mmmm 
 
 
BIRTH-DAY GATHERING. 
 
a^ y ?^£if fyd&se&&&isc{L 
 

 NINETIETH 
 
 BIRTH-DAY GATHERING, 
 
 REV. CHARLES CLEVELAND. 
 
 JUNE 21, 1862. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 
 PRINTED BY T. R. MARVIN & SON. 
 
 1862. 
 

 &u 
 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 
 
 uncommon has been the occa- 
 sion for preparing the few follow- 
 ing pages, and preserving the 
 memory of the subject which calls for 
 them, that the subscriber willingly yields 
 to the wish of his aged friend and profes- 
 sional brother, in offering a very brief 
 preface. 
 
 We should, for instance, have thought 
 that so much exposure to the variations 
 of weather, so much excitement of sym- 
 pathy with the afflicted, and so much 
 anxiety and labor to relieve their wants, 
 
as have exercised our benevolent mis- 
 sionary, would have proved too severe a 
 pressure on the physical powers, and 
 tended to shorten life. But we have seen 
 it protracted to an unusual length, and 
 yet its spirit is not exhausted. 
 
 One great reason of this, second how- 
 ever to the Divine protection, support and 
 blessing, of which indeed it is a part, 
 may be found in the species of service 
 itself. " The merciful man doeth good 
 to his own soul." Prov. xi. 17. Were 
 the wretchedness he encounters to be be- 
 yond his power of relief, the difference 
 would be great ; but the ability to relieve, 
 however furnished, and the perception 
 and sight of the happy effect produced— 
 together with a prevailing and intelli- 
 gent desire to refer all circumstances and 
 events to the wise providence of God — 
 
these cheer the soul, and tend rather to 
 prolong than to shorten human existence. 
 "I have meat to eat," said the Saviour, 
 "that ye know not of. My meat is to 
 do the will of Him that sent me." John 
 iv. 32, 34. 
 
 It is a part of the Divine economy, in 
 training immortals here upon the earth, 
 that " the poor shall never cease out 
 of the land." Deut. xv. 11. In conse- 
 quence of this, God issued his command, 
 " thou shalt open thine hand wide unto 
 thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy 
 needy." See v. 11, latter clause* A com- 
 pliance with this command, in our moral 
 training, results, as the performance of 
 duty always does, in privilege. 
 
 Now it occurs in our parochial arrange- 
 ments, that the time and labor of the 
 minister of a church and congregation are 
 
8 
 
 required to satisfy the demands of those 
 from whom he derives support ; and in 
 the cities peculiarly are found individuals 
 and families who are not affiliated with 
 our churches or congregations, but live, 
 as it were, in the interstices between them. 
 Hence come City Missions. Hence the 
 benefit that accrues to "the poor of this 
 world," some of whom have been found 
 or have become, by this instrumentality, 
 blessed be God for it! "rich in faith." 
 
 Such service my reverend and vener- 
 ated brother in Christ has now been la- 
 boring to render to his fellow men among 
 us for all but thirty years — his twenty- 
 ninth Annual Keport having just left the 
 press. To this service his Master seemed 
 to call him, as he once did Matthew, 
 " from the receipt of custom," from those 
 secular pursuits in which he had ex- 
 
hibited his honesty, industry and skill, in 
 an observable and commendable degree, 
 winning the approbation of the most dis- 
 tinguished merchants of our day — or 
 rather of a preceding generation — now 
 not living on earth. 
 
 The Reports to which I have alluded, 
 do honor, not only to the missionary, but 
 to those who kindly, and it is not doubted, 
 conscientiously, have made him, among 
 several others of the servants of Christ, 
 their almoner. The Lord reward them, 
 and continue to honor his servant ! So 
 prays his aged though not quite coeval 
 friend, 
 
 WILLIAM JENKS. 
 
 99 Boylston Street, 
 August 4th, 1862. 
 
BIRTH-DAY GATHERING. 
 
 S the sun was nearing the horizon 
 on one of the longest of summer 
 days* — fit emblems of declining 
 years and of a protracted life — friends 
 began to assemble at the house of Rev. 
 Charles Cleveland, No. 28 East Spring- 
 field Street, Boston, to congratulate him 
 upon the occasion of his Ninetieth Birth- 
 day. 
 
 * The visit was arranged for Monday evening, the 23d of 
 June, instead of Saturday evening, the 21st, so as not to 
 interfere with the ordinary arrangements and preparations 
 for the Sabbath. 
 
12 
 
 The company, numbering nearly three- 
 score, was composed, with few exceptions, 
 of persons beyond the meridian of life, 
 including a goodly number quite advanced 
 in years. 
 
 Though none of the guests had reached 
 the longevity of the patriarch whose birth- 
 day they had gathered to celebrate, yet 
 there were few, if any, present, whose 
 vivacity, capacity, and relish for social 
 enjoyments, seemed to have been dimin- 
 ished by the flight of years. And of all 
 present, none evidently enjoyed the social 
 intercourse and pleasantries of the occa- 
 sion more than their honored host 
 
 The clerical, legal and medical profes- 
 sions were liberally represented — six of 
 the former beside their host, and four of 
 the latter being present, and most of them 
 
13 
 
 with their wives. Of persons of various 
 business occupations there w r as a good 
 representation; and, as the sequel will 
 show, from the muses a large and worthy 
 deputation. 
 
 Many and hearty were the expressions 
 of congratulation on the joyful occasion ; 
 and many were the reminiscences of by- 
 gone days, related by the various parties. 
 After an hour and a half or two hours of 
 free, cheerful, social intercourse between 
 the host and his numerous guests, the 
 party were invited to the dining-room for 
 entertainment. This and all the apart- 
 ments of the house, were tastefully and 
 profusely decorated with boquets of choic- 
 est flowers, presented by several friends. 
 The tables were plentifully supplied with 
 what was suited to meet the tastes and 
 
14 
 
 satisfy the wants of the outer man. After 
 an appropriate acknowledgment, through 
 Kev. Dr. Blagden, of God's kindness and 
 compassion in the gifts of his common 
 and more special bounties, the company 
 very cheerfully partook of the repast pro- 
 vided, and returned to the parlor, to be 
 further refreshed by " a feast of reason 
 and flow of soul." 
 
 As, however, no arrangements had been 
 previously made either to procure special 
 addresses or speeches, or to take note of 
 what should be spoken or done on the 
 occasion, and no thought had been enter- 
 tained of any other than an ordinary 
 newspaper notice of the gathering, till 
 weeks subsequently thereto, it would be 
 in vain to attempt a report of the various 
 remarks elicited. 
 
15 
 
 Under such circumstances it may suffice 
 to say, that what was presented in a form 
 susceptible of retention and preservation, 
 was in keeping with all else that trans- 
 pired on the occasion. 
 
 First, occurred the presentation to the 
 honored host of a Vase, very ingeniously 
 and tastefully wreathed with leaves of 
 different hues, accompanied by the follow- 
 ing lines : — 
 
 PRESENTED TO THE REV. CHARLES CLEVELAND, 
 
 On his Ninetieth Birthday. 
 
 I asked of Earth some offering worthy him 
 Who, fourscore-years-and-ten, in faith has trod 
 Her changing paths — his earthly eye not dim, 
 Nor earthly force abated, though the brim 
 Of his full cup of life is running o'er 
 With duties done, and doing even more. 
 A man of hoary hair and aspect mild ; 
 In years, a veteran — but, in heart, a child. 
 
16 
 
 Smiling, she flung me these few scattered leaves. 
 " Blend them," she said, " in one harmonious whole ; 
 Types let them be of those immortal sheaves 
 Which garner up the treasures of the soul ; 
 The green of Spring — the Summer's yellow crown ; 
 The Autumn's crimson — Winter's healthy brown ; 
 Emblems of memories that never grow old, 
 Shrine them in azure and rim them with gold." 
 
 And is this all, O Earth, that thou canst give — 
 
 These few, poor scattered remnants of the past ? 
 
 Bright, though they be, with hues that still outlive 
 
 The sunny days that set their colors fast ? 
 
 These are but memories. Hast thou nothing more — 
 
 Nothing that whispers from beyond the shore 
 
 That bounds thee ? She answered, " Memories are 
 
 given 
 By Earth ; for Hopes and Promises, ask Heaven." 
 
 Upward I turn mine eye ; I lay mine ear 
 Close to the heavenly gates. With steady poise 
 Bright angels hover o'er me — sweeping near, 
 Their garments touch me — and now, Hark ! a voice ! 
 
IT 
 
 " To him that overcome tli in the strife, 
 
 Him who has done my work and kissed my rod, 
 
 I give to eat the blessed Tree of Life 
 
 That blossoms in the Paradise of God." 
 
 June 21, 1S62. C. 
 
 By another was presented the follow- 
 ing : 
 
 TO THE REV. CHARLES CLEVELAND, 
 On his Ninetieth Birthday, June 21, 1862. 
 
 So far, thou servant blest of God, 
 
 Through all of fourscore-years-and-ten, 
 
 The path of life hast safely trod, 
 
 And still thy step is firm : What then ? 
 
 So far His hand hath held thee up 
 
 Through all thy fourscore-years-and-ten ; 
 
 And filled with gifts life's varied cup, 
 
 Which soon must overflow : What then ? 
 
18 
 
 So far, thy faith hath guided thee, 
 
 Through all thy fours core-years-and-ten, 
 
 To bless the Homes of Poverty, 
 
 And raise them nearer heaven : What then ? 
 
 What then ? The Father's blessed hand, 
 Beyond thy fourscore-years-and-ten, 
 
 Shall lead thee through this Canaan land, 
 To an approaching end : What then ? 
 
 A halo weave around thy brow, 
 
 And change thy fourscore-years-and-ten 
 
 To One — the everlasting Now, 
 
 In His blest realms above : What then ? 
 
 Then, Father ! spare my aching sight ! 
 
 No pains — no poor — no sin — no strife ; 
 But one unclouded scene of light, 
 
 And years on earth exchanged for Life. 
 
 Lewis G. Pray. 
 
19 
 
 Eev. Nehemiah Adams, D. D. 5 who was 
 unable to be present, sent the following 
 note : — 
 
 Boylston Place, June 23, 1862. 
 My Dear Mr, and Mrs. Cleveland : 
 
 Were it not for engagements, I would surely be 
 
 with you this evening, to congratulate you, and to 
 
 wish you good cheer. I must be satisfied with doing 
 
 this by pen and ink, which I do most heartily. Be 
 
 of good comfort. Your friends are many and are 
 
 multiplying, and one day you will have them all in 
 
 one. 
 
 Very affectionately yours, 
 
 N. ADAMS. 
 
 Hon. Abraham R. Thompson sent his 
 good wishes as follows : — 
 
 Charlestown, June 18, 1862. 
 
 Rev. Charles Cleveland, 
 
 My venerable and honored Friend : 
 
 I received your letter of March 27, and thank 
 you for the inclosed photograph, which immediately 
 found a place among my family group ; and I assure 
 
20 
 
 you, my dear Sir, that both Mrs. Thompson and 
 myself would be happy to have you call at our house, 
 and find your good old face, with many dear ones 
 whose names, I firmly believe, (with yours,) are all 
 written in the " Lamb's book of life." 
 
 At the time I received your note, I should have 
 replied to it at once ; but at that time I fully intended 
 to have acknowledged it in propria persona, on the 
 evening of your ninetieth Birthday. I regret that I 
 must be absent from home, after to-day, until the 
 middle of next week. I shall take the earliest oppor- 
 tunity, in my power, to call on you. 
 
 That the evening of your well-spent life may be 
 brightened by that clear " faith which is the sub- 
 stance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things 
 not seen," and your heart elevated and cheered by 
 that ' hope which is the anchor of the soul, firm and 
 steadfast, entering into that which is within the veil/ 
 6 whither Jesus, our forerunner, hath for us entered 
 once for all, having obtained eternal redemption for 
 us/ is the fervent prayer of 
 
 Your affectionate friend, 
 
 AB'M R. THOMPSON, 
 
21 
 
 By another was presented the following 
 
 At threescore-years-and-ten, 
 
 Our pilgrim bounds are set ; 
 And if to fourscore we attain, 
 "lis but a lease of toil and pain — 
 
 With these we pay the debt. 
 
 So speaks the Holy Word, 
 
 Experience proves it true ; 
 A green old age of mind and heart, 
 Quick to enjoy and to impart, 
 
 Are for a chosen few. 
 
 But what a wondrous sight, 
 
 Do we this day behold ! 
 Fourscore-and-ten our Father stands, 
 Vigorous in head and heart and hands ; 
 
 We cannot call him old : 
 
 With his whole armor on, 
 
 Working while others rest, 
 With unexhausted zeal and love, 
 Drawn from the heart of Christ above, 
 
 Pursues his mission, blest. 
 
22 
 
 Let all the praise be given 
 
 To Thee, Father above, 
 Who hast endowed with such rich grace, 
 With vigorous powers and length of days. 
 
 Thy servant, whom we love. 
 
 Because these gifts are Thine, 
 
 And Thou so much hast given, 
 Add still another halfscore years, 
 Until the full-orbed sphere appears, 
 Before it rise in heaven, 
 
 Eliza Ooodale, 
 
 From another pen were the following 
 lines: — 
 
 TO THE REV. AND VENERABLE CHARLES CLEVELAND, 
 On his Ninetieth Birthday„ 
 
 Tell us, O Seer, that dost serenely stand 
 
 Upon the Pisgah of thy ninety years, 
 What lies about thee in the landscape grand 
 Where the pure light from out the Promised Land 
 
 Spans with its peace the valley-mist of tears ? 
 
23 
 
 Read us the vision, with its backward reach 
 
 O'er the long wayfare in the wilderness, 
 And onward, to the farther Jordan-beach 
 That marks the bound where endeth mortal speech ; 
 Where Thought is Life, and Life grows measure- 
 less ! 
 
 Still toiling on, along the middle plain, 
 
 With the hot dust of noon upon the brow, 
 On that calm height we hail thee, and would fain 
 Catch through thine eyes a glimpse to soothe oer 
 pain, — 
 Rest from our Future, for the restless Now ! 
 
 How shall it look, when we, too, come to gaze 
 
 Forth from that mountain of expectancy 
 Where culminates the trending of these ways, 
 And all the gathered gleams of earthly days 
 Pour their full flood in one fair sunset sea ? 
 
 Ah, useless asking ! None but Moses might 
 Look from his own life-ending ; and the path 
 
 Each soul doth tread, may lapse in heavenly light, 
 
 Or wind away into the hopeless night, 
 
 Red only with the evening clouds of wrath ! 
 
24 
 
 We give thee solemn joy, then, that hast come 
 
 By daily access of thy faithful deed, — 
 By steps whereof God's mercy keeps the sum, — 
 Safely to stand where human praise is dumb, 
 
 And Christ's " Well done" is thine eternal meed ! 
 
 A. d. t. w, 
 
NARRATIVE BY REV. MR. CLEVELAND. 
 
 FTER the preceding 'first course/ 
 the company were served by their 
 Host with a " Sketch of Incidents 
 and Changes in the Life of Charles Cleve- 
 land;" — of which the following is a 
 synopsis : 
 
 Charles Cleveland w T as born in Nor- 
 wich, Connecticut, June 21, 1772. 
 
 — Was taken to Salem, Massachusetts, 
 and placed in the family of his uncle, 
 William Cleveland, in March, 1784. 
 
 — Sailed on a voyage to the Cape of 
 Good Hope, in the brig Good Hope, No- 
 vember 2.6, 1786. 
 
26 
 
 — Was apprenticed to Francis Cabot, 
 merchant, Salem, to September, 1789. 
 
 — "Was clerk and deputy collector at 
 the Custom House in Salem, from Septem- 
 ber, 1789, to 1802. 
 
 — Removed to Charlestown, and was 
 engaged as clerk in the store of Stephen 
 and Henry Higginson, from 1802 to 1809. 
 
 — Commenced the business of stock 
 and exchange broker, in Boston, 1809, 
 and continued in the above business till 
 1816. While in this business he pub- 
 lished a set of exchange tables, giving, in 
 dollars and cents, the exchange from Id. 
 to £5,000 ; and at from 2 per cent ad- 
 vance, down to 25 per cent discount, vary- 
 ing ^ per cent on each sum. These tables 
 were recommended by James Lloyd, Wil- 
 liam Parsons, Stephen Higginson, Sen., 
 George Cabot, James Perkins, , William 
 
27 
 
 Pratt, Timothy Williams, Thomas H. Per- 
 kins, Israel Thorndike, Kirk Boott, Ed- 
 ward Tuckerman, Samuel H. Walley, and 
 Peter C. Brooks ; all numbered, long since, 
 with the dead. These tables are still in 
 use, both in this country and in England ; 
 and a copy of them is preserved in the 
 British Museum. 
 
 From 1816, for nine years, he was en- 
 gaged in mercantile pursuits, under the 
 firm of Cleveland & Dane, on Market 
 street, the street now changed in its name 
 to Cornhill. 
 
 At about the time Mr. Cleveland entered 
 upon his mercantile pursuits, he became 
 deeply interested in the formation of the 
 Society for the Moral and Eeligious In- 
 struction of the Poor. The Society was 
 organized at his house, Sept. 26, 1816. 
 Rev. Joshua Huntington was elected the 
 
28 
 
 first President; William Thurston, Esq., 
 Vice President ; George J. Homer, Treas- 
 urer ; E. Duren, Secretary ; and Deacon 
 Josiah Salisbury, Dea. Thomas Vose, Dea. 
 Pliny Cutler, Mr. Samuel T. Armstrong, 
 Mr. Charles Cleveland, Dea. J. E. Tyler, 
 and Mr. Henry Gray, Managers. The 
 first anniversary sermon was preached by 
 Eev. Mr. Huntington, October 8, 1817 ; 
 the second anniversary sermon, by Rev. 
 William Jenks, D. D., October 24, 1818. 
 
 In 1819, a committee were chosen to 
 select and purchase a lot on w T hich to 
 erect a " Mission House," " expressly for 
 the accommodation of the poor of West 
 Boston." Purchase was made of Joseph 
 Pierce, Esq., of a lot bordering on Garden 
 and Buttolph streets, for one thousand 
 dollars, which sum was collected for that 
 purpose by Mr. Cleveland, from different 
 
29 
 
 denominations of Christians in the city. 
 Afterwards, a sum sufficient to erect and 
 finish the House was obtained, and it was 
 dedicated in May, 1821. The sermon 
 upon the occasion w^as preached by Rev. 
 William Jenks, D. D. 
 
 In 1830, September 10, Mr. Cleveland 
 received an appointment to the office of a 
 Missionary to the Poor of the city, asso- 
 ciated with Eev. Ethan Smith and Rev. 
 D. D. Bosseter ; than which, an office 
 more acceptable could not have been 
 given him. 
 
 In 1833, April 3, the funds of the 
 Society being much reduced, the Mana- 
 gers thought it best to dismiss the three 
 missionaries then in their employ, and to 
 engage the Eev. Mr. Barbour, of Byfieid, 
 to occupy the pulpit of the Mission House 
 on the Sabbath, and engage in visiting 
 
30 
 
 as many of the poor as he could during 
 the week. Each of the missionaries, on 
 their dismissal, were presented with fifty 
 dollars, as a testimony of approbation from 
 the Board of Managers. 
 
 Under these circumstances, Rev. Dr. 
 Jenks wrote and signed a recommendation 
 in behalf of Mr. Cleveland, as a mission- 
 ary to the poor upon his own individual 
 responsibility. This document, so affec- 
 tionately drawn up, in the trust that the 
 divine blessing would accompany his 
 labors in leading precious souls to the 
 knowledge of Him who came to seek 
 and save the lost, was signed also by 
 Rev. Messrs. J. H. Linsley, George W. 
 Blagden, Amos A. Phelps, Hubbard Win- 
 slow, and Jonathan Greenleaf. 
 
 In 1835, April 22, at a meeting of the 
 Harmony Association at Upton, Mr. Cleve- 
 
31 
 
 land received approbation for license to 
 preach the gospel for one year. 
 
 In 1836, April 21, the license was ex- 
 tended to four years. 
 
 In 1838, July 10, at Sutton, he received 
 ordination from the same Association to 
 preach the gospel as an evangelist. 
 
 In 1839, September 25, he received the 
 following recommendation from Rev. Dr. 
 Jenks, to labor as a minister of the gospel 
 and a missionary : 
 
 " To the blessing of God, and to the kindness of 
 the friends of truth, love and usefulness, Mr. Cleve- 
 land is cordially recommended by his sincere well- 
 wisher, and former fellow-laborer, 
 
 WILLIAM JENKS, 
 
 Pastor of G-reen St. Church. 
 
 The above was signed also by Rev. 
 Messrs. George W. Blagden, Hubbard 
 Winslow, A. Boise, Joseph H. Towne, 
 
32 
 
 Daniel M. Lord, William M. Rogers, J. 
 H. Fairchild, Silas Aiken, and Nehemiah 
 Adams. 
 
 " After thirty years' labor on this exten- 
 sive field," Mr. Cleveland concludes. " I 
 am, in my own view, as able, at this 
 advanced age, to meet the duties and tri- 
 als of the missionary life, as at any time 
 within the last ten years. Our blessed 
 Lord, when about ascending to his Father, 
 said, ' My Father w 7 orketh hitherto, and I 
 work/ Yes, it was his ' meat to do the 
 will of him that sent him, and to finish 
 his w T ork.' Let it be my study to imitate 
 his example, treading in his footprints. 
 He was anointed to preach the gospel to 
 the poor. To this humble class of our 
 population may it be my purpose to carry 
 the glad tidings, as occasions may favor. 
 He shrank from no sufferings at the call 
 
33 
 
 of duty connected with his glorious object, 
 8 to seek and save that which was lost.' 
 May the like spirit move the heart and 
 hands of his missionary. 
 
 84 The question is now and then put to 
 me, 'When do you mean to retire from this 
 labor among the poor % ' I answer, When 
 age and infirmity admonish me of its neces- 
 sity, and not before. At whatever hour it 
 may please the Giver of life to remove me 
 from all earthly cares — dissolving this 
 tabernacle of clay — may it be my happi- 
 ness to say, in the words of our Lord, 
 8 Father, I have finished the work thou 
 gavest me to do, and now I come to thee.' 
 
 " ' Grace be with all them that love our 
 Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity,' is the 
 prayer of 
 
 " CHARLES CLEVELAND, 
 
 "Missionary to the Poor. 
 " No. 28 East Springfield St., June 21 r 1862." 
 c 
 
34 
 
 After the recital, by Father Cleveland, 
 of his brief sketch, in a full, distinct, 
 clear voice, the Rev. Dr. Jenks led in a 
 prayer appropriate to the occasion, and 
 the company began to retire, each parting 
 with their veteran Host with affectionate 
 salutations and kind wishes. But while 
 some still lingered, the Patriarch of the 
 household requested a brother clergyman, 
 yet remaining, to lead in the devotions 
 of the family, as they were gathered now 
 late in the evening, around the family 
 altar. 
 
 Thus closed the social interchanges 
 and religious services of an occasion 
 which will be cherished and long live in 
 the memories of those who were present 
 and participated in its scenes. 
 
 In addition to what may be indicated 
 by the brief outline of Father Cleveland's 
 
35 
 
 remarks relating to his missionary duties 
 and engagements, it may be proper to 
 state, that he has penned and published 
 several addresses in the form of Tracts, 
 among which may be mentioned, an " Ad- 
 dress to Sons of the Ocean;" u To Mas- 
 ters, Mates, and Seamen ;" " Address from 
 a City Missionary to the Poor of this 
 World;" "Address to the Children of 
 the Farm School," &c. 
 
 The following lines, with the prefatory 
 note, will explain themselves : 
 
 TO FATHER CLEVELAND, OF BOSTON, 
 
 After the Social Gathering at his house, on the Evening of June 23, 
 1862. 
 
 It was in the month of roses. 
 
 The sweetest of the year, 
 The aged man his Birthday kept, 
 
 For loving hearts and dear. 
 
36 
 
 'Twas riot a fancy group that met 
 
 The aged man that eve ; 
 They came not, with their flatt'ring looks, 
 
 Their hurried words to leave. 
 
 True, there was grace and beauty there , 
 But genius also ; wisdom, fame ; 
 
 Physicians kind, and pastors true, 
 And friends, all worthy of the name. 
 
 Fair woman, with poetic art, 
 
 Beside the pilgrim stood. 
 My muse was silent ; thus may I 
 
 Tell how the muses wooed. 
 
 And age was there, with age to speak 
 
 The memories of the past ; 
 And note the wonders of that grace 
 
 That keepeth to the last. 
 
 Brave veteran, with thy ninety years 
 
 Of pleasure, toil and care, 
 Thou hast not failed to bear the cross , 
 
 And thou a crown shalt wear. 
 
37 
 
 'Mid crowded mart and narrow lane, 
 Thy feet have often trod, 
 
 And ever loved to bear to all 
 A message from thy God. 
 
 Unto the hungry thou hast given 
 Food for the mortal frame ; 
 
 And by the dying thou hast stood, 
 And prayed in Jesus' name. 
 
 Go on — thy Master may have yet 
 More work for thee to do ; 
 
 More souls to win, ere it be thine 
 Heaven's golden gates to view. 
 
 We'll love to meet thee, wheresoe'er 
 Thy footsteps yet may tend ; 
 
 And may the angel of God's grace 
 Thy pathway still defend. 
 
 Each happy moment spent with thee 
 Thy friends will ne'er forget, 
 
 And cherish all thy deeds of love 
 When thy " last sun " is set. 
 
 Charlestoion. Mass. 
 
 M. D. B. 
 
38 
 
 The following letter from Mrs. Sigour- 
 ney was received sometime subsequently 
 to the Gathering, at w 7 hich it had been 
 hoped she might be present. 
 
 Hartford, July 30, 1862. 
 Rev. and Dear Sir : 
 
 Your kind epistle of the 25th ultimo, arrived 
 just as I was leaving home for my annual visit to the 
 sea-shore ; and I took it with me, intending to answer 
 it there, amid the pleasant sound of the waves, climb- 
 ing and receding from the pebbly beach. But it so 
 happened that I brought it back, with a number of 
 others, still unanswered ; and now, in acknowledging 
 it, I have the pleasure of thanking you for the gift of 
 your very excellent " Twenty-ninth Report," every 
 word of which I read with delight, as soon as it was 
 received. 
 
 What a delightful gathering you must have had 
 at your house, in commemoration of your ninetieth 
 birthday. How much I should have enjoyed being 
 present on that occasion, to have listened to the 
 addresses of the distinguished ministers who were 
 present, and especially to the sketch of your life from 
 
39 
 
 your own revered lips. I am happy to know that 
 you have consented to give it to the public through 
 the press. 
 
 Lift high the page, that all may see 
 "What Grod can do, and man may he. 
 
 It seems to me, that your new Report is the best 
 of any that you have issued. But so I have thought, 
 respecting the last one, for several years. I shud- 
 dered when I realized that you were, last winter, 
 traversing the ice-covered streets — for with us they 
 were almost impassable for a long time — without 
 temerity. Did you not carry in your heart the talis- 
 man, " He keepeth all his bones ; not one of them is 
 broken." 
 
 Your description of the visit to Hon. Josiah 
 Quincy is very interesting. When recently at the 
 sea-shore, I rode several miles to see an excellent 
 lady of ninety-six. Light had departed from her 
 eyes, and sound faintly lingered in its citadel ; but 
 her intellect was clear, and her social and devout 
 feelings in healthful exercise. 
 
 May you long be spared for your blessed work of 
 benevolence. I inclose a small donation of five dol- 
 
40 
 
 lars for your pensioners. My love to your good 
 wife. I thank you both for reading the " Daily 
 Counsellor " with me every morning. When I have 
 finished it for one year, I begin it again for another, 
 as though it were a new book. Your photograph is 
 admired by many visitants to my parlor. 
 
 Truly and affectionately your friend, 
 
 L. H. SIGOURNEY. 
 
 The following, from the Boston Jour- 
 nal, is here appropriately introduced, in 
 connection with an engraving copied from 
 the photograph to which the lines allude. 
 
 ON THE PHOTOGRAPH OF REV. MR. CLEVELAND, GIVING 
 A LOAF OF BREAD TO A POOR GIRL. 
 
 A loaf within her basket, 
 
 That humble beggar-child, 
 The good man lays with pitying eyes, 
 And to her grateful voice replies 
 
 In tones devoutly mild. 
 
41 
 
 He seeks her soul's salvation, 
 Of " Living Bread " he tells, 
 And on this double mission bent 
 His consecrated days are spent, 
 
 To search where misery dwells. 
 
 Yes, even when dreary Winter 
 With frost and snow presides, 
 He climbs the steep and slippery stair, 
 While an unseen Protector's care 
 His feet in safety guides. 
 
 He bears the smile of mercy 
 
 To hovel and to shed ; 
 The poor he feeds, he dries their tears, 
 While lightly sit his ninety years 
 
 Upon that reverend head. 
 
 Age hath not quell'd his pleasures, 
 Their fountain is above ; 
 He joyeth in the joy he gives, 
 And here on earth the life he lives 
 That glows with heavenly love. 
 
42 
 
 Still like the loved Apostle, 
 
 May he his course pursue, 
 Rejoicing in his Master's grace 
 Until he rise to see his face 
 
 With unrestricted view. 
 
 L. H. SlGOURNEY. 
 
 Hartford, Conn., June 21, 1862. 
 
 The following is from the Boston Even- 
 ing Transcript, of October 23, 1862. 
 
 TO REV. CHARLES CLEVELAND, 
 
 MY AGED AND HONORED UNCLE. 
 
 Clouds and sunshine on thy pathway, 
 
 Changing scenes for ninety years, 
 Intermingling joy and sorrow, 
 
 Buoyant hopes and anxious fears — 
 Like the blending hues of autumn, 
 
 Like its ever-varying skies, 
 Fading, bright'ning, and still fleeting, 
 
 Life hath passed before thine eyes. 
 
43 
 
 On the right and left around thee 
 
 Mortals have been falling fast, 
 Underneath Death's mighty sickle, 
 
 While these ninety years have pass'd ; 
 Yet, through this far-reaching vista, 
 
 Even back to childhood's days, 
 On the verge of thine existence 
 
 It is left for thee to gaze. 
 
 Ninety years ! how long, prospective, 
 
 Seemeth such a life as this ! 
 To the worldling, an assurance 
 
 Of it, would be perfect bliss. 
 But thine heart gives utterance truly 
 
 To the words proclaimed of old, 
 " Life is but a passing vapor, 
 
 But a dream that soon is told." 
 
 Praise to Him whose grace hath led thee 
 In the Christian's path to tread, 
 
 And upon thy fellow-mortals 
 Blessings all divine to shed ; 
 
44 
 
 In thy Master's footsteps treading, 
 
 Doing good from day to day, 
 To the "poor" the gospel preaching, 
 
 Pointing to the " narrow way." 
 
 May that same kind Hand protect thee 
 
 That hath ever led thee on, 
 And the presence of His Spirit 
 
 Cheer thee till thy work is done ; 
 And in that bright world of glory, 
 
 Where time's measured not by years, 
 May a life unending crown thee, 
 
 Burdened not by sighs or tears. 
 
 A. c. JUDSON. 
 
EXTRACTS FROM JOURNAL. 
 
 ANY personal friends of the aged 
 missionary will doubtless be glad 
 to preserve, in convenient form, 
 some memorials of his labors ; and as 
 many others not familiarly, or at all, 
 personally acquainted with them, may be 
 interested and profited by their perusal, it 
 is believed that a few pages may be prop- 
 erly appended, containing extracts from 
 his Journal, portions of which he has 
 been accustomed to publish annually 
 during the past thirty years, nearly, of 
 his missionary labors in the city. 
 
46 
 
 The selections are taken from only two 
 or three, as specimens, of his twenty-nine 
 Annual Reports, — exhibiting, incident- 
 ally, the character, style, and manner, of 
 his missionary labors, as well as his 
 appreciation of the character and co-ope- 
 ration of those who have been cotempo- 
 rarv and fellow T -laborers with him in efforts 
 for the relief of suffering humanity. 
 
 In his Seventh Annual Report, for the 
 year 1840, Mr. Cleveland published, in 
 full, the Testimonial of Rev. Dr. Jenks, 
 and others, mentioned on pages 31 and 
 32 ; but on his Birthday Gathering, prob- 
 ably from feelings of delicacy, he omitted 
 entirely the testimonial respecting him- 
 self, and only selected the commendation 
 of Mr. Cleveland by the brethren, " to the 
 blessing of God, and to the kindness of 
 the friends of truth," &c. 
 
47 
 
 In this testimonial " to all whom it may 
 concern," it is stated, as one ground of 
 his fitness for the service of a gospel 
 missionary in the city : " Mr. Cleveland 
 has long been connected with managers 
 of several of the most active and impor- 
 tant institutions of Christian benevolence 
 among us, and, it may be said, is thor- 
 oughly conversant with their operation." 
 
 The closing remarks in the above-named 
 Report, as well as the extracts from his 
 Journal, will indicate his acquaintance 
 with the artifices to which persons some- 
 times resort, to awaken the sympathies of 
 the benevolent. 
 
 Here I may be permitted to remark, from per- 
 sonal observation, that in this good city there are 
 not a few, whose benevolence far outweighs their 
 discretion, on whom are occasionally practiced the 
 grossest impositions, such as the eyes of an Argus 
 
48 
 
 would not easily detect. An individual who, in 
 full health, will prefer begging to work, will pour 
 many sad complaints into the ears of the credu- 
 lous, in the hope to excite a compassion prompting 
 to an accommodating answer. Yielding to the 
 bare word of an entire stranger is, manifestly, 
 neither wise nor prudent — attended with no ben- 
 efit, either to the giver or receiver ; but, in some 
 cases, proving an incalculable injury to the latter. 
 However plausible or embellished their story, it 
 can have no claim whatever to our notice, except 
 as confirmed by collateral evidence. 
 
 As a summary of religious services held 
 
 in 1840, he gives the following : 
 
 Neighborhood meetings, 55 ; at Eye and Ear 
 Infirmary, 74 ; Penitent Females' Refuge, 37 ; 
 United States Marine Hospital, Chelsea, 37; Re- 
 treat, 29 ; Mission House, 25 ; House of Correc- 
 tion, 6 ; Lunatic Hospital, 2 ; Pitts Street Chapel, 
 1 ; Suffolk Chapel, 1 ; Farm School, 3 ; West 
 Roxbury, 7 ; Sherburne, 5. Total, 284. 
 
 In the Report of the above year, as in 
 Reports of other years, Mr. Cleveland 
 
49 
 
 relates, at some length, interviews with 
 sundry persons, in sickness and affliction, 
 who have been led hopefully to Christ. 
 
 1840. January 16. Extreme cold. Visited 
 Mrs. P., Boylston Street. The aged mother had 
 gone out to gather chips, while, with an infant 
 infolded in her arms, Mrs. P. was shivering over 
 a little fire from their last stick. Signs of deep 
 poverty could not be mistaken. No time was to 
 be lost in procuring assistance. Two feet of wood 
 were immediately sent, sawed, and piled in the 
 room. Other aid was given. 
 
 January 30. Visited Mrs. E., whose husband 
 was lost from the " Lexington." The distressed 
 woman, with four small children, excited my com- 
 passion. Their case was commended to the gra- 
 cious care of Him who is ever near the widow 
 and the fatherless, to comfort and sustain them. 
 Assisted the family from poor's fund. 
 
 Passing over the Reports of the inter- 
 vening sixteen years, in the Report of 
 1856, (his twenty-third,) he says: "My 
 
50 
 
 heart swells with emotions of devout grat- 
 itude and praise to the ' Father of mer- 
 cies,' in whom are all our springs, for His 
 most gracious and unremitted watchful- 
 ness over me from the morning of life to 
 the present moment." He speaks of his 
 health as having been remarkably good, 
 and of a great amount of suffering among 
 the poor. 
 
 In connection with the record of the 
 death of ten of the contributors to his 
 mission, during the year, two of whom 
 were ninety and upward, and two others 
 eighty and upward, he says : " Having 
 reached my eighty-fifth year, I cannot, nor 
 w 7 ould I. conceal from myself the solemn 
 truth, that this countenance must soon be 
 changed. ' Man giveth up the ghost, and 
 where is he % ' Let the prophet Daniel 
 answer, chapter xii. 2." 
 
51 
 
 1855. September 12. A kind friend remarked, 
 "It is said, you assist the Orthodox rather than the 
 Unitarians." Keply — "No: I make no distinc- 
 tion. Under like circumstances, they are alike 
 treated. Whenever and wherever suffering is seen, 
 there relief is given. Of whatever nation, or com- 
 plexion, or sect, the afflicted individual or family 
 shall have aid as their different cases demand. 
 My poor's fund is made up from all denomina- 
 tions ; but apart from this, were I to show par- 
 tiality in any case, favoring one class and neglecting 
 others, my work ought not, for a moment, to 
 receive countenance." 
 
 October 25. Visited a family in Pearl Place. 
 When in health, Mrs. W., a vender of fruit, is 
 industrious and deserving. Her husband, shiftless 
 and intemperate, — a living trouble to his family. 
 His wife now very sick. Her nurse complained 
 of destitution of necessaries. Supplied with coal, 
 and money for medicines. 
 
 November 17. Visited Mrs. Kelsey, 123 Pur- 
 chase Street, (sixty-three steps to attic.) Has a 
 husband and three children, poor and shiftless. 
 
 Same day. Visited a poor young widow at the 
 Albion, (seventy-seven steps.) Assisted. On my 
 
52 
 
 way home, purchased for distribution, forty-one 
 yards cotton flannel. 
 
 November 24. A young gentleman from Cam- 
 bridge University called upon me, kindly offering 
 himself as an assistant in my missionary excursions 
 in January vacation, should I desire it. Most 
 promptly, cordially, and gratefully was his benevo- 
 lent proposal accepted. (See Kecord, 18th Feb- 
 ruary.) 
 
 November 28. Received the following note 
 from a clerical friend : 
 
 Sandwich, 28th Nov., 1855. 
 
 Rev. and dear Brother : As it is approaching the day of 
 Thanksgiving, when there is special occasion for the 
 remembrance of the poor, whether they be virtuous or 
 vicious, and, as I believe, none are more poor and needy 
 than may be found in our large cities, and few, if any. 
 better qualified to distribute to their necessities than 
 Father Cleveland, I send you five dollars in aid of your 
 mission. 
 
 Truly your fellow-servant in Christ, 
 
 G. P. 
 
 Note. — How refreshing to the heart, such timely 
 " tokens for good!" 
 
53 
 
 1856. February 18. My young friend from 
 Cambridge came to assist me in my work, as he 
 proposed 24th November. Gave him a list of 
 names on cards left with Furbush. 
 
 Note. — On the 19th, he visited 8 cases ; on the 
 20th, 15 ; on the 25th, 15 ; — 38 cases. Having, 
 with intelligence and the kindliest sympathies, 
 visited all needing help, he left for home, leaving 
 the following note : " May the God of love, whose 
 blessed lips said, ( It is more blessed to give than 
 to receive/ accompany Mr. Cleveland in his labors 
 of love, till it shall be time for him to make his 
 last report with great joy to our dear Master, Jesus, 
 in heaven. Amen." 
 
 May 7. Attended the funeral of Dr. John C. 
 Warren, one of my best patrons, having in eighteen 
 consecutive years given cheerfully to this mission. 
 
 The following extracts are from his 
 Twenty-ninth Eeport : 
 
 With the termination of the twenty-ninth year 
 of labors on this field, embracing the entire city, 
 ninety years of my travel toward " a better 
 country, 5 ' have been numbered. I may well say, 
 
54 
 
 "Goodness and mercy have followed me" amid 
 every trial, wisely appointed by Him, by whose 
 gracious arm I have been protected through all my 
 travels over the streets, alleys and places of the city. 
 The soul-refreshing promise, " I will never leave 
 thee nor forsake thee," hath been my comfort and 
 support throughout my protracted years. 
 
 1861. July 16. (Tuesday.) Attended funeral 
 of Hon. Nathan Appleton, aged 81, a gentleman 
 of well-known excellence of character, modest, 
 unpretending, but of high standing in the com- 
 munity ; many years the honored President of the 
 Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company. 
 He had been a contributor to this mission from 
 its commencement. 
 
 23. (Tuesday.) This day, departed to his final 
 rest, Dea. Moses Grant, aged 74. His Christian 
 and philanthropic disposition, giving his time, tal- 
 ents and influence to the cause of the " fatherless 
 and widows in their affliction," will be remembered 
 by thousands, waiting at his door every forenoon, 
 to relate in turn their various cases of want, and 
 never departing without supply and appropriate 
 counsel, from one quick to discern character, and 
 
55 
 
 as prompt to give unequivocal evidence of Chris- 
 tian sympathy in every case presented before him. 
 26. (Friday.) Attended the funeral of Dea. 
 Grant, at Brattle Street Church. Services by the 
 Rev. Dr. Lothrop, Pastor, assisted by Dr. E. M. 
 P. Wells. Various portions of Scripture read, and 
 the Hymn well answering to the character and 
 prospects of the beloved Moses Grant : 
 
 44 When I can read my title clear, 
 To mansions in the skies, 
 I bid farewell to every fear, 
 And wipe my weeping eyes." 
 
 28. (Sunday.) Passed the day at Grantville. 
 From Rev. Mr. Atwood, listened to a sermon on 
 the death of Dea. Grant, whose character was in 
 all faithfulness described to an audience well know- 
 ing that the village of their home received its name 
 in honor of its departed friend. I could not leave 
 without bearing testimony to the appropriateness 
 of the sermon, to the case before us. Ere long, 
 dear white-robed saint, my emancipated spirit will 
 be with thine, and the innumerable company, lift- 
 ing up the sweet notes of harp and voice, in the 
 everlasting song of Moses and the Lamb. — Rev. 
 xv. 3. 
 
56 
 
 August 12. (Monday.) Delivered for distribu- 
 tion, to the Librarian of the Young Men's Chris- 
 tian Association, jive hundred Tracts, " Address to 
 the Sons of the Ocean," — written by myself, in 
 the hope that some good might result from an evi- 
 dence thus given of an interest in the welfare of a 
 class of fellow-beings exposed to temptations much 
 beyond those met by landsmen. 
 
 September 17. (Tuesday.) Visited Mrs. Lam- 
 bert, Vinal Place, age 87. Upon the borders of 
 the heavenly Canaan, into which her departed 
 spirit will have an abundant entrance, giving evi- 
 dence full of a happy preparation for such change. 
 
 22. (Sunday.) Preached at Penitent Females' 
 Refuge, from Eev. xv. 2-4. 
 
 October 27. (Sunday.) Preached at Farm School, 
 from Job xix. 25-27, in the forenoon; and in 
 the afternoon, from Rev. xv. 2-4. 
 
 December 19. (Thursday.) Visited a poor, 
 afflicted family. A daughter who was married 
 several years since, became insane, through the 
 cruel treatment of her husband, and is now in the 
 Somerville Hospital. The parents before me wept. 
 No wonder. Endeavored to draw from the sacred 
 oracles — the treasure-house of the Christian — 
 
57 
 
 such truths as seemed adapted to the case presented 
 before me by the weeping parents of the distracted 
 woman. They have my most tender sympathies. 
 The Lord knoweth their trouble, and to his gra- 
 cious care I commit their distressing case. 
 
 24. (Tuesday.) Weather clear and cold. Vis- 
 ited patrons in Mount Vernon Street, Park Street, 
 Chestnut and Walnut Streets, distributing cards. 
 Have great reason to bless my gracious Preserver, 
 keeping me from falling while passing over streets 
 filled with ice. Two notorious and impudent wo- 
 men followed me throughout my walks. Repeat- 
 edly said to them, " I shall give you nothing in the 
 street," but they were deaf to my words. 
 
 1862. January 4. (Saturday.) Visited Bridge 
 Street ; good call. A widow with two children, in 
 an attic. Gave aid with much pleasure. Visited 
 in Hamilton Alley, Broad Street, and Pearl Place, 
 and assisted. Weather clear and extremely cold. 
 A kind friend said to me, u You ought not, at 
 your age, to be running about as you do." Should 
 I cease my labors, on these cold days, among the 
 poor, with a view to relieve their sufferings, with 
 what face could I, in the spring, ask subscriptions 
 
58 
 
 to my salary? See 2 Thess. iii. 10. Received 
 
 "a token for good" from Mr. and Mrs. . 
 
 The husband hath been a liberal subscriber to 
 salary, twenty-three consecutive years. The Lord 
 bless the happy couple, and others of like spirit. 
 
 6. (Monday.) Snow-storm. Having a bad cold, 
 thought it prudent to keep within doors, working 
 upon my books. 
 
 9. (Thursday.) Visited and assisted families in 
 Eochester, Lincoln, Utica, Federal and Williams 
 Streets. Answered eighteen cards. 
 
 10. (Friday.) Visited and assisted families in 
 Curve, Oliver, Belmont, Hamilton, Orange and 
 Federal Streets. 
 
 16. (Thursday.) Clear and cold. Walking 
 slippery. Visited and assisted families in Lincoln, 
 Federal, Kingston, and Albany Streets, South 
 Street Place, Kingston and Federal Courts, Albany 
 and iEtna Places. Answered twenty-one cards. 
 Could not leave my work for home — dined in my 
 walks, upon gingerbread. Received cotton flannel 
 from Mr. Chandler. 
 
 18. (Saturday.) From Hovey & Co., a piece of 
 print for my poor. From an aged lady annually 
 contributing to my poor's fund, a note cheering to 
 
59 
 
 my spirits, expressing her congratulations on my 
 recovery from a wound, suffered from being run 
 over by a horse, in October last ; and trusting that 
 " many days were in store for me yet, to continue 
 the grand mission." This kind note inclosed twenty 
 dollars for my poor. I awoke this morning with 
 the reflection that God "loveth the cheerful giver," 
 and that a "rich recompense of reward" awaits 
 every act of Christ-like charity to the suffering 
 poor. 
 
 " Give to the poor thy bread, 
 Clothe the uncovered form, 
 Throw shelter o'er the homeless head, 
 
 That shrinks before the storm : 
 So shall the prayers that grateful rise, 
 Win blessings for thee from the skies." 
 
 L. H. Sigoxtrney. 
 
 21. (Tuesday.) Eeceived from a reverend 
 brother, a note, the more welcome as coming from 
 so warm a heart : u Inclosed is my subscription of 
 five dollars to your noble work among the poor. 
 Would that I were able to make it a hundred 
 times as much." 
 
 22. (Wednesday.) Snow-storm through the day. 
 Visited and assisted in Kneeland, South, Cove, 
 Utica, East, Lincoln, Purchase and Congress 
 
60 
 
 Streets. A fatiguing day, but the Lord was my 
 protector. 
 
 28. (Tuesday.) Visited and assisted in Lincoln, 
 Hanover, East, Kneeland, Cove, Oswego, Curve, 
 Utica, Albany, Federal, Eochester and South 
 Streets, Tyler's Court and Sullivan Place. Ice in 
 plenty on sidewalks, wherever I went. Had a 
 fall, but received no injury. Nineteen cases were 
 visited on cards recorded. Answered thirteen 
 cards handed me in my walks, making in all 
 thirty- two cases relieved. At 215 Hanover Street, 
 found a woman of seventy-six on a sick bed. 
 Counseled her from the divine Word, and offered 
 prayer. 
 
 80. (Thursday.) Visited in Federal, Kingston, 
 Essex, Williams and Congress Streets. Answered 
 twenty-one cards. The walking rough and slip- 
 pery. 
 
 February 3. (Monday.) Lodged at Doe's store, 
 a hundred Tracts, written for the poor. Have 
 answered twenty-five cards, in Lincoln, Federal, 
 Cooper and Prince Streets. 
 
 4. (Tuesday.) Hon. Josiah Quincy entered this 
 day on his ninety-first year. Called to see him, 
 and was conducted by his good daughter to his 
 
61 
 
 chamber. Found my good patron on his bed, 
 his hip-bone having been dislocated some months 
 since. Cannot forget his bright countenance. His 
 hand was stretched out to take mine. Was 'glad 
 to see me/ invit'ng me to sit. Asked him whether 
 he did not expect we should meet in heaven. 
 With characteristic modesty, he replied, u I hope 
 so." I sat but a few minutes, and on leaving his 
 bedside he gave me his hand and thanked me for 
 my call. My heart was refreshed. The Lord bless 
 the dear man. Visited in Federal and Kneeland 
 Streets. At one call, husband could get no work — 
 had five children to support. Gave with a ready 
 hand, one dollar and coal. 
 
 12. (Wednesday.) Answered twenty-eight cards, 
 besides giving in scattering cases. 
 
 13. (Thursday.) Answered nineteen cards. To 
 all, of either sex, whose hearts sympathize with the 
 afflicted, I would say — examine each case pre- 
 sented for help, that you may not misapply your 
 alms. 
 
 15. (Saturday.) Assisted in eighteen cases. 
 This day ended the mortal life of Hon. William 
 Appleton. His character was well known through- 
 out this community, as a model in works of beney- 
 
62 
 
 olence. The spirit of our divine Master dwelt 
 richly in him, whose daily walk was in full har- 
 mony with the precepts and example of our 
 blessed Lord. The gates of Zion were nearer his 
 heart than all the dwellings of Jacob. The widow 
 and the fatherless could bear testimony to the prac- 
 tical piety of one who consecrated his all to deeds 
 of Gospel Charity. Forty years, or more, I had 
 opportunity to understand his worth, as a dispenser 
 of good, in all known cases of suffering and want. 
 See 1 Timothy vi. 17-19. 
 
 " Weep not for him whose mortal span 
 Completes its perfect round, 
 His gifts well used, his length of days 
 
 With hallowed lustre crowned. 
 No tears for him — he gains the bliss 
 Of more exalted spheres than this. 
 
 "No tears save what the heart of love 
 
 For its own loss must weep ; 
 But yield her flame to history's hand, 
 
 For unborn time to keep : 
 Lift high the page, that earth shall see 
 What Heaven can give, and man may be." 
 
 L. H. SlGOURNET. 
 
 21. (Friday.) Visited in Dover Street a woman 
 with six children. Husband sick in a foreign 
 
63 
 
 hospital. This case had my best sympathies, and 
 was assisted freely. 
 
 23. (Sunday.) Preached at Penitent Females' 
 Refuge — Daniel iii. 16-18. 
 
 March 5. (Wednesday.) Visited Eliot, Utica, 
 Kneeland, South, Lincoln and East Streets. Have 
 answered forty cards this day, giving in each case 
 thirty cents in groceries, and in some cases adding 
 a little money. 
 
 30. (Sunday.) Preached at Penitent Females' 
 Refuge — Daniel iv. 37. 
 
 31. (Monday.) Attended the funeral of Miss 
 Catharine Putnam, aged 84. The good lady, 
 warm-hearted, rich in good works, gave her 
 name and liberal aid to every benevolent object 
 within her knowledge, from whatever quarter pre- 
 sented, denominational origin of no weight in the 
 
 . scale of her decisions. 
 
 May 5. (Monday.) Photograph taken, that I 
 might present to each subscriber to my mission a 
 copy, as a token of grateful remembrance of their 
 kindness, whenever called upon for aid. I fondly 
 hope these tokens will keep their missionary in 
 mind vears after his head shall have been laid low. 
 
64 
 
 11. (Sunday.) Taken over to the Farm School 
 in the Lyman boat. Never do I enjoy myself more 
 than in visits to that, my favorite Institution, where 
 one hundred boys are instructed. Its principal 
 founders, John D. Williams and Theodore Lyman, 
 gone years since to their long home, come up fresh 
 to my memory on every visit, and excite within 
 me fervent thanksgiving to Him who moved their 
 kindred hearts to an enterprise over which the 
 angels in heaven cannot but rejoice. Preached 
 in the forenoon, from Job xiv. 5 and 7-10 ; in 
 the afternoon, from Isaiah Iv. 6-11. 
 
 1 'Tis greatly wise to talk of our past hours, 
 And ask them what report they bore to heaven.'" 
 
" J 
 
Deacidified using the Bookkeeper process 
 Neutralizing agent: Magnesium Oxi3e 
 Treatment Date: Sept. 2005 
 
 PreservationTechnologies 
 
 A WORLD LEADER IN PAPER PRESERVATION 
 
 1 1 1 Thomson Park Drive 
 Cranberry Township, PA 16066 
 (724)779-2111 
 
■■wfffPPWfWWWW* 
 
 I