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various boards of the church of which he was an honored minister. Christian
beneficence marked the whole course of his long life. As a preacher Dr.
Cogswell was peculiarly zealous for sound doctrine, and fearless in stating and
defending it. His own faith was unwavering, and timidity in expressing what
he believed was unknown to him. His own religious experience was pre-emi-
nently doctrinal and reflective. Nourished by prayer, enriched by meditation,
and invigorated by knowledge, religion was to him a life, and faith an abiding
principle. When memory lost the record of other familiar things, Jesus and
his love remained deeply graven upon her tablet. Great simplicity of charac-
ter imparted a charm and gave tone to the whole tenor of his life. He was
singularly free from that 'labor and sorrow' which mar the strength of the
fourth score of years, and, like the patriarch of old, 'he gave up the ghost
and died in a good old age, an old man and full ' of experiences, of graces,
and of anticipations. He has gone to his reward, and his works do follow
him. while we deplore his loss in these days, when 'the godly man ceaseth,
and the faithful fail from among the children of men.' "
ELIZABETH COGSWELL.
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