Richards of Ceylon, now dead, and of the Rev. William Richards of the Sandwich Islands, and also of the Rev. Austin Richards of Nashua, N. H.-EDS.

The Reverend MOSES HALLOCK, whose remains we have followed to the grave, was born on Long Island, Feb. 16, 1760, and graduated at Yale College in 1788. His theological studies were pursued under the instruction of the Rev. Samuel Whitman of Goshen. He came to this place in 1790, then comparatively a wilderness. July 11, 1792, he was ordained pastor of this church. The text on that occasion seems to have been prophetical of what has characterized his ministry. "And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean."

The period in which he performed the active duties of the pastoral office in this church was about thirty-seven years. And those are present, who are familiar with the manner in which he went in and out before you. Review the history of those years. It will not be questioned but the town is principally indebted, under God, to his labors and influence for its present harmony and happiness. Take from the prosperity of this society all that God has made him instrumental in effecting, and how much would there be left? But I would not digress from the subject. Your late pastor was what Paul told Timothy a bishop ought to be. He was sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach. He was of good report at home and abroad. He was an example to believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. He gave attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. He meditated on these things. He was mighty in the Scriptures. His familiarity with the Bible, it would seem, was almost without a parallel. This often rendered meditation a feast to his soul. And it was this in connection with his piety, that so eminently qualified him for administering consolation to others. In this way he was often employed during the last six or seven years of his life. He had resigned the exercises of the pulpit; although in this respect his work had not entirely ceased, for he supplied the pulpit in the absence of others. On an occasion less than a week before his death, he preached to great acceptance the funeral sermon of one nearly as old as himself.

By his prayers, his counsel and his influence, his usefulness has been continued. He visited from house to house. It was only the day before his illness, that he walked the distance of nearly three miles from home, making by the way his calls of pastoral visitation.

During the period of his active labors, he seems to have been greatly blessed. He witnessed several seasons of the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit. It was only on the third Sabbath of his preaching here, that he said to a member of the church, “I think I see evidence that the Spirit of God is here." Nor was he deceived in his impression,-for as the fruit of the revival, that followed, seventeen were added to the church, a number by no means small, compared with the population and the want of a convenient place of worship. This, it seems, was the first fruits of what God permitted him to experience during the period of his ministry. The years 1797, 1808 and 1827 were greatly distinguished for the display of God's power in the conversion of sinners.

The church was organized, August 31, 1786, with only fourteen members; and it is believed there were no additions to it during the four years, which followed before the arrival of your late pastor. In 1830, or at the time when it was voted to settle a colleague, the church consisted of one hundred and fiftyfour members. The whole number admitted by him up to that time was three hundred and fifty-eight. Perhaps one-third of these were by letter from other churches, leaving two hundred and thirty-nine, who were admitted on examination. Such was the fruit of his labors.

His theology, it is admitted, was that of the Bible. This was the book, which he studied, and over which he prayed to the end of life. He was an ardent lover of what are commonly termed the doctrines of grace. These were the theme of his meditation day after day. It was in preaching these that God blessed him-that sinners were converted, saints edified, and the church received its additions from year to year.

The harmony existing between him and his people, it is believed, was never broken. Year after year, there has been friendship and coöperation. To the church at large in the world he has been of eminent service, in the number of young men, whose education he has aided, and who are now employed, either in this or in foreign lands, in preaching the gospel. "But some have fallen asleep." Richards, Parsons and Fisk are now no more on earth.

But why dwell on the fruits of his faithfulness? It was not on his services as a minister of Christ, that his hope of heaven was founded. On the last day of his life, in imitation of an eminent minister of Scotland, he said, "After collecting my good deeds and my bad deeds together, I would run away from them all to Christ. I want the righteousness of Christ." About two hours before his death, I had a season of conversation with him, which was closed with prayer. I said to him, I suppose your confidence in God remains strong. He replied, "Yes, God has prepared a better place for me, I hope." I said to him, You have no fear. He replied, "No, all is love." His departure was peaceful. He made not a struggle; he uttered not a groan; but gently ceasing to breathe, he fell asleep in Jesus. It was a quarter before 9 o'clock in the evening of July 17th, being forty-five years and six days from the time of his ordination, and in the 78th year of his age.

Were the ambassadors of Christ present, I would say, Brethren at the altar, a father in the ministry is no longer "at home in the body." An aged soldier in the camp of Jesus is fallen. His years were many; his labors were long; but he has finished his course. A few hours before his departure, he said that he did not regret having devoted his life to the work of the ministry; that he had fought a good fight; that he had not been beating the air. His departure under these circumstances speaks to us. We too are mortal. The period of service here is not forever. The grave is presenting us with motives for action. Shortly the breath of prayer will cease. Besides, souls are perishing. Let us then hold on to the faith. Let us preach the word. Let us labor to warn the wicked, and to feed the children of God. Our Lord and Master is faithful to his promises. "If we suffer, we shall also reign with him." If we bear the cross, we shall wear the crown.

To the immediate relatives of the deceased, his removal must be afflicting; but it is mingled with pleasure. You cannot question the reality of his piety, or the foundation of his hope. "Be ye also ready." In a world of reward he waits your arrival. With the path, in which he walked, you must be familiar. Travel it yourselves, and his hopes will not be disappointed. You will meet him in glory.

Of the members of this church when he was ordained, only one survives ;and his eyes are closed. His head is silvered o'er with age; his form bends beneath the weight of years. Dear Sir, you have our sympathies. But to feel as you feel, we must be placed in your circumstances. The deceased to you was dear. Your intercourse with him was long and pleasant. Could he speak to you now, he would say, Brother, wait with pious resignation the will of God, all the days of your appointed time, till your change come. But he is gone. With your hand upon his forehead cold in death, you have said, "Farewell for time." We trust it will be only for time. Friendship and love between you and him, formed on earth, will be renewed in heaven. In that world there are no tremulous adieus. Hold on then a little longer, and your eyes will be opened. Your faith will be lost in vision.

But I should remind the church generally, that for many years that voice, now extinct in death, was heard in commending you to God, and to the word of his grace. It was his meat and his drink to administer to you the sacraments, and to preach to you the gospel. And the service of his life was one, that he did not regret on a dying bed. It was not to preach himself, but Christ Jesus, his Lord. Have you been quickened by his labors? And are you preparing to meet him in heaven? Oh, be entreated to follow him in the path of the Christian. To him it was the path of peace. He contemplated the end of it with composure. His was a religion, which the storms of this world could not undermine. It accompanied him to the close of his pilgrimage. It laid down with him on the bed of death, and made his pillow soft. Is such your religion? Is your hope anchored in heaven?

A LIST OF THE GRADUATES,

AND THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED DEGREES AT THE SEVERAL COLLEGES

IN THE

STATES OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY,

FROM THE FOUNDATION OF EACH TO 1834.

EXHIBITING

A COMPLETE INDEX TO THE CATALOGUES OF THOSE COLLEGES.

*Mr. Farmer commenced the preparation of this List of Graduates, and with the assistance of Mr. Moses Chamberlain, Jr., of Concord, N. H., finished that part of it which was printed in the last number. The subsequent part of it has been prepared wholly by Mr. Chamberlain, under the supervision of the Editors.