Memoir of Rev Daniel Holbrook Gillette, of Mobile, Alabam

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: - Surveys far on the endless line of lite? his soul thinks on eternity, Both worlds considers, and provides for both. With reason's eye his passions guard, Abstains from evil, lives mi hope? On hope, the fruit of faith- Looks upward, and purifies his soul, Expands his wings, and mounts unto the skies, Passes the sun, and gains his Father's house, And drinks with angels at the fount of bliss.' CHAPTER V. ORDINATION, SUCCESS, ILLNESS, RECOvERY. The following, found among our brother's papers, may with propriety be inserted here: ? Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution, July, 1840. This certifies that the bearer, Mr. Daniel H. Gillette, is a member of this institution, in good standing, and connected with the senior collegiate class, with which he has recently graduated, and that he is now honourably dismissed. In behalf of the faculty. J. F. Richardson, Secretary. Having finished his studies at the institution, he was about to enter upon duties of an entirely different character. Although he had been preaching occasionally for some years, in connexion with hisstudies, and had supplied different churches?yet to take the pastoral care of a church, to be to them an under-shepherd, and a spiritual guide, was taking responsibilities numerous and weighty, concerning which he writes, August, 1840, ? In the second week of July, I returned to Rahway, under circumstances quite favourable, and on the twenty-ninth of said month the church called me to ordination. . . . Now arrived a day of more than usual interest. The council to examine me was very respectable; the assembly large, and attentive. After examination the council resolved to ordain me. I felt that I was about to assume responsibilities weighty and fearful. In the afternoon the council.