To a rare fund of patience, and self-command, and perseverance, he united a calm courage that was equal to any trial.

These qualities were, no doubt, inherent in his disposition; but no one except those who have turned over his voluminous private journals can understand what constant effort, and what incessant watchfulness, went to maintain throughout a long life a course of conduct, and a temper of mind, which gave every appearance of being the spontaneous fruit of nature.

He was not one who dealt in personal experiences; and few among even the friends who loved him like father or brother, and who would have trusted him with all their fortune on his bare word, knew how entirely his outward behaviour was the express image of his religious belief.

The secret of his character and of his actions lay in perfect humility and an absolute faith.

Events did not discompose him, because they were sent by One who best knew his own purposes.