C. ,  soon  after  accepted  a  call  to  become  its  pastor,
and  was  installed  on  the  day  of  his  ordination,  al-
ready stat<'d.  Here  lie  (bund  his  life-work.  He  con-
tinued to  be  p;istor  of  this  one  church  until  he  died,
a  ]ieriod  of  abi>nt  forty-live  years,  of  nearly  unl)roken
ministerial  labor.  His  death  occurred  November
:50th,  1880,  in  the  seventy-first  year  of  his  age.
Dr.  Dana  was  a  man  of  singularly  pure  and  beau-
tiful life,  and  was  faithful,  earnest  and  eflective  in
his  ministerial  work.  He  was  po.sscssed  of  great
gentleness  and  sweetness  of  spirit,. of  a  warm  and
sympathetic  nature,  and  of  chivalric  nobleness  of
spirit.  He  had  exquisite  literary  t;iste  and  culture,
was  an  accurate  and  elegant  classical  scholar,  and  a
polished  writer.  He  was  emii^ent  as  a  incacher,  and
tenderly  loved  as  a  pastor.
DASFOHTU.
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DA  VIDSOS.
Danfbrth,  Joshua  Noble,  D.D.,  wus  Imrn  in
IMtt.^liild,  ,\I:l-vs.,  ill  IT'.IJ;  (;ra<lu;it<il  at  AVilliam.s
College,  with  tUe  lull  honors  of  the  Iwwt  of  his  eUiSK;
gnuluuteil  at  Princeton  'riieolo^ieal  Siininary  in
HvJl,  and  w;fi  licensjil  liy  New  Hruaswiek  l*res-
hytery.  He  w:w  in.st;ille<l  psLstor  of  the  Prcsbj-terian
Church  in  New  Castle,  Del.,  where  he  remained  until
he  aecepteil  a  rail  to  Washington,  D.  C.  In  this
licld  his  lulKirs  were  signiiUy  blej«e<l.  After  three
years  hi-  Is-i-jime  an  agent  of  the  .^niericiin  Coloniza-
tion S<H'iety.  He  w;is  next  jKistor  of  a  Congreg-atioual
Church  in  Li-e,  Ma-is,  which,  during  his  ministry,
was  visiteil  with  a  revival  of  religion  of  wondrous
|K)wer.  Sul>sc<iuently  he  a.ssumcd  the  piustoratc  of
thetv'cond  Tresbj-terian  Church  in  Alexamlria,  Va.,
where  his  lalxir^  were  abundant  and  successful.
