An Address at the Funeral of Hon. Simeon Baldwin, May 28, 1851 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from An Address at the Funeral of Hon. Simeon Baldwin, May 28, 1851 Mr Baldwin thus favored by early parental in¿uence, was also eminently favored in the instruction which for a time he received in studies preparatory for admission to college. He went, at the age of thirteen, to reside in the family and under the tuition of his oldest brother, Rev. Ebenezer Baldwin, pastor of the Congregational church in Danbury, who was then, though in early life, one of the most eminent ministers, accomplished scholars and active philanthropists and patriots in the colony. Judge Trum bull, in a memoir of his own life, and the various writers on the history of Yale College, make honorable mention of him as one of an able body of tutors, who, entering upon their o¿ice at a period when the college had fallen into disfavor among many of the civilians of the State, and was in a great measure forsaken by its students on account of general dissatisfaction with its administration, by their eminent scholarship, affable manners, efficient authority, and modes of instruction adapted to the progress of the times, contributed much to raise again its reputation, re store it to confidence, and repair its prosperity. The late Chancellor Kent, who was under his tuition at Danbury, with Simeon Baldwin, whose classmate he was in college, and through life his admiring and familiar friend, in an ad dress before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, in 1831, alludes to Rev. Ebenezer Baldwin, as his early preceptor, with an affectionate warmth which time had not chilled and death had hallowed, and gives a touching tribute to his worth and virtues. He calls him a great and excellent man, and gives a glowing eulogy on his piety, his learning, his eloquence, judgment and patriotism. Our friend commenced his studies with his brother, in Danbury, at a most trying period of our American history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.