The Virtues and Services of Francis Wayland

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Excerpt from The Virtues and Services of Francis Wayland: A Discourse Commemorative of Francis Wayland, Delivered Before the Alumni of Brown University, September 4, 1866 Alumni of Brown University: Since we last gathered on this consecrated spot, to extend to one another the hand of cordial greeting, an.d to receive afresh the benediction of our Alma Mater, a great sorrow has fallen upon us. He whose presence was so intimately associated with these scenes, who more than any one else attracted hither our annual pilgrimages, whom we so honored and loved, our early instructor and guide and friend, whose prayers ceased not daily to ascend for us, and whose blessing ever followed us, the great, the good, the venerated Wayland is no more. How did the sad tidings, when first borne by telegraph over the land, smite upon our hearts! How did pursuit for a time pall, and desire slacken, and motive fail! A part of our very being seemed taken from us. The same sky was no longer over us. A light which had beamed so long and so benignantly upon us, had gone out. The same atmosphere was no longer around us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.