any attempt to supply the
deficiency, by drawing upon his own resources, would be sure to be
followed by the plainest marks of dissatisfaction or merited rebuke on
the part of Professor Long. Never indulging in the diffuse or the
discursive himself, he never tolerated such a course on the part of
the student. A mere glance at the man was sufficient to indicate the
richest and most solid type of mind. Those who sat under his
instruction, and were capable of appreciating it, will ever remember
his efforts in their behalf with the liveliest gratitude.

In a commemorative "Discourse," President Lord says: "He was graduated
at this college in 1828, a classmate and intimate friend of the late
and lamented Professor Young, and a worthy associate of the many
honorable men by whom the class of that year has been distinguished.

"It was here, in a time of unusual religious awakening among the
students, that he became a Christian, and, with several of his
classmates, made profession of his faith,--a profession ever
afterwards honored by a singular devotedness to his Saviour. That he
was a regenerate man, and true to his Christian calling, no one who
knew him ever doubted. It was manifested by the perhaps best of all
evidences, as construed by experienced observers,--the uniform
prevalence of an unworldly and super-worldly spirit. He affected
nothing, he pretended nothing; but whatever he said or did significant
of religious character was traceable, and traceable only, to a
believing and loving mind. If any thought him severely religious, that
may have been the fault of his critics rather than his own.

"After leaving college, he was for three years a preceptor,
principally at Randolph, Vt.; then, for two years, a theological
student at Andover. Before completing his term at that institution, he
was called, in 1833, to the professorship of Intellectual Philosophy
in Western Reserve College, at Hudson, Ohio. After a short term of
service he was elected to the professorship of Theology, in the same
institution, and received ordination as a minister of the gospel.
These changes are all significant of early and distinguished worth.

"In 1851 he received and accepted the appointment of professor of
Theology in the Seminary at Auburn, N. Y."

His classmate Professor Folsom says:

"Professor Long was like a precious stone kept long in the lapidary's
hands before its brilliancy met the public gaze. I had my home under
his father's r