ds of the institution. His
constitution, naturally strong, was over-taxed by the efforts which he
felt himself called to make, and had begun perceptibly to yield,
before the last violent attack of disease which terminated his life.

"On Wednesday, the 25th of June, 1823, he was seized with a bilious
colic, which reached a fatal termination on the Monday following.
During the brief period of his illness, the greatest anxiety prevailed
in the college, and unceasing prayer was offered in his behalf. His
own mind was perfectly tranquil, and he anticipated the closing scene
and passed through it without a word or look that told of
apprehension. In the very moment of breathing out his spirit, he
uttered in a whisper,--'God is my hope, my shield, my exceeding great
reward.' The funeral solemnities were attended on the Wednesday
following, and an appropriate sermon was delivered on the occasion by
the Rev. Dr. Snell, of North Brookfield.

"Dr. Moore lived to celebrate the first anniversary of the
institution, and to see more than eighty of its students professedly
religious, and preparing for extensive usefulness among their fellow
men.

"Shortly after his settlement at Leicester, he was married to Phebe,
daughter of Thomas Drury, of Ward, now Auburn, Mass., who survived
him. They had no children.

"Dr. Moore published an Oration at Worcester on the 5th of July, 1802;
Massachusetts Election Sermon, 1818; an Address to the public in
respect to Amherst College, 1823; a Sermon at the ordination of Dorus
Clark, Blandford, 1823."

FROM THE REV. EMERSON DAVIS, D.D.

"Westfield, Mass., November 16, 1849.

"Dear Sir: You have requested me to give you my impressions and
recollections of President Moore. They are all exceedingly pleasant,
and yet I must say he was a man of such equanimity of temper and
uniformity of life, that I am unable to single out one act or saying
of his that produced a deeper impression than others.

"My first introduction to him was in the spring of 1818, when I was
ushered into his study with a letter of recommendation for admission
to Williams College. It was to me a fearful moment, but the cordial
manner in which I was received, and his kind inquiries after his
friend who had furnished me with a letter, made me at once easy in his
presence. I found that he had the heart of a man, and through an
acquaintance of several years, to the time of his death, he manifested
the same kindness and cordial