His  ministerial  studies  were  in  part  under  Smalley,  but  he
became  a  warm  friend  of  Hopkins ;  and  from  Hopkins,
more  than  from  Smalley,  the  pattern  of  his  theology  was
derived.  His  only  pastorate,  from  1773  to  1827,  was  at
Franklin,  Mass.,  where  he  died  at  great  age  in  1840.  A
man  of  enormous  industry,  of  much  wit,  and  of  exceeding
keenness  of  mind,  Emmons's  best  work  was  as  a  trainer
of  candidates  for  the  ministry,  of  whom  it  is  thought  not
less  than  a  hundred  passed  under  his  molding  touch.  Of
his  influence  on  the  development  of  Congregational  polity
there  will  be  occasion  later  to  speak.  No  man  of  his
age  was  more  widely  a  force  in  the  religious  life  of  New
England.
