commencement until nearly the close of
his life, and in the success end prosperity of that institution he
always felt a deep interest, and labored to promote its welfare.

"After his resignation in 1833, he devoted much of his leisure to
objects of public interest, to the affairs of the town and village, in
which several important trusts were committed to him, and of the
church, in which for years he had worthily filled the office of
deacon. In these he was actively and usefully employed, even to the
last, and thus, in the unfailing resource of reading and study