PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ALUMNI OF AUBURN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY MAY 9, 1906, BY REV. WILLIAM S. JEROME, NECROLOGIST. TIMOTHY GRENVILLE DARLING, D. D., Prof. æt. 63. Born in Nassau, Bahamas, Oct. 5, 1842; graduated from Williams College, 1864; Princeton Theological Seminary, 1866-68; Union Theological Seminary, 1868-69. Ordained and installed by Presbytery of Albany, Schenectady, N. Y., June 18, 1873; assistant First Church, Baltimore, Md., 1870-73; pastor First Church, Schenectady, N. Y., 1873-87; acting professor Mental Philosophy and Hebrew, Union College, 1879-80; professor Sacred Rhetoric and Pastoral Theology, Auburn, 1887-90; Richards Professor of Christian Theology, 1890-1906. D. D. from Williams College, 1879. Died of appendicitis at Auburn, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1906, aged 63 years and 4 months. His mother, one brother and two sisters survive him. The many notices of Dr. Darling in pulpit and press render less necessary a long review in this place. As well expressing the universal sentiment regarding Dr. Darling's life and character, we adopt the words of a colleague in the faculty: Dr. Darling was a lovable and beloved man. There was a singular combination of strength and sweetness in his character which won all who came into contact with him. He was a fine example of what a Christian gentleman should be and while the world is poorer today because he no longer is in it, it is richer because of the helpful influences which constantly radiated from his life and of the blessed memories which survive his death. Once and again in connection with the inquiries made concerning his progress at the hospital the remark was made, "He was a good man.” Not only was he this but his type of goodness was very attractive. His piety was so genuine and unaffected that it was always perfectly natural for him to speak of spiritual matters. He lived as seeing Him who is invisible" and yet with a nor mal, vital interest in all the concerns of life. But in all his conversation one felt the tone of the higher interest. With all his seriousness, however, he was never gloomy. Indeed one of his charms was his never failing sense of humor. It gave him as well as his friends many a hearty laugh. With all the delicacy and refinement of his own sweet nature it touched upon this or that, awakening a laugh, but no resentment. Dr. Darling had a wide and rich experience before he came to the seminary. Always an earnest, keen student of books, he added to the knowledge which they gave him, a knowledge of men and he was a wise, judicious counselor. There will be many sad hearts today in Schenectady, where he labored so long and so successfully as a pastor, for his church has kept alive its loving interest in him. This is not the place nor time to enter upon an estimate of him as a teacher. The long line of students who have passed through his class-room loved him and earnestly respected him. The theology manifest in his life they revered. They have all lost a friend in the best and truest sense of that word. While he had his own convictions regarding the teachings of the Bible, no man was more patient or tolerant of the opinions of others. In this respect he was an ideal teacher. His genial face, his cheerful spirit, his wise counsel and his spiritual earnestness will be sadly missed within the walls of the seminary—and not only the seminary but also the homes into which he was wont to go, the church which he dearly loved and the city to whose best interests he was ever alive, will sincerely mourn his loss. A beautiful life has come to an end. The sympathy of the whole community goes today to those of the stricken home. ALBERT J. PITKIN, Trustee, æt. 51. Born May 22, 1854; died in New York city, Nov. 16, 1905, aged 51 years, 5 months and 24 days. The minute adopted by the Board of Foreign Missions of which he was a member, well sums up the lesson of Mr. Pitkin's life and work : Mr. Pitkin was born on March 22, 1854, and was the son of a home missionary. Beginning his business life as a mechanic, he interested himself in the manufacture of locomotives, and from the position of day-laborer, he worked his way upward until he became president of the American Locomotive Co., one of the largest corporations in the United States. By his marvelous executive ability, by his sterling integrity and his large-hearted benevolence, he established himself as one of the leading trustworthy business men of the East. Mr. Pitkin made a public confession of Christ at an early age, and in his different places of residence, threw himself heartily into the work of the Church. For twenty-two years he was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Schenectady and was made an elder of that church in 1894. In connection with his work there he became the leading citizen of the place and was universally beloved. His pastor testified of him that he was one of the most Christ-like men he had ever known. Coming to New York a little more than a year ago, he identified himself with the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church and he immediately came into prominence as one of the strong Christian laymen of the city. He loved the service of God's house; he loved the fellowship of Christian people and he loved every enterprise that sought to extend Christ's kingdom. Gladly and generously he gave and labored and prayed for the salvation of mankind. Though burdened by the cares of a large business, he was never so occupied that he would not do the Lord's work, and he faithfully performed any Christian duty. He was chairman of the Committee of One Hundred having in charge the summer tent work in New York city. He was a member of the American Tract Society and of the Council of New York University and was a trustee of the Auburn Theological Seminary. The work of Foreign Missions was very dear to his heart and he counted it an honor to be a member of this board. So long as his health would permit, he was a faithful attendant upon all the board meetings. His death is not only a serious loss to the cause of Foreign Missions, but to the work of the church in this city and throughout the land. It can be said of him as of Barnabas that he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. 1837-JOHN FREDERICK SCOVILL, aet. 88. Born in Fort Edward, N. Y., May 9, 1812; united with the 1841-HORACE WINSLOW, æt. 91. Born in Enfield, Mass., May 18, 1814; united with the First Presbyterian Church in Rochester, N. Y., 1834; graduated from Hamilton College, 1839; Auburn, 1838-40; Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1841; married to Miss Charlotte H. Pettibone, of Simsbury, Ct., May, 1850. Died Weatogue, Ct., March 7, 1905, aged 90 years, 9 months and 19 days. Ordained and installed at New Windsor, N. Y., by North River Presbytery, May 25, 1842; New Windsor, 1842-3; Lansingburgh, 1843-5; Rockville, Conn., 1845-52; New Britain, 1852-8; Great Barrington, Mass., 1858-62; chaplain U. S. A., 5th Connecticut Infantry, 1862; pastor Binghamton, N. Y., 1863-8; Willimantic, Conn., 1869-81; resident Simsbury, 1881-3; pastor Providence, R. I., 1883-5; resident at Weatogue from 1885, supplying pulpits. Further particulars of Mr. Winslow's work are lacking. He was a faithful and successful pastor of Presbyterian and Congregational churches for over sixty years. 1842—JOHN WAINWRIGHT RAY, æt. 92. Born in Norwich, N. Y., April 13, 1813; united with the Presbyterian Church in Binghamton, April 15, 1832; graduated from Amherst College in 1839; Union Seminary, 1839-40 ; Auburn, 1840-1; Union, 1841-2; married to Miss Mary Jane Fenstermaker of Dansville, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1855. Died at Washington, D. C., after an illness of several months, July 3, 1905, aged 92 years, 2 months and 23 days. Ordained in New York city by Third Presbytery of New York, November 16, 1842; Presbyterian Church, Glens Falls, 1842-5; Norwich, Conn., 1845-6; assistant secretary of American Educational Society, New York city, 1846-7; Oswego N. Y., 1847-8; Clyde, 1848-9; agent American Tract Society, Alabama, 1849-51; Dansville, 1851-2; Kalamazoo, Mich., 1852-3; Rockville, Conn., 1853-4; E. Avon and Perry, N. Y., 1855-7; editor of Aurora Beacon, Illinois, two years; editor of Daily Whig and Republican, Quincy, 1860-1; Washington, D. C., in public service, and newspaper correspondent, 1861-4; ordained deacon by Bishop Whitehouse of Illinois, (Prot. Ep.) in 1864, and priest, by Bishop McCoskry, of Michigan, 1865; rector, Tecumseh, Mich.; Westfield and Wellsville, N. Y.; general agent of The Churchman, seven years; resident in Rochester, afterward in Washington, D. C., from 1897. Published two Episcopalian Church tracts and Pocket Dictionary of Church Terms. Mr. Ray was a man of genial disposition and active temperament and though for many years in the Episcopal church, never lost his interest in the church of his boyhood, or Auburn Seminary. He often referred with amusement to the personal characteristics of the professors of his day. He claimed to have been the first to nominate Abraham Lincoln for the presidency, when editor at Aurora, Ill. At the time of his death he was the oldest Auburn student, not a graduate. 1844-CLAUDIUS BUCHANAN LORD, aet. 90. Born in Nelson, N. Y., April 6, 1816; united with the Presbyterian Church in Nelson, 1830; studied at Hamilton College ; married to Miss Henrietta Mills of Auburn, September 17, 1845. Died of pneumonia at Maryville, Tenn., April 19, 1906, aged 90 years and 13 days. He had seven daughters, of whom two survive him, also two sons, one of whom is Rev. John C. Lord, of Farmington, N. M. |