jection to his parents, that conversion at
college,--they were blessings to him and to us that can be measured
only by eternity.

"It was a sorrowful day when, in the solitude and stillness of the
winter vacation, we laid him in the tomb. It was sorrowful in that
house where he had been the joy and hope of loving and trusting
hearts, and had found rest from the cares and vexations of official
life; where a sincere, unworldly, unartificial hospitality always
reigned; whence tokens of kindness went freely round to friends, and
compassionate charity to the poor. It was sorrowful to his colleagues,
for we trusted him, his knowledge and judgment, his integrity and
zeal, his faithfulness and efficiency, his independence and courage.
We knew that he was above pretense, artifice, and duplicity; that in
his keeping, righteous principle was safe, and over his application of
it wisdom, benevolence, and firmness would preside. It was sorrowful
to the village, for he was known to be a just man, a kind neighbor,
and a good citizen. He was always ready to do what he could for the
common welfare, and to bear his proportion of the common burdens.
Every man in the community felt that he had lost a friend."

The scientific world could have no better demonstration of Professor
Chase's rare mathematical talents than his text book on Algebra, which
is still used in one department of the college.

Professor Chase married Sarah Thompson, daughter of Ichabod Goodwin,
and granddaughter of General Ichabod Goodwin, of South Berwick, Me. He
died at Hanover, January 7, 1851.

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In "Sprague's Annals of the American Pulpit," we find the following
notice--furnished by the kindness of Rev. Daniel L. Furbur, D.D.--of a
gentleman of great worth, whose early death was a serious loss to the
college:

"David Peabody, the youngest son of John and Lydia (Balch) Peabody,
was born at Topsfield, Mass., April 16, 1805. He was employed more or
less upon his father's farm till he was fifteen or sixteen years of
age; but as his physical constitution was thought to be not well
suited to agricultural life, and as his early tastes were more than
ordinarily intellectual, and he had a strong desire for a collegiate
education, his father consented to gratify him; and, in the spring of
1821, he commenced the study of Latin at Dummer Academy, Byfield. The
same year his thoughts were earnestly directed to the great subject of
hi