ace of continual
opposition from all sorts of men, long boldly contended for the
ancient faith, that the bare word of Jesus Christ, without a deed
or thought on the part of man, is sufficient to present the chief
of sinners spotless before God. To declare this blessed truth, as
testified in the holy Scriptures, he left his country, he left his
friends, and, after much patient suffering, finished his labors at
Danbury, April 2, 1771, AE. 53 years.

Deigned Christ to come so nigh to us,
As not to count it shame
To call us brethren, should we blush
At aught that bears his name?
Nay, let us boast in his reproach,
And glory in his cross;
When he appears, one smile from him
Would far o'erpay our loss."

Samuel Hopkins.

An American divine, who, in his sermons and tracts, has made several
additions to the sentiments first advanced by the celebrated Jonathan
Edwards, late president of New Jersey College. Dr. Hopkins was born at
Waterbury, in Connecticut, 1721, and graduated at Yale College, in 1741.
Soon after, he engaged in theological studies, at Northampton,
Massachusetts, under the superintendence of Jonathan Edwards, and, in
1743, was ordained at Housatonic, now Great Barrington, Massachusetts,
where he continued till he removed to Newport, Rhode Island, in
consequence of the diminution of his congregation, and his want of
support. When he had resided some time in this place, the people became
dissatisfied with his sentiments, and resolved, at a meeting, to intimate
to him their disinclination to his continuance among them. On the ensuing
Sabbath, he preached his farewell discourse, which was so interesting and
impressive that they besought him to remain, which he did till his death,
in 1803. He was a pious and zealous man, of considerable talents, and
almost incredible powers of application. He is said to have been sometimes
engaged during eighteen hours in his studies. His doctrinal views are
contained in his "System of Divinity," published in a second edition at
Boston, in 1811, in two volumes, octavo.

Jonathan Mayhew.

A divine of Boston, was born in Martha's Vineyard, in 1720 and educated at
Harvard College. In 1747, he was ordained pastor of the West Church, in
Boston, and continued in this station the remainder of his life. He
possessed a mind of great acuteness and energy, and in his principles was
a determined republican.