tinct organizations, his life was characterized by great uniform humility. As a speaker he had few equals; his graphic power of conception, his pure and felicitous expression, his collected and yet impetuous delivery, gave him the "clearness, force, and earnestness which produce conviction;" while the delicate pathos of his intonation, and the winning love of his own pure heart controlled the sympathies of his audience, and moved them at his will. In controversy he stood forth preeminently the champion of the Church; and though assailed with bitter animosity and unsparing personality, it is believed that no line or sentiment can be found in all his writings which he might wish to recall, as manifesting personal heat or a want of Christian courtesy.

He was a model worthy of imitation; lovely in private life; indefatigable in public labours; finished in scholarship; devoted in holiness; triumphant in death. Men of letters lost in him a worthy associate, and the Church her noblest son.