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Could the subject of this sketch be consulted, he would doubtless be glad to have his dying regrets recorded, if they might be the means of saving to the church and the world but one ardent, devoted minister, that might otherwise fall a victim to bronchial disease, and consumption.

God was with him in the last conflict, and he was perfectly resigned and happy. When very near his end, his weeping companion said to him, "My dear, you are going home to Jesus." He replied, "Yes, I am going to my home in heaven." Then bidding her adieu, he kissed his little daughter, looked upward, smiled, and entered into rest.

About five years after, that daughter joined her father in the Holy Land. The widow and only son, Philetus H., born a few days subsequent to Mr. Green's death, live to cherish the memory of a worthy husband and father.

REV. AMOS R. RIPLEY.

Of the birth and early history of Mr. Ripley, the writer knows nothing; and of his subsequent life he has been able to learn far less than is desirable. He was one of a class of thirteen who were received on trial by the Troy Conference at its session in Schenectady in 1839, and was then about thirty-one years of age. His mind had for a length of time been exercised upon the subject of the Christian ministry; but the views which he entertained of the greatness of the work, of its fearful responsibilities, and of his own insufficiency, led him to shrink from its performance, to the acknowledged

injury of his piety. After severe mental conflicts, he tremblingly yielded obedience to the divine claim, and the Master honored him with success in his ministry.

His appointments were at Whiting in 1839, Esperance and Amsterdam in 1840, and Charlton and Galway in 1841. At the Conference of 1842, this last circuit was divided, and Mr. Ripley was appointed to Charlton. On his way back from Burlington, where the conference was held that year, he was taken sick, and while the people of his charge were anxiously awaiting his return, he passed to the rest that remaineth to the people of God. He died of lung fever at Pittsford, Vermont, on the seventeenth day of June, 1842.

Mr. Ripley was a very promising young man. He was mild, amiable and meek in spirit, gentlemanly in his deportment, of a pleasant and thoughtful air, and very affectionate towards his friends. He is said by those who knew him well, to have been a good preacher for one of his age in the ministry. Enlightened and ardent piety invested him with her own adornments, and he was greatly beloved by the people.

In his last sickness, Mr. Ripley was calm and resigned. He left with his physician and friends his dying testimony to the excellence of scriptural religion; gave his last counsels to his family; bade them farewell and commended them to God; and then appeared to spend the remainder of his time in prayer for the success of the gospel in the earth.

Thus did he pass peacefully and in the sunlight of the divine favor, through the valley to the New Jerusalem.

REV. GILBERT Y. PALMER.

"God moves in a mysterious way."

Why the young man, who has been made the subject of renewing grace; been called of God to the great work of the Christian ministry; prepared by gifts and grace for his work; has just learned to use "the weapons of warfare;" just begun to give evidence that God is with him, should be cut off and consigned to the grave, when a world lying in wickedness so much needs his sanctifying labors, and while the profligate youth, the corrupter of others, is permitted to live on, is an unfathomable mystery of divine providence. Submission says, "It is the Lord; let him do what seemeth him good." Faith says, "He hath done all things well;" and yet the mystery remains unsolved. The case is in part, and only in part relieved by the consideration that our pious departed friends are still living, active and happy; moving in a higher and holier sphere; and possibly are as useful as when on earth. It is our painfully pleasing task to record the early deaths, one after another, of the messengers of peace; to place upon record a few brief mementoes of those whose lovely tempers and useful lives, endear them to their families, the church and the world.

Gilbert Y. Palmer was born of respectable and pious parents in Wilmington, Essex county, N. Y., July 20th, 1814, and died at Pittsford, Vt., December 31st, 1842, in the 29th year of his age. When about sixteen years old he was brought, through the ordinary means of grace, to see his wretchedness as a sinner, and seek the forgiving mercy of God. He obtained a sense of pardon

of sin when alone, and rejoiced in the clear witness of his acceptance with the Lord. His parents being members of the Baptist church, and strongly attached to that communion, were exceedingly opposed to his becoming a member of any other church. Though painful to him, such were his views of duty that he felt compelled to act contrary to the wishes of his friends, in compliance with what he believed to be the will of God. This he did by uniting with the Methodist Episcopal church, to the institutions of which he remained ardently attached until the close of his life.

It was not long after his conversion that his mind began to be exercised in relation to the ministerial calling. His mental conflicts on that subject were exceedingly painful, and, to use his own language, "it was not until his feet had well nigh slipped," that he decided to devote his life to the sacred calling. He was licensed to preach at Poultney, Vt., while a student at the Troy Conference Academy. In the summer of 1837 he was employed on the Fort Ann circuit, where he continued to the close of the ecclesiastical year. At the conference of June, 1838, he was received on trial, and appointed to the Orwell and Benson circuit, as an assistant to Rev. P. P. Harrower. In 1839 he was the junior colleague of Rev. Hiram Blanchard, on Bridport circuit, who says, "He was a man of sound judgment, discriminating mind, undoubted integrity, gentlemanly deportment and unquestioned piety. As a minister of Christ, his abilities were above mediocrity. His subjects were well arranged, and forcibly delivered. On the whole, he was a strong man for one of his years-one of nature's noblemen."

At the conference of 1840, he was received into full connection, and appointed to Ticonderoga as preacher in charge, Rev. E. Noble being his colleague. He re

mained there two years. He attended conference at Burlington, Vt., in 1842, where, after listening to a most affecting and appropriate ordination sermon by Rev. Charles Pitman, on "I have sent thee to bind up the broken hearted," in company with N. B. Wood, J. Thompson, V. Brown, J. Seage, G. McKillips, J. Hall, B. O. Meeker, T. Kirby and the writer of this article, he was ordained an elder in the church of God by the late Bishop Hedding. Never will some of us forget the affecting solemnities of that hour. Little did brother Palmer think as he stood with us around that altar, that in a few short months he was to receive an honorable discharge from the obligations there assumed. Two of that number have finished their course with joy, and entered into rest. Kind Heaven help those of us who remain to maintain our integrity to the end, and join them in the upper sanctuary.

Mr. Palmer's presiding elder, Rev. Truman Seymour, says, "He was an estimable, pious man, universally beloved. He had a fair education, was a good speaker and an able and popular preacher; one of the most promising young men that I have ever known. Had he lived he would doubtless before this time have filled our most prominent appointments."

From the time he entered the ministry until the Master called him home, he was emphatically a man of one work, having one object in view, viz: the salvation of souls. In all his pulpit efforts, and pastoral work, this leading object of his life was apparent. He was habitually cheerful and happy, as well as dignified and grave. The following is from the pen of Rev. S. D. Brown:

"Soon after his removal to Pittsford, he was seized with an illness, which subsequently proved to be a disease of the spine, and assumed an alarming aspect. His disease increasing, his labors were necessarily

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