" Of the collections of religious poetry which he
edited, none, I think, was so markedly illustrative of
his personality as the volume entitled ' Elim, or Hymns
of Holy Refreshment.' Nowhere else does the large
catholicity of his spiritual nature, his ability to sympa-
thize, alike with the catholic and with the individual-
istic conception of Christian truth, more distinctly



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reveal itself. There is a mysticism that is sacramental,
and there is a mysticism that is non-sacramental, —
nay, almost anti-sacramental, — Huntington did justice
to both. . Probably he would have made but an indif-
ferent professor of systematic divinity, but that is
because he was so well versed in the divinity which
outlives all the systems, the simple divinity which
finds centre and pivot in the person of our Lord Jesus
Christ." 1

It has been already remarked that there was
hardly any time when the earnest preacher did not
express himself from the editorial chair as well as
from the pulpit. In 1861 he took charge of the ** Church
Monthly, " in conjunction with Dr. George M. Randall,
in the interest of the extension of the Church in Massa-
chusetts. In order to bring the principles of the faith,
its doctrines, and historical defenses within the reach
of the uninstructed, the use of a column was obtained
in a daily newspaper, the "Boston Traveller." The
introductory letter, signed F. D. Huntington, explicitly
set forth that it was not intended for controversy,
partisan strife, or personalities. " We shall not conceal
our purpose to recommend, so far as we fairly can, the
scriptural standards, orderly ways, primitive discipline,
and catholic spirit of this apostolic communion, be-
lieving as we heartily do that no greater blessing can
be offered to our fellow men, to their families and their
children." When the articles closed, at the end of the
year 1865, after nearly the whole round of the Chris-
tian year, it was stated that, " We have been able to
continue much longer than we had any reason to

1 Memorial Sermon: " A Good Shepherd," Rev. William R.Hmit-
ington, D. D.
