ble  Cotton,  a  lineal  descendant  of  old  John  Cotton  of
Boston  ;  of  Father  Vincent,  who,  at  one  of  our  meet-
ings, said,  the  brethren  were  all  daguerreotyped  on
his  mind  ;  of  brethren,  too,  at  the  East,  who  in  heart
have  been  with  us  and  of  us,  such  as  Mackintire,
Carter,  and  others.  How  many  come  to  mind,  who
to-day  are  with  the  multitude  around  the  throne  ;
who  rest  from  their  labors,  and  their  works  do
follow  them !

In  the  summer  of  1863,  during  the  Associational
Meeting  at  Burlington,  a  few  of  the  brethren,  with
their  wives,  went  out  to  the  grave  of  their  Brother
Hutchinson.  Gathering  around  it,  with  uncovered
heads,  they  bowed  in  prayer  to  God  that  the  man-
tle of  all  that  was  excellent  in  him  might  fall
upon  them.
As  we  linger  thus  among  the  memories  of  the
departed,  may  all  that  was  noble  in  their  lives  and
excellent  in  their  characters  be  with  us  that  re-
main, to 'stimulate  and  to  cheer,  till  our  race,  too,
shall  be  run,  and  we  shall  be  reckoned  with  them !

Since  the  foregoing  was  written,  and  while  this
work  is  going  through  the  press,  another  name  is
to  be  added  to  those  of  the  Band  who  have  gone.
