101, 283, 372 Ministers, Congregational, in Plymouth Ministers, Congregational and Presbyte rian, in Western Reserve, . Ministers in New York City, Ministers, Christian, not Beggars, Ministry, Christian, Call to Ministry for the West, 219 Responsibility, Individual Ministry, Preparation for 237, 353, 357, 366, 358 Modern Armenia, Mortality of European Countries, Narrative of a Visit to England, Necessity of Special Divine Influence, New York City, List of Pres. Ministers in Ruggles, Ohio, supply of Church in 203 Sabbath Profanation, 98, 265 Select Thoughts of R. Hill, 275 Seminary, Bangor Theological 47, 97 Sheffield, Ohio, Ministers of Notes on Pres. Ministry in New York City, 323 Spring Street Church, N. Y. 144 of a Visit to the American Churches, 348 347 347 348 Resignation and Appointments, 372 116 313 312 304 167 54 311 58 139 Talmadge, Ohio, Ministers of Union Church, N. Y. Wigglesworth, Michael 316 Williams, Rev. Elisha 369 Willoughby University, state of 330 Wilson, John, Notice of 309 301 Wilson's Historical Inquiry, noticed Winslow's Mrs. Memoir, notice of 317 Winslow, Rev. Hubbard's Sermons, Withington, Rev. William's Christian Rad329 icalism, 163 Woodbridge, Benjamin D. D. . United States, Condition and Prospects of 357 Worcester North Auxiliary, University, Metropolitan Upham's Manual of Peace, Notice of Vermillion, Ohio, Ministerial Labor in Vermont Branch, Vethake's Inaugural Address, Village Church, N. Y. 365 Worcester, Rev. S. M.'s Centennial Dis Worcester South Auxiliary, 181 Yale, Governor Elihu Rector Pierson, 341 21 307 133 347 254 254 350 129 98 course, 164 97 18 349 Yale College, Sketch of its History, 13 330 Charter, 15 17 Page 36, line 12 from bottom, for 1756, read 1758; page 209, note, for left thirteen children, read had a family of thirteen children. THE QUARTERLY REGISTER. VOL. VIII. AUGUST, 1835. No. 1. LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE REV. ALVAN HYDE, D. D. THIS useful and excellent minister of Jesus Christ rested from his labors on the 4th of December, 1833. He had been, for a considerable period, one of the leading Congregational clergymen of New England, and the patriarch of the county in which he resided-universally beloved for his meek and affectionate character, and revered for his elevated piety and sound religious opinions. Though he had passed the meridian of his days, yet he was cut down before his intellectual eye was dim, or his powers for laboring in the service of his divine Master materially, if at all, abated. The last year of his life was one of extraordinary activity. When called from above, the vigilant servant was found at his post. From the heat of battle, he was summoned to receive the victor's crown with the church triumphant. Long will his memorial endure on earth. The seed, which he bountifully sowed, will assuredly spring up in an abundant harvest. Dr. Hyde was the shepherd of his flock. For their good, he gave his earliest and his last labors, his faithful reproofs and his sincerest consolations. When he died, he was the minister of the grandchildren of those who gathered round him at his ordination. He had often taken hold of the hand wasted by disease, had told the sufferer of the resurrection and the life, and had recommended the orphan to the tender compassion of a Father in heaven. These things were not confined within the limits of a single town. All over an extensive region, Dr. Hyde was known as the servant of Jesus. Those at a distance, who had never listened to his voice, had associated with his name a high degree of veneration and esteem. The memory of such men does not die. Thomas Shepard and Thomas Hooker will be cherished names, throughout New England, ages hence. They enjoy an immortality on earth. It is thus substantially with many who have since been the luminaries of the New England churches. We are compassed about already by a great cloud of witnesses. A long list of able men have stood up in our pulpits, defenders of the faith, eminent in spiritual affections, in holy living, in all the graces of the Spirit. Through the merits and mediation of the Saviour, they are now enjoying their high reward. What son of New England does not love to linger in the burial-places of Princeton in New Jersey, New Haven and Hartford in Connecticut, of Hadley, Northampton, Dorchester, Cambridge and Boston in Massachusetts. The like precious dust, many a small village burying-ground also holds. |