Sketches of the Ecclesiastical History of the State of Maine; From the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time (Paperback)

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: God would overrule all things for their good and his own glory; give them peace, and direct and succeed them in all suitable measures which may hereafter be taken for their settlement. Jerewtah Wise, Moderator. Stephen Ciiace, Scriti. No 2. FROM PAGE 22. The following character of Dr. Hemmenway is ex- tracted from the Sermon preached at his funeral by Rev. Di. Buckminster of Portsmouth. The Reverend Moses Hemmevway D. D. was born in Framingham, in the vicinity of Boston, the place of my forefathers sepulchres, and of the nativity of my honored father, from whom I heard the fame of your pastor, before I had opportunity to see his face. He entered and graduated at Harvard College. He was there distinguished for his close application, his patience of study, his eminent proficiency in the Greek and Roman classicks, and his acquaintance with theological writers of distinction in the learned languages. The common degrees of the University he received in their order; and, for his singular merits, he was honored with a doctorate, at an earlier period of life than had been common for that seminary to give to its sons. To the profession of divinity, and the work of the ministry, he was probably devoted in early life, and he sought a liberal education, as a desirable and reputable prerequisite to it. It is certain the great Head of the Church had designed him for this service, and furnished him "with a rare assemblage of talents, to defend the Gospel, and vindicate its truths, against the errors in principle "and practice, which He foresaw would harrass the Church, in the season in which he was to perform his "ministry. He had a great degree of metaphysical acumen, and accuracy in logical investigation, a kind of instinctive perception of the force of an argument, and a...