ENGLISH DEPARTMENT.
REV. ROBERT EVERETT, D. D.
BY REV. B. W. CHIDLAW, M. A.
He lived and labored ahead of his age. He took an early and decided stand in favor of temperance, and held a high position as a witness against the iniquity of American slavery. His noble efforts in favor of freedom place his name very conspicuous among the great leaders of thought and action that brought emancipation to four millions of men, women and children, held as chattels, and crushed by unjust and cruel laws.
His long, laborious and faithful ministry, preaching Christ, and watching for souls, as one that expected to give an account to God, is a blessed record of usefulness and success.
REV. ROBERT EVERETT, D. D.
BY MR. B. F. LEWIS, IN THE UTICA HERALD, FEB. 27, 1875.
Last Thursday, at his home in Steuben, in this county, passed away one of the most honored of Welsh clergymen; an able and conscientious editor, an active participant in the anti-slavery struggles of former years, a zealous friend of the temperance cause; one who has spent a long life of rare usefulness, privileged to accomplish more good than often falls to the lot of man, by the aid of a mind educated and cultured, of true principles interwoven with every fibre of his soul,
