his want of success in the matter of a passport, when his father had written to him the second time to come to America. One of the teachers happened at the time to be behind him and heard what he said, and told him that he would speak to the mayor on the subject and would let him know in about a week. At the expiration of that time he said to young Frontis, "You can go to the department and you will obtain a passport. He went, and by a most remarkable interposition of Divine Providence, at a time when Napoleon I, was at the zenith of his power, and when no young man was permitted to leave France, he was allowed to leave his native land without hindrance. He bade farewell to his mother and sisters on the 10th of March, 1810, and on the 10th of April embarked for America, at La Rochelle, and on the 10th of June he reached Philadelphia. Here, his father having again lost all his property in Cuba, told him that he must support himself by his trade.

He worked as a journeyman, and after two years paid his father one hundred dollars, over and above expenses. He took pains at the same time to acquire a knowledge of the English language. During this time, too, by the influence of a fellow-workman, he was led to attend the preaching of Rev. Mr. Burch, in which he became deeply interested. The family where he boarded lived next door to Mr. Burch, with whom he now formed a personal acquaintance, and whose church he joined in the autumn of 1813. As already mentioned, he had been, in infancy, baptized in the Catholic Church, and had also been a member of the church in Geneva, but was received on examination and without being rebaptized.

In the spring of 1815, Mr. Burch, to his great surprise, directed his attention to the gospel ministry. Deeply impressed with the idea, on the 19th of July in that year he left his trade and commenced reciting to Mr. Burch in Latin, of which he had gained some knowledge at Geneva. He boarded in various families gratuitously, and had his other wants supplied, till in the spring of 1816 he went to an academy in the vicinity of Philadelphia, kept by a Mr. Jones, who gave him his board and tuition for a whole year.

In the mean while, he had letters from his father in the West Indies dissuading him from his present course, but he felt it to be his duty to persevere. Early in 1817, Mr. Burch resigned his pastoral charge and accepted an invitation to take charge of an academy in Oxford, N. C., and to preach to the churches in that region.

He invited Mr. Frontis to assist him in the academy, which the latter consented to do, and left Philadelphia May 13, 1817, and removed to Raleigh, N. C.; from Raleigh he moved to Oxford, N. C., reaching there June 25, 1817. Mr. Burch continued in the school for but one session, and he for the same time. After this he returned to Raleigh and taught French both in the male and female academies, and boarded in the family of Dr. McPheeters till, in October, 1820, he went to the theological seminary at Princeton, N. J.

In the mean while, he had been received under the care of the Presbytery of Orange and had become acquainted with its members. He returned from Princeton and was licensed to preach the gospel by that Presbytery, at the Red House, Caswell county, Oct. 10, 1823, and was ordained as an evangelist November 4 of the same year and June 23, 1824, he was naturalized as a citizen of the United States.

It does not appear where he spent the first part of this year, but in November, 1824, he entered on a mission of three months, sent by Orange Presbytery into the eastern part of the State; he preached at Tarborough, Greenville, Washington, Plymouth, etc. In some places he was the first

Presbyterian that had preached there. In 1825 he was the commissioner of that Presbytery to the General Assembly that met at Philadelphia. From there, being appointed by the Philadelphia Missionary Society, he went on a tour to the State (then Territory) of Michigan.

He preached at Detroit and various other places in that State, and sometimes in Canada, in both English and French. The following October his mission ceased, and he remained and preached at Monroe, in the same State. and in that year he spoke publicly one hundred and eighty-one times. In May the next year he returned to Philadelphia, and accepted a mission to Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland from the Pennsylvania Missionary Society, but did not enter upon the duties of his mission till the 1st of November, 1826, and ended it the 11th of December; he returned to Philadelphia and accepted an appointment to Somerset, Pa., from the same society; he fulfilled this mission by the end of 1827, during which year he preached one hundred and seventy-eight times.

Before he left Somerset he received an invitation to visit the church of Bethany, Iredell county, N. C.; accordingly, he came on here the following spring and attended the meeting of Presbytery at Third Creek Church. Some of the Bethany people met him there and conducted him to that church. This was in April, 1828. He preached his first sermon in Bethany on Sabbath, April 13. He continued to act as stated supply to this church till the meeting of the Presbytery at Lincolnton, April 1, 1829, when, having been dismissed from the Presbytery of Orange, he was regularly received into the Presbytery of Concord. A call was then presented from the congregations of Bethany and Tabor for him to become their pastor at a salary of $450. This call was put into his hands and accepted; and when Presbytery adjourned, they did so to meet at Bethany on the 15th of May, to attend to his installation.

After his installation he remained with this people with great usefulness and success for seven years, when at his own request the pastoral relation Here he rewas dissolved, and in March, 1836, he left these churches and went to Salisbury, but was not installed pastor there till Sept. 12, 1839. mained till June 24, 1845-nine years and two months-and he preached 1370 times.

After laboring in various places in the mean while, Brother F. commenced in October, 1846, supplying the pulpits of Thyatira and Franklin, in Rowan county. About this time also, assisted by his wife, he taught school at his own house in Salisbury.

In November of this year was his removal to Centre, to which church and Thyatira he officiated as stated supply; the latter church, however, he left in the spring of 1851, and confined his labors to Centre.

His connection with Centre continued seven years and three months, when on the 7th of December, 1856, he left that church and retired to a farm in the bounds of Prospect congregation; and though comparatively strong and vigorous, he thought that his advanced age and feeble health did not permit him to perform the more active duties of the pastoral office. He did not, however, cease his ministerial labors, but assisted the brethren in various places on sacramental occasions, attended prayer-meetings and funerals. He also supplied some churches statedly for short periods, as Prospect, Bethesda, Thyatira, etc. These services he continued, often without remuneration and with much trouble to himself, up to near the time of his death. He died at his residence in Rowan county, N. C., April 12, 1867, of ossification of the valves of the heart.

He was twice married: first to Miss Martha Dews, of Lincolnton, N. C.,

February 1, 1830; three of their children live. His second wife was Miss Rachael Beatty, of Iredell, N. C., who, with one child, survives.

Though he retained through life something of a foreign accent, yet to one accustomed to hear him speak this was nothing unpleasant. He wrote and spoke the English language with great propriety.

Dr. Frontis was a man of devoted piety, and deeply interested in everything that pertained to the advancement of the Redeemer's kingdom. He promoted every good cause, was ready for every good work. His preaching was plain, pointed and practical. A polite Christian gentleman, he was equally agreeable in the cabin of the humble and the hall of the rich. He was attentive to pastoral duties, and paid particular attention to the children of his charge, always keeping on hand some catechisms or other little books for them. He prepared his sermons with great care, but we cannot learn whether he sent any discourses to the press except a paper in 1834 on the duty of the Church to support missionaries to the heathens.

It is a noticeable fact that the grave of Rev. John Thompson, the first missionary who visited that part of our country, and a native of Ireland, buried at Baker's graveyard, in Centre congregation-that of Rev. Lewis F. Wilson, the pastor of Concord and Fourth Creek congregations, a native of England, buried at Bethany church-and that of Rev. S. Frontis, a native of France, buried at Prospect church, should all not be remote from each other, and in the same county. The present generation of Christians does not realize how much it owes to the labors of its honored ministers, who, having first seen the light the other side of the ocean, have in these United States helped to lay the foundations of many congregations. They have borne the burden and the heat of the day. Their bones repose beneath the soil where they labored, and we have entered into their labors. Rev. W. W. PHARR, of Statesville, N. C., writes:

"He was a profound theologian, an instructive preacher, a faithful pastor. In his intercourse with mankind a fine specimen of a conscientious Christian gentleman.'

GAMBLE, JAMES-The son of Captain John and Rebekah (McPheeters) Gamble, was born in Augusta county, Virginia, Dec. 10, 1788. His parents were professors of religion, and trained their family in the good old way that marked the Presbyterians of Virginia. His mother was a woman of superior intelligence, a sister of Rev. Dr. William McPheeters, whose memory is still treasured in the "Old Dominion." He was prepared for college by his uncle, and entered Washington College, Lexington, Va., where he was graduated in 1810, and on November 4 of the same year he became an assistant teacher in the school of Moses Waddell, D.D., in Willington, S. C. He was licensed by South Carolina Presbytery at Greenville church, Abbeville county, October, 1813, and was ordained and installed by the same Presbytery as pastor of Rocky River church in 1845.

Here he remained several years, teaching a large classical school and preaching the gospel. He removed to Georgia in the year 1827, and settled in McDonough, Henry county, Ga., where he labored successfully in teaching and preaching. In 1836 he removed with his family to what was then the county of Walker, now Chattooga county, Ga., and settled four miles from Summerville, at a place which he called Pleasant Green.

He was respected and loved by all who knew him. He was a laborious, useful and godly man. He was a model teacher of youth and was fond of the work, and trained hundreds for usefulness in his log colleges in South

Carolina and Georgia. Some eighteen young men were taught by him in their preparation for the gospel ministry, and some of them were distinguished for their learning and ability as ministers of Jesus Christ. As a minister he was impressive, affectionately persuasive and earnest. His sermons were fresh, instructive and full of gospel truth, and all adapted to his hearers. He was the instrument in the hands of God of turning many to righteousness, who will be stars in the crown of his rejoicing through all eternity. His last days upon earth were serene and tranquil, and his sun went down without a cloud.

He died at his residence, Pleasant Green, Chattooga county, Ga., Feb. 11, 1867, of pneumonia.

He married June 6, 1815, Miss Sarah E. Ramsay, a daughter of Dr. James Ramsay, of Augusta county, Va., who survives him.

HALL, S. B.-The son of Purnel and Nannie (Coulter) Hall was born in He was educated in Yale College, New Kent county, Delaware, in 1818.* Haven, Conn., and studied divinity in the Western Theological Seminary, Alleghany, Pa. His health was delicate and he went South, and was licensed by Nashville Presbytery, and ordained by Louisiana Presbytery, March 21, 1849, in New Orleans, La. By appointment of Presbytery he took charge of the churches at Madisonville, Covington and Pine Grove, and was also employed in teaching during the seven years of that ministerial service.

In consequence of ill health he then sought a residence in Kentucky, but ere long returned to the South, and took charge of the Pine Ridge church in Mississippi, where in connection with his wife he had charge of a school. Subsequently he was invited to serve as pastor of the Bethel church near Oakland College, Miss. It was here that his health failed him to such a degree as to compel him to seek a residence in Florida, in the hope of benefit or of ultimate recovery by the enjoyment of its milder climate. The intervention of the war for Southern independence prevented his settling there. Upon his return he took charge of the Bethany church in Amite county, Miss., where during the war he continued preaching and teaching, as was his lifelong custom. Thence, he removed to New Orleans and reopened his school-in which he taught until his strength failed.

The sharer of his toils and cares, whose maiden name was Miss Theodosia Sackett, with two sons and two daughters survives him.

Mr. Hall was truly an earnest man-preached and taught always in a manner manifesting intensity of interest. He prepared his discourses with great care and delivered them with eloquence. He chiefly delighted in the great themes of the divine sovereignty, and of redemption through the righteousness of Christ from the ruin caused by sin. His sermons were always doctrinal, accompanied by pungent application. He was a man of strong convictions, and, against any current of opposition, conscientiously unyielding. The writer has often wondered at the force and heat of his intellect, displayed even when his body was a prey to disease. God endowed him with a mind of more than ordinary strength; he attained to the high culture of a classical scholar and theologian. He was an accomplished teacher in capacity and faithfulness.

His faith in God as a sovereign, in all the methods of God's providence and grace, was like the mounting of the eagle to the empyrean vault of heaven: he lived and labored with a degree of devotion, and zeal, and cour

* This memoir was prepared by J. E. C. DOREMUS, D.D., of New Orleans, Louisiana.

age, amid the struggles and cares of his toilsome and often sorrowful life, that truly characterized him as an impassioned servant of God, intensely seeking to do his will. His end was the final triumph of his faith; his life, his work, his piety, a legacy each, of precious and honorable remembrance to the mourners who especially loved him, and to his brethren who deplore his departure.

HARDIN, D.D., ROBERT-The son of Col. Joseph and Mary Hardin, was born in Greene county, Tennessee, Jan. 3, 1789. He was educated in Greenville College, Tennessee, and studied theology under Dr. Balch, a professor in the college at Greenville. He was licensed by Union Presbytery and ordained by French Broad Presbytery in 1814, and became pastor of Westminster and St. Paul's churches, in Tennessee. He also preached at Newport, Columbia, Brick church, Ridge church, Lewisburg, Bethbarri, Bethel and Savannah; all these places are in Tennessee. He was deemed by his brethren to be a man of great moral worth, of profound ability and deep piety, with theological attainments far above the average.

He died at his residence near Lewisburg, Marshall county, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1867, of cholera morbus.

He was twice married—first, to Miss Margaret McAlpin; second, to Mrs. Mary J. Hunter, who, with six children--one daughter and five sons-survives. Rev. W. H. VERNOR, of Cornersville, Tenn., says, "That his life was a practical exemplification of the constraining love of Christ, illustrated in his fifty-three years of incessant and efficient labors as a minister of the gospel in the upbuilding of the Redeemer's kingdom.'

HART, EDSON-Was born in Farmington, Conn., in 1795. He was well educated, and making a profession of religion, he devoted himself to the ministry. He was licensed by a Congregational association and ordained by a Congregational council, and soon after was appointed as a domestic missionary to the Indians in the then Territory of Michigan. In May, 1829, he was appointed to labor in the bounds of Trumbull Presbytery, Ohio, and the following year (1830) he accepted a call to Springfield and Elk Creek churches, Erie county, Pennsylvania, where he remained two years. He removed to Morganfield, Union county, Ky., in the bounds of Muhlenberg Presbytery, and where he was instrumental in founding an academy, using his time and influence in the North to secure funds. In 1846 he removed to Indiana and became a member of Salem Presbytery, afterward changed to New Albany Presbytery. Owing to infirm health he was without charge for several years. In 1854 he removed to New Orleans, La., and became an agent for the American Bible Society. He continued in this work until interrupted by the operations of the war.

In 1862 he removed to Kentucky, where he passed the remainder of his days. He died at his residence at Baird's Station, Oldham county, Ky., Sept. 19, 1867, of decay of his vital powers.

He was twice married: first to Miss Helen Priestly of New Brunswick, N. J.; she died in 1860: they had one daughter and six sons, all of whom are living. His second wife was Miss Martha A. Day, of Moorestown, N. J., who survives him.

He was a warm friend to every good work, and he had the esteem and love of all who knew him. He ever took delight in the prosperity of the Redeemer's kingdom. He was a man of strong faith and earnest piety. Peace and hope and trust made his deathbed calm as the setting of a summer's sun.