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The  Rev.  Allyn  Mather  was  installed  over  the  Fair  ^t
Haven  Society  in  1V73.  He  remained  eleven  years,  re-  |
eeiving  seventy  members,  and  then  entered  into  his  re-  1
ward,  deeply  loved  for  liis  devoted  piety,  and  his  aliec-  ;
tionate,  winning  manners  as  a  pastor.  ;
Three  years  after  the  departure  of  Mr.  Mather,  Dr.
Edwards  preached  the  ordination  sermon  at  tlie  settle-
ment of  Rev.  Samuel  Austin,  one  of  his  own  students,
over  the  Fair  Haven  Society.    Thus  the  churclies  wave  >;
brought  into  sympathy.    In  September,  1790,  Mr.  Austin  i
accepted  a  call  to  Worcester,  and,  still  later,  beca  ine  I
President  of  the  University  of  Vermont.    He  was  among  |
the  most  able  and  prominent  of  American  divines,  "  a  1
vehement  speaker,  rising  into  strains  of  sublime  and  im-  |
passioned  eloquence,  having  a  com2:)re]iensive  intellect,  a  ;
.  i
vivid  conception,  a  rapid  association  of  ideas  and  a  great  j
command  of  language.'^  ]
The  White  Haven  Society  kept  on  its  way  during  the  j
twenty-five  years  of  Dr.  Edwards'  pastorate,  receiving
ninety-six  members.    The  only  reason  given  for  his  dis-
mission was  inability  to  provide  for  his  support.    He  \
closed  his  labors  August  1,  1801,  Avhile  President  of  Union
College,  having  preached,  like  his  father,  on  the  first
Sabbath  of  his  last  year,  from  'the  text,  "  This  year  ,
thou  shalt  surely  die."    He  left  a  name  imperishable,  in
the  history  of  theology,  religion  and  sound  learning,  as  '
a  profound  scholar  and  an  indefatigable  student.    Al-  |
though  not  fond  of  pastoral  duties,  lie  was  full  of  syni-  f

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