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He had a heart to sympathize with the afflicted. His fervent prayers for, and with my family and myself, when a beloved little one lay on the bed of death, indicated the warmth of his brotherly love, and the depth of his Christian sympathy. His strength of mind, the extent of his general information, and his unwavering attachment to the cause of God, and to " Christianity in earnest," led his brethren cheerfully and repeatedly to elect him to the responsible post of a delegate to the General Conference.

His plainness of dress, his condescension to inferiors, and his willingness to labor, when necessary, with his hands, all tended to satisfy the observer that he possessed that charity which "vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up." Those who are now the elder ministers of the New York, Troy and New York East conferences, must have a vivid recollection of the bland appearance of our departed brother, as they used to meet him at the annual gatherings of the original New York Conference, when he always had a kind word for the youngest and weakest of his brethren.

Among those whom we believe God gave him as seals to his ministry, was one, at least, who became a useful minister of the Lord Jesus. Many of those who were persuaded by Mr. Scholefield to come to Christ. and with whom he offered strong cries to God for their deliverance from guilt, are now, we believe, uniting with him in ascribing praises to God and the Lamb. May all who loved him on earth, dwell with him in the regions of everlasting glory.

To what Mr. Osborn has said, a few words may be added. Arnold Scholefield was a man of no ordinary character.

He was a lovely man. Possessed of an even temper, gentlemanly and agreeable in all his intercourse, his

conversation was well calculated to win the affections, while it ministered grace to the hearers. The more substantial part of his church, especially, appreciated and esteemed him.

He was a strong man. Not imaginative, not flowery, but possessed of a vigorous intellect, a clear head, and a sound judgment.

He was decidedly an able preacher. There was a peculiar richness and pleasing variety in his sermons. They were thoroughly studied, well arranged, and full of evangelical sentiment. There was no mouthing, no effort at display in his preaching; he aimed at results, and by the blessing of God he reached them. His voice, though strong, was clear, and musical. There was more of Paul, however, than of Apollos in his preaching. Argument was his forte; and in defending the great principles of Christianity he was a master-workman. Some of his doctrinal sermons are vividly remembered after the lapse of a quarter of a century. A sermon preached by him at a camp-meeting at Sandlake in 1825, lives in the memory of his hearers. His text was Ezekiel xxxiii, 13-6: "When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness and commit iniquity, all his righteousness shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed he shall die for it. Again when I say unto the wicked, &c." His propositions were: First. The wicked man may become good and be saved. Second. The righteous man may become wicked and be lost.

These propositions were sustained by an array of pertinent scriptural arguments, with a clearness and power that was overwhelming. Though he often dealt heavy blows at the dogmas of Calvinism, he ever kept in view the motto adopted by the sainted Fletcher, "Let brotherly love continue."

Such was the meek, talented, laborious Scholefield. If we may but have a succession of such men in the ministry, truth and righteousness will triumph through the land.

REV. WRIGHT HAZEN.

BY REV. N. LEVINGS, D. D.*

The subject of this notice, was born in Kent, Putnam county, N. Y. He departed this life in the triumphs of Christian faith, November 12, 1838, in the 39th year of his age, and the 12th of his ministry.

He was naturally of a very mild and pleasant disposition, which won for him the esteem and affection of all who knew him. When at a suitable age, he was removed by his father to the village of Newburgh, N. Y., and placed as an apprentice to the late Mr. Enos Randall. It was during the time of his apprenticeship with this religious family, that he was awakened and brought to the knowledge of the truth, as it is in Jesus. The immediate cause of his awakening, was the fervent prayers of an aged and pious female, whom he overheard one day pleading with God, for the children of her family. He sought and found the pearl of great price, and soon became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Not long subsequently to this, he began to feel himself moved to warn sinners to flee from the wrath to come. About this time (the time of his apprenticeship having expired), he removed to the city of

*This article appeared in the Christian Advocate, soon after Mr. Hazen's death.

Troy, where he engaged in business, first as a journeyman, and subsequently on his own account.

June 13th, 1824, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of the late Mr. John Wright, of Troy.

Being satisfied of his call to the great and responsible work of the ministry, he received license as a local preacher in February, 1826, and in May, 1827, was admitted on trial by the New York Annual Conference, and appointed to the Half Moon circuit, where he labored two years with acceptability and success. At the conference of 1829, he was admitted into full connection, ordained a deacon, and appointed to the Luzerne circuit. Here he continued to labor until the month of November, when, in consequence of temporal embarassment, arising from the failure of those who were indebted to him prior to his entering the traveling connection, he obtained leave of his presiding elder to retire and settle up his temporal affairs. Late in the fall, he repaired to the city of New York with his family, entered into business, and, with the exception of some little help which he received from one of his relatives, with his own hands, in about a year and a half, paid up all his debts, amounting to $500, besides supporting his family in that city. This is the reason his name is returned, on the minutes of 1830, "without an appointment at his own request." This step of our departed brother was truly honorable, and developed at once his high sense of moral justice, and his piety toward God.

He seemed deeply impressed with a sense of obligation to his fellow men, and this formed an important part of that governing principle, which actuated him in all his intercourse with men. With him, the bankrupt in business, and the minister of Jesus Christ, were char

acters, which he could not associate in the same person. He could not see how a man could teach others to " Owe no man anything," and yet be in debt himself, beyond his power to pay.

Nor did success in business wean him from the work to which he viewed himself called of God. While engaged in business, a friend of his who felt interested for his success, as a minister of the gospel, said to him on one occasion, "Perhaps, brother Hazen, by the time your seventy years' captivity are expired, you will be so well pleased with Babylon, that you will not feel disposed to return to the land of Israel." His reply was, "Wait till the time comes, and see!" And, sure enough, as soon as his obligations with men are fulfilled, though in the full tide of success, he is again in the itinerant field. One scarcely knows which to admire most, the promptitude with which he laid hold of the business of life, which promised him deliverance from his embarrassments, or that with which he returned again to his Master's work when thus delivered.

At the conference of 1831, brother Hazen was elected and ordained an elder in the church of God, and appointed to the Hoosic and Bennington circuit, where he labored two years with eminent success. He was the honored instrument in the hand of God, of the awakening and conversion of scores, if not hundreds of souls during the two years he traveled that circuit. whole heart was in the work.

His

At the General Conference of 1832, the New York Conference being divided, brother Hazen was among the preachers who composed the Troy Conference; and at the first Troy Conference, held August 28, 1833, he received his appointment to the Adams circuit, where he labored two years with zeal and fidelity, and with a good degree of success. During the time he labored

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