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Excerpt from An Historical Sketch, Congregational, of the Church in Stockbridge, Mass
While these proceedings were taking place, the Lord was preparing a man to preach the gospel to these heathen. Mr. John Sergeant, a native of Newark, N. J a graduate of Yale College, and a tutor in that institution, a candidate for the ministry, had freely said, before any application was made to him, that he had rather be employed as a missionary to the Natives than to accept a call any English parish might give him. A committee, appointed by the Commissioners to engage a minister, informed of this declaration, and well assured of his fitness for the work, applied to Mr. Sergeant. He had already been a tutor nearly three years, and wished to aid his pupils through their remaining year; and if we consider that his class consisted of twenty-four young men, and that among them there were such persons as James Lockwood, who afterwards became the pastor of the church in Wethersfield, and was offered the presidency of Yale College; as Aaron Burr, who became the President of Princeton College; and as Joseph Bellamy, the distinguished minister of Bethlehem, Conn., we need not wonder that his heart, as much as it felt for the mission, felt also strongly for these youth. He agreed, however, to undertake the mission, provided the Rector and Trustees of the College would approve of his spending about half the year with the Indians, and living the other half at College. To this the Rector and Trustees acceded; and during this year, in three visits at different periods which Mr. Sergeant made them, he did much to secure their affections, and there was evidence that on some minds saving influences were bestowed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
