The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . in Sacketts Har-bor, but having soon to leave the position by reasonof impaired health, his thoughts were much turnedupon the ministry. When satisfied that the path ofduty lay in this direction, he entered at once upon acourse of study ; but in consideration of his preca-j rious health, his mature age, and especially of hisability in dealing with men on the subject of reli-gion already developed, he was advised to take ashort course. Accordingly after spending a year ortwo in an acad
The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . in Sacketts Har-bor, but having soon to leave the position by reasonof impaired health, his thoughts were much turnedupon the ministry. When satisfied that the path ofduty lay in this direction, he entered at once upon acourse of study ; but in consideration of his preca-j rious health, his mature age, and especially of hisability in dealing with men on the subject of reli-gion already developed, he was advised to take ashort course. Accordingly after spending a year ortwo in an academy he placed himself under the careof the i)resbytery, studied and worked with pastors ashe had opportunity, and in February, 1828, at the ageof thirty years, was licensed to preach by the St. Law-rence Presbytery. His first sermon after receivinghis license was on the text, What shall it profit aman if he gain the whole world and lose his ownsoul. From the beginning, iiis great object was to savemen, and to this end he studied to impress upon hishearers what were to iiim eternal verities. During Wft iw^i. ^^; THE UNITED STATES BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARV. 27 the first year he laljored as an evangelist with greatsuccess, under a commission from the Western Do-mestic Missionary Society, and in February, 1829,was ordained. In 1832 he received an invitation togo to the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, and with hisbrother Abel started thither. Arriving at Wilkes-barre, Pennsylvania, his purposes were changed bythe death of his brother, and he returned to hishome. In 1834, in order to prepare himself morethoroughly for his work, he spent several monthsunder the instructions of Dr. Taylor, in New Haven,Connecticut, and on returning home resumed hiswork as an evangelist. On the 24th of March, 1835, he was married toMrs. Sarah M. Beardsley, nee Williams, in whom hefound a loving companion and faithful helper, andone who cheerfully shared with him in all the joysand trials of his long and vari
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