TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE REV. EDWARD HYDE. A meeting of the Students of the Wesleyan Academy was held March 20, 1832, for the purpose of adopting measures expressive of their regret for the decease of their late Steward, the Rev. EDWARD HYDE. Mr. S. P. DOLE was called to the Chair, and A. STEVENS appointed Secretary. The following Resolution was submitted by Mr. HYER, seconded by Mr. BREWER : Resolved, That we do, with the officers and friends of this Institution, appreciate and lament the loss which it has sustained by the death of its late Steward, the Rev. EDWARD HYDE. It was then, on motion of the Secretary, Resolved, That we do deeply sympathize with the bereaved family and relatives of the deceased, for the irreparable loss which they have suffered by his death. On motion of Mr. SHAFFER Resolved, That it becomes the Students of this Institution to pay a further and more lasting tribute of respect to the memory of the late Rev. EDWARD HYDE. Resolved, therefore, That a Committee be appointed to wait on the family of the deceased, for the purpose of soliciting their consent to the erecting of appropriate Tombstones at his grave, by the Students, as an act of their affectionate regard for him. The following gentlemen were appointed on this Committee, viz. :-Messrs. W. HYER, J. N. SHAFFER, and S. P. DOLE. It was further Resolved, That forasmuch as all the Students would, doubtless, desire to join in this last act of respect to Mr. HYDE, that therefore the contributions requisite to carry into effect the foregoing Resolution, provided the consent of his family thereto be obtained, be not confined to the members of this meeting, but that all, both Ladies and Gentlemen, belonging to the Academy, be permitted to aid therein. At an adjourned meeting, March 23, the consent of the family having been obtained, a Committee was appointed to procure subscriptions in order to carry into effect the above design; and the same Committee was also directed to procure the suitable Tombstones. The following gentlemen were appointed on this Committee, viz. :-Messrs. A. STEVENS, S. P. DOLE, and W. HYER. The Committee having procured by subscription the requisite amount, proceeded to erect a set of large and neat Marble Slabs, bearing the following Inscription, from the pen of the Rev. Dr. FISK, President of the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. ERECTED by the Students of the Wesleyan Academy, REV. EDWARD HYDE, STEWARD OF THE ACADEMY, whose remains lie here interred. For 23 years he was a faithful March 16, 1832. He lived like a Christian; He preached like an ambassador of example of triumphant A SERMON ON THE ART OF PREACHING, DELIVERED BEFORE THE PASTORAL ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS, IN BOSTON, MAY 25, 1825. BY EDWARD D. GRIFFIN, D. D. BOSTON: PRINTED BY T. R. MARVIN. 1825. SERMON. JER. III. 15. AND I WILL GIVE YOU PASTORS ACCORDING TO MY HEART, WHICH SHALL FEED YOU WITH KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. ONE part of a shepherd's office is to feed the flock. Of our blessed Saviour it was predicted. that he should "feed his flock like a shepherd."* The same office he delegated to the under-shepherds. He charged Peter, the chief of the apostles, to feed his sheep and to feed his lambs.† Peter transmitted the charge to the other pastors: "Feed the flock of God which is among you ;-and when the Chief Shepherd shall appear ye shall receive a crown of glory which fadeth not away." The food with which the shepherds are to supply the flock is pointed out in the text: they are to feed it "with knowledge and understanding." The principal means of doing this is by the preaching of the Gospel. I have risen to address the Pastoral Association: The first sermon before this body was on the duty of prayer for divine wisdom. It was a good begin * Isa. xl. 11. † John xxi. 15-17. 1 Pet. v. 2, |