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_____(1) Rev. Joseph Huntington, D.D._____
A somewhat full description of the Rev. Joseph
Huntington, D.D., is well worth placing among
the friends of Nathan Hale. It was impossible for
such a boy as Nathan to have been under the care
of such a man as Dr. Huntington, first as pastor
and then as his private teacher in his preparation
for college, without having been strongly influenced
by him. Indeed, scanning these old records
of a parish of a hundred and fifty years ago, we
cannot help feeling a strong personal attraction
toward the Rev. Joseph Huntington.
Few men more fully prove the claim that many of
the early New England pastors were eminently
fitted to lead their people heavenward and also in
the practical development of their daily lives.
Dr. Huntington lived a life evidently inspired
by the finest ideals, and also by shrewd common
sense, always so dear to the heart of a New
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